Best Desmond Serial Ever Made! -- January 30, 2025

Universal Weekly, 10-January-1925

The Riddle Rider (great title) was a movie serial produced by Universal. William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick starred and William Craft directed. 

The Riddle Rider --November 27, 2024

Universal Weekly, 22-November-1922

The Riddle Rider (great title) was a movie serial produced by Universal. William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick starred and William Craft directed. I like the illustration.

Hoot Gibson -- The Greatest of All Outdoor Stars -- December 11, 2023

Motion Picture News, 08-December-1923

"Three Knockouts in a Row!" Cowboy star Hoot Gibson was on a hot streak. 

Motion Picture News, 22-December-1923

Looking for material for Hoot Gibson, Universal bought an original story by Johnston McCulley, who wrote The Mark of Zorro. The movie may have been Ride for Your Life.

Motion Picture News, 22-December-1923

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 was surprised to see the name Monogram. This Monogram apparently had no relation to the famous B-movie studio of the 1930s.

Motion Picture News, 15-December-1923

Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a big star in the early 1920s. The Red Warning was directed by Bob Bradbury. 

Motion Picture News, 29-December-1923

Yakima Canutt (not "Yakime") was a rodeo champion. The Riddle Rider was a Universal serial that starred William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. He had a long career as a stuntman and a stunt director. Canutt and his buddy John Wayne are often credited with developing the art of stunt fist fighting. 

Fred Thomson World's Champion Athlete -- June 11, 2023

Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923

The Eagle's Talons and In the Days of Daniel Boone were Universal serials. Fred Thomson, star of The Eagle's Talons 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.

Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923

William Duncan played in, wrote and directed many serials and other westerns. Jack Mower continued to work until the 1960s, but played small parts after the silent era. Eileen Sedgwick starred in many serials. Her brother Eddie Sedgwick directed many westerns and also most of Buster Keaton's silent two-reelers. Jack Hoxie was a real cowboy and rodeo performer who became a big star in the early 1920s.

Motion Picture News, 09-June-1923

Priscilla Dean starred in many serials. Hoot Gibson was one of my favorite western stars.

Film Daily, 03-June-1923

Leo Maloney directed several movies with Hoot Gibson, but he also starred in a series of two-reel Range Rider westerns, which he co-directed with Ford Beebe.

Motion Picture News, 02-June-1923

Motion Picture News, 02-June-1923

Motion Picture News, 16-June-1923