Even His Dog Fails to Recognize Mix in Goggles -- October 14, 2023

Santa Cruz News, 01-October-1923

"Discovered -- The New Tom Mix." Soft Boiled looks like fun. Tom Mix played a nerd. I like his glasses. The film may still survive. The leading lady was Billie Dove. John G Blystone directed.

Santa Cruz News, 01-October-1923

When Tom whistled at his dog Duke, Duke, not recognizing Tom in glasses, growled at him. 

Film Daily, 13-October-1923

Motion Picture News, 13-October-1923

Tom Mix -- Hail the Stunt King in a Comedy Riot! -- September 11, 2013

Motion Picture News, 01-September-1923

Soft Boiled looks like fun. Tom Mix played a nerd. I like his disarrayed glasses. The film may still survive. The leading lady was Billie Dove. John G Blystone directed.

Birmingham Age-Herald, 09-September-1923

I like the lettering in this ad for Stepping Fast, especially for the "Loew's Bijou" at the top. 

Motion Picture News, 01-September-1923

In The Lone Star Ranger, based on the novel by Zane Grey, Tom Mix plays Buck Duane who gets a lot of grief because his father was a bandit. Later he becomes a Texas Ranger.

Moving Picture World, 28-June-1919

William Farnum starred in a 1919 version for Fox.

Screenland, April, 1930

George O'Brien starred in a talkie version in 1930. 

Motion Picture News, 01-September-1923

Max Brand's novel Gun Gentlemen (not Gentleman) was to be made under the title The Flyin' Fool. It was released as Mile-a-Minute Romeo. 

Motion Picture News, 01-September-1923

Lambert Hillyer directed.

Motion Picture News, 08-September-1923

Tom Mix loved fast vehicles. He won a motorboat race against Dustin Farnum at Santa Barbara. 

Film Daily, 10-September-1923

Tom was a fight fan and a friend of heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey. Mix took an entourage to New York to see the Dempsey-Firpo fight. 

Motion Picture News, 22-September-1923

Billie Dove -- August 6, 2023

Picture Play, August, 1923

Billie Dove was still a teenager when she appeared (under another name) in the Ziegfeld Follies. She was a poet, a painter and a pilot. Her career last only a short time into the sound period.

Alfred Cheney Johnston took the photo. 

Motion Picture News, 11-August-1923

Tom Mix -- Winner of the Usual Beautiful Girl -- July 11, 2023

Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923

Soft Boiled looks unique; with Tom Mix playing a nerd. It may still survive. The leading lady was Billie Dove. John G Blystone directed.

Motion Picture News, 21-July-1923

"Fox Star to Submerge Hard Boiled Appearance and Emerge in 'Soft Boiled'."

Motion Picture News, 21-July-1923

"Discovered! The New Tom Mix Absolutely Different."

Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923

Here we see cowboy stars Buck Jones and Tom Mix; both are in civlian clothes.

Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923

As part of the season's productions, Tom Mix would star in an adaption of Zane Grey's The Lone Star Ranger. 

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Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923

In Arizona Tom Mix joined the Buckey O'Neil Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Despite various publicity stories, Tom served in the US Army during the Spanish-American War, but he did not serve overseas. 

Buckey O'Neill was an officer in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the Rough Riders, who were led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. O'Neill was killed in action during the Battle of San Juan Hill. 

Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923

Tom's brilliant horse Tony was joined on the Fox roster by Arabia "the Horse Beautiful." "It is declared that 'Arabia' knows more dance steps than Pavlova and can shimmy with as much abandon as Gilda Grey."

Tom Mix -- Western Girls De Looks -- June 8, 2023

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

In the 1923-1924 season, the Fox Film Corporation celebrated "20 Years of Progress." John Ford directed Tom Mix in North of Hudson Bay. Dig that sweater. 

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

Soft Boiled looks unique; it may still survive. The leading lady was Billie Dove. John G Blystone directed.

Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923

Fox advertised a busy summer of films starring Tom Mix, Buck Jones and many others.

Motion Picture News, 23-June-1923

Tom Mix was working on an adaptation of Zane Grey's The Lone Star Ranger. A couple of years back, during Zane Grey Week, we saw that Tom Mix starred in adaptations of several Zane Grey novels:

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Motion Picture News, 16-June-1923

Lambert Hillyer directed and Billie Dove was Tom's co-star.

Bismarck Tribune, 28-June-1923

"TOM MIX Says 'Catch My Smoke.'"

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

Motion Picture News, 02-June-1923

Meanwhile Paramount was also releasing a story based on a Zane Grey novel, To The Last Man. Richard Dix and Lois Wilson starred. Victor Fleming directed.