Taka-Chance Week -- Every Number is a Secret! -- July 6, 2024

Wichita Eagle, 06-July-1924

I thought it was interesting that Stanley N Chambers, manager of the Miller Theater in Wichita, came up with the concept of Taka-Chance Week. "...every feature of our program will be a surprise..." Titles would not be announced ahead of time.

"...we're paging all of Wichita's gamblers to Taka-Chance on the MILLER this week."

Wichita Eagle, 06-July-1924

Wichita Eagle, 06-July-1924

The first of the two features for the week was directed by Emmett J Flynn, based on a play by Owen Davis must have been Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model.

Casper Daily Tribune, 19-July-1924

Buck Jones -- The Most Sensational Avalanche Ever Screened -- June 20, 2024

Richmond Palladium-Item, 12-June-1923

The Fox Film Corporation needed a western star to back up Tom Mix. Buck Jones made a long series of movies for Fox. Fox had tried to change his billing to Charles Jones. Here we see both names in the same ad. 

Richmond Palladium-Item, 07-June-1923

Reading Times, 09-June-1923

Emmett J Flynn directed Hell's Hole. 

Boston Globe, 15-June-1924

I would go to this double bill of Hoot Gibson and Buck Jones. 

Film Daily, 22-June-1924

Edmund Mortimer directed Against All Odds.

Charles Jones in His Latest Picture -- December 10, 2023

Casper Daily Tribune, 28-December-1923

The Fox Film Corporation needed a western star to back up Tom Mix. Buck Jones made a long series of movies for Fox. I imagine they tried to change his name to Charles to allow him to move into other movie genres. 

 Wild Bill Wellman directed Cupid's Fireman.

The extra added attraction at Casper's America Theater, "Brownlee's Hickville Follies" must have been a hillbilly music show. Roy Brownlee led the Hickville Seven Jazz Band. 

Hell's Hole, showing at the Iris Theater, was another Buck Jones film, directed by Emmett J Flynn.  

Buck Jones -- When the Flame Goes Out We Are Doomed! -- September 12, 2023

Motion Picture News, 22-September-1923

I love this poster for Hell's Hole, which shows Lefty Flynn, Ruth Clifford and Buck in various states of distress. Emmett J Flynn directed. Fox was still billing Buck as Charles. 

Motion Picture News, 22-September-1923

Motion Picture News, 08-September-1923

"Eleven hours of thrills in an hour and a half of entertainment." Bernard J Durning directed The Eleventh Hour.

Motion Picture News, 08-September-1923

Wild Bill Wellman directed Big Dan. 

Film Daily, 14-September-1923

This item said that Fox might not renew Buck's contract, but I think they did. 

Buck Jones -- Up-To-the-Minute Melodrama of Love and Pirates -- June 10, 2023

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

In the 1923-1924 season, the Fox Film Corporation celebrated "20 Years of Progress." I like this lurid ad for Hell's Hole. Emmett J Flynn directed.

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

The Eleventh Hour sounds like a wild one. Bernard J Durning directed. 

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

Fox tried to bill Buck as Charles Jones. I think Buck sounds better.

Cine-Mundial, June, 1923

Motion Picture News, 16-June-1923

Buck played a race car driver in Skid Proof, which was directed by Scott Dunlap.

Motion Picture News, 30-June-1923

Buck Jones -- A Tensely Vibrant Melodrama -- February 16, 2023

Casper Daily Tribune, 25-February-1923

Buck Jones was Fox's second-string cowboy star, after Tom Mix. Fox was trying to change his name to Charles. The Boss of Camp 4 was directed by WS Van Dyke.

 

Motion Picture News, 24-February-1923

Hell's Hole was directed by Emmett J Flynn.