Harry Carey -- That Greatest of All Western Character Players -- November 10, 2021

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

Harry Carey, a pioneering western star, played the lead in Universal's "first Superwestern," The Fox.

Motion Picture News, 12-November-1921

I like the vertical stripes in the lettering. This ad says that in Priscilla Dean's movie Conflict that "The Famous Ice-Scene from 'Way Down East' Scarcely Equals it." Way Down East was a current big hit.

Here we see Priscilla Dean in the big scene in Conflict. 

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

"Carl Laemmle offers you Three Sure Money-Getters of 1921."

Motion Picture News, 19-November-1921

The supporting cast of The Fox included 6-year-old Breezy Eason, who died when an auto hit him while he rode his bicycle. We saw some articles last month:

Big V Riot Squad: "Breezy Eason" Killed by Auto -- October 25, 2021 

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

Harry Carey: The First Western Super-Production Ever Screened -- October 11, 2021

Seattle Star, 28-October-1921

I have decided that Harry Carey, a pioneering western star, deserves his own series of posts, separate from the posts about William S Hart. I like the image above.

Moving Picture World, 29-October-1921

The Fox was Harry Carey's first Universal-Jewel production. Jewels were prestigious productions with higher budgets and longer running times than other Universal features. We can see the huge crowd of horsemen in this ad.

Moving Picture World, 01-October-1921

"Carey's First Big Feature."

Moving Picture World, 22-October-1921

Seattle Star, 28-October-1921

"In the most stupendous Western ever made."

Exhibitors Herald, 01-October-1921

Harry Carey and his wife Olive kiss under the watchful eye of censors.

Exhibitors Herald, 08-October-1921

Brute Island was a rerelease of a 1914 feature, McVeagh of the South Seas, which Harry Carey wrote, directed and starred in.

Moving Picture Weekly, 11-September-1921

William S Hart -- The Tale of a Big Man's Fight for Justice -- September 11, 2021

Indiana Daily Times, 03-September-1921

Lambert Hillyer directed William S Hart in The Whistle, a William S Hart Production released by Paramount. At the Isis Theater in Indianapolis, Hart shared the bill with Roscoe Arbuckle in "The Garage," a short comedy which also featured Buster Keaton (one of their best).

Moving Picture World, 04-July-1914

Bisbee Daily Review, 01-September-1921

The Amazon Theater in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho showed Bill Hart in The Cradle of Courage for two days, paired with a short Mack Sennett comedy.

Manchester Journal, 01-September-1921

Wolves of the Rail was a rereleased 1919 Thomas H Ince production. It was paired with a Larry Semon short comedy, "The Head Waiter." The Old Depot Theater (I like the name) was in Manchester Depot, Vermont.

Moving Picture Weekly, 03-September-1921

I'd like to mention a contemporary of William S Hart, Harry Carey. I have enjoyed every movie in which I have seen him. I should give Carey his own monthly post. Here seem him again called "Human Harry Carey." In Blue Streak McCoy, Harry was supported by Breezy Eason, the six-year-old son of B Reeves Eason, who directed the movie.

Moving Picture World, 17-September-1921

Sundown Slim is a good title for a movie. Harry played a drifter who went to jail for a friend. I like the drawing of Harry.

Moving Picture World, 24-September-1921

Moving Picture World, 10-September-1921

I do not know why, but Fox ran a slew of ads with folksy quotes from Human Harry Carey. Perhaps I will make this a series.

The Adventures of Bill and Bob and Breezy and Harry -- August 15, 2021

Moving Picture World, 27-August-1921

Director Robert N Bradbury produced a series of one-reel movies, The Adventures of Bill and Bob, starring his twin sons, Bob, Jr (later Bob Steele) and Bill. The boys hunt and trap in the wilderness.

Moving Picture Weekly, 14-August-1921

Another director's son who starred in movies was Breezy Eason, who was B Reeves Eason Jr, son of director B Reeves Eason Sr. He played in Blue Streak McCoy with cowboy star Harry Carey and Ruth Golden.

The Adventures of Bill and Bob and Breezy -- July 15, 2021

Moving Picture World, 16-July-1921

Director Robert N Bradbury produced a series of one-reel movies, The Adventures of Bill and Bob, starring his twin sons, Bob, Jr (later Bob Steele) and Bill. The boys hunt and trap in the wilderness.

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1921

Another director's son who starred in movies was Breezy Eason, who was B Reeves Eason Jr, son of director B Reeves Eason Sr.

Tom Mix -- The Amazing Tale of Three Strange Comrades -- June 15, 2021

 

East Oregonian, 07-June-1921

100 years ago this month, Tom Mix was appearing in The Untamed, "The Amazing Tale of Three Strange Comrades -- a Man, a Horse and a Dog."

Albuquerque Evening Herald, 14-June-1921

Tom drives a stagecoach in A Ridin' Romeo. "The Romance of a Cowboy Who Tried to Do Right but Always Got Wrong."

Imperial Valley Express, 17-June-1921

Tom Mix means business in A Ridin' Romeo.

Clovis News, 09-June-1921

Tom and dog in The Road Demon. I wonder if it is the same dog who appeared with Tom and Tony in The Untamed.

Albuquerque Evening Herald, 14-June-1921

I thought Tom might not mind if I threw in a contemporary western star and a kid. Art Acord appeared in many silent films, but did not make the transition to talkies. He served in France during World War One and was decorated for bravery. "That Wonderful Boy," Breezy Eason was B Reeves Eason Jr, son of director B Reeves Eason Sr.

That Wonderful Boy Breezy Eason -- April 29, 2021

 

Motion Picture News, 09-April-1921

B Reeves Eason, Jr, often billed as Breezy Eason, Jr was the son of director B Reeves Eason. The elder Eason directed his son in several movies. Carmel Myers was born in San Francisco. Her father was a rabbi.

Motion Picture News, 16-April-1921

"...the fascinating little flapper." Gladys Walton retired in 1925.