Hoot Gibson -- A Picture for Every Man, Woman and Child in Bozeman -- February 13, 2025

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 28-February-1925

"Dainy as a dancer, wild as a hawk, a golden streak through the sagebrush" -- Not Hoot Gibson. A wild horse.

Hoot Gibson and His Golden Mare -- January 12, 2025

Omaha Bee, 17-January-1925

I love the layout of this ad for Hoot Gibson's The Hurricane Kid. Eddie Sedgwick directed.

Universal Weekly, 10-January-1925

I like the circular insert of the horse and Hoot, but the guy riding the horse does not look like Hoot Gibson.

Hoot Gibson and His Golden Mare, "Pal" -- December 11, 2024

Film Daily, 14-December-1924

I always enjoy Hoot Gibson movies. He added a lot of comedy to his films.

Hoot Gibson Likes Speed -- August 10, 2024

Photoplay, August, 1924

I always enjoy Hoot Gibson movies. He added a lot of comedy to his films. Here we see him standing in front of his Beverly Hills mansion in his "specially built eight-cylinder roadster." And look at those shoes.

Exhibitors Herald, 23-August-1924

Old Hoot played a cowboy baseball player in Hit and Run. Eddie Sedgwick directed.

Seattle Star, 11-August-1924

Here we see the same photo of Hoot with his mansion and his roadster. "Hoot's New ''Pont.'"

Seattle Star, 11-August-1924

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

Fred Thomson (no relation) had a diverse career. While attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, he earned the Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Champion trophy in 1910, 1911 and 1913. After being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he joined the Army and served as a chaplain during World War One. He went into the movie business after he married director and screenwriter Frances Marion. In time, he became a major western star. Sadly, he died of Tetanus in 1928.

I have never heard of Cuba Coolidge 

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

Tom Mix as Air Ranger -- August 8, 2024

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

The Fox Film Corporation was celebrating its 21st anniversary with a series of elaborate trade ads.

Tom Mix played Buck Duane in an adaption of Zane Grey's The Last of the Duanes. Lynn Reynolds directed.

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

Teeth is an interesting name for a western. "Teeth" was the name Tom's character bestowed on Duke the Dog's character. Duke looks like a good boy, but he appears to have had a brief career. John G Blystone directed.

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

"A Western Graduate in the School of Etiquette."

Indianapolis Times, 02-August-1924

Look at that smile. I have mentioned before that The Heart Buster was not Tom's 50th movie, but it could have been his 51st feature.

Alaska Daily Empire, 18-August-1924

Romance Land was a 1923 movie. I like the drawing of serial queen Ruth Roland. Eddie Sedgwick directed.

Seattle Star, 11-August-1924

Tom played a forest ranger in Eyes of the Forest. Lambert Hillyer directed.

Seattle Star, 11-August-1924

Picture Play, August, 1924

Lunch break in Yosemite.

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

The Fox Film Corporation needed a western star to back up Tom Mix. Buck Jones made a long series of movies for Fox. Here we see Tom and Buck.

Pictures and Picturegoer, August, 1924

I want a hat like that.

Exhibitors Herald, 02-August-1924

Fred Thomson in a Virile, Swift-Moving Action Romance of the West -- July 11, 2024

Anaheim Bulletin, 26-July-1924

Fred Thomson was billed as "The World's Champion Athlete and Stuntman."

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Fred and his beautiful horse Silver King check into a hotel. 

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Albert Rogell directed Fred in The Fighting Sap. Good title. Note that the poor horse is billed as "Silver Kink." 

Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924

FBO was happy with Fred's work and gave him a long-term contract. Unfortunately, he didn't have many years left.

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1924

I learned a long time ago that the words "True Story" in a film-related newspaper story, a magazine story, or a book is almost a guarantee that most of it is not true. 

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1924

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1924

Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1924

Photoplay, July, 1924

"Hoot Gibson in a real comedy and he is quite funny." He was good at comedy. Eddie Sedgwick directed. 

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Casper Daily Tribune, 19-July-1924

Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a star in the early 1920s.

Casper Daily Tribune, 19-July-1924

Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924

Fred Thomson and His Marvelous Horse Silver King -- June 21, 2024

Film Daily, 14-June-1924

Fred Thomson (no relation) had a diverse career. While attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, he earned the Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Champion trophy in 1910, 1911 and 1913. After being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he joined the Army and served as a chaplain during World War One. He went into the movie business after he married director and screenwriter Frances Marion. In time, he became a major western star. Sadly, he died of tetanus in 1928.

Springfield News-Sun, 15-June-1924

I like the image in this ad for The Dangerous Coward. Albert S Rogell directed. 

Arizona Republic, 01-June-1924

"Fred Thompson
Greatest College Athlete
of all times. Holder of all
the world's College records
and the finest built
man in America with a
great horse
SILVER KING"

Paducah Sun-Democrat, 07-June-1924

I like this image of Hoot Gibson. Ride For Your Life was directed by Eddie Sedgwick.

Riverside Daily Press, 14-June-1924

I like old Hoot's checks and polka dots. 

Riverside Daily Press, 14-June-1924

Boston Globe, 15-June-1924

Eddie Sedgwick also directed Broadway or Bust. I would go to this double bill which featured Hoot Gibson and Buck Jones.

Exhibitors Herald, 07-June-1924

Film Daily, 27-June-1924

Exhibitors Herald, 07-June-1924

Universal released a series of twelve five-reel westerns "featuring the famous Universal Ranch Riders." Six starred Jack Hoxie and six starred William Desmond. 

Photoplay, June, 1924

"Jack, seated upon his huge white horse, comes riding into the picture just when he's needed most..."

Riverside Daily Press, 13-June-1924

This is not a good drawing of Jack Hoxie. 

Riverside Daily Press, 13-June-1924

Clifford Smith directed Ridgeway of Montana. 

Exhibitors Herald, 14-June-1924

Bill Cody (his real name) was not the same guy as Buffalo Bill, Jr (Jay Wilsey). Both appeared in westerns.

Fred Thomson and His Wonderful Horse Silver King -- April 11, 2024

Motion Picture News, 26-April-1924

Fred Thomson (no relation) had a diverse career. While attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, he earned the Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Champion trophy in 1910, 1911 and 1913. After being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he joined the Army and served as a chaplain during World War One. He went into the movie business after he married director and screenwriter Frances Marion. In time, he became a major western star. Sadly, he died of tetanus in 1928.

FBO announced plans to release six movies starring Thomson. Number One was The Mask of Lopez. Number Three was Galloping Gallagher (great title). Number Two must have been North of Nevada, but I haven't found an ad that calls it Number Two. 

Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924

Silver King is a good name for a cowboy star's horse. 

Photoplay, April, 1924

"Boyish, lovable, with a sense of humor. Hoot Gibson, whose pictures are consistently good." That is a nice description of Old Hoot. 

Motion Picture News, 19-April-1924

Forty-Horse Hawkins is a good title. Eddie Sedgewick directed. Hoot winds up in New York City. We see him driving a cab in the middle image. 

Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924

Universal purchased a western novel for Hoot's next production. I was surprised to learn that they kept the title: The Ridin' Kid from Powder River. 

Photoplay, April, 1924

Art Acord and Hoot Gibson were friends. 

Film Daily, 28-April-1924

You might expect that "Buddy Roosevelt" was not this actor's real name. Kenneth Sanderson had a long career as an actor and a stuntman. He starred in a series of silent westerns and played small parts in many talkies. 

Film Daily, 29-April-1924

And you might question whether this guy's real name was Buffalo Bill, Jr. Jay Wilsey starred in a series of silent and early sound westerns. 

Photoplay, April, 1924

Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a star in the early 1920s.

Motion Picture News, 12-April-1924

Universal must have liked his work. They gave him a five-year contract.

Stockton Daily Evening Record, 30-April-1924

Stockton Daily Evening Record, 30-April-1924

Film Daily, 13-April-1924

I thought it was interesting that an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in Southern California wreaked havoc on production schedules.