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

Tom Mix Starts Work on Fiftieth Picture -- June 19, 2024

Exhibitors Herald, 07-June-1924

The article is a mite confusing. If I counted correctly, The Heart Buster was Tom's fifty-first starring feature for Fox. Before that, he appeared in shorts for Fox and a long series of shorts and a few features for the Selig Polyscope company.

Exhibitors Herald, 21-June-1924

Tom played a flying forest ranger in Eyes of the Forest, which was directed by Lambert Hillyer. Cupid's Round-up was Tom's first feature film for Fox, released in 1918. Edward LeSaint directed. Fox must have rereleased the movie. 

Davenport Daily Times, 28-June-1924

"When Tom Mix leaps from a horse to an airplane, you'll leap right out of your seat."

Davenport Daily Times, 28-June-1924

Tom in his aviator togs. 

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, 28-June-1924

I like the wolf in this ad for North of Hudson Bay. John Ford directed. 

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, 28-June-1924

Great Falls Tribune, 15-June-1924

"You've Seen -- TOM MIX -- in Trouble -- in Misery -- in Hot Water -- in Happiness. NOW SEE 'TOM MIX IN ARABIA'"

Photoplay, June, 1924

Exhibitors Herald, 14-June-1924

I was surprised to learn that Napier, New Zealand had a Mardi Gras carnival. Tom's hat wrote on a float in the parade. 

Exhibitors Herald, 14-June-1924

Tom Mix and heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey were major celebrities. Jack was in Hollywood to appear in a series of short films. 

Tom Mix -- Speed Wins in This Whirlwind Action Drama -- January 17, 2024

San Pedro News-Pilot, 12-January-1924

Joseph Franz directed Tom Mix in Stepping Fast. 

Casper Daily Tribune, 10-January-1924

Lambert Hillyer directed Eyes of the Forest. 

Motion Picture News, 05-January-1924

"... this is the picture that Mix was making when he was caught in the premature explosion of a dynamite blast and painfully hurt." 

>Motion Picture News, 05-January-1924

Motion Picture News, 26-January-1924

John G Blystone directed Ladies to Board. The film is probably lost. 

Motion Picture News, 26-January-1924

Mixed Manners seems to be an unlikely title for a Tom Mix movie. John G Blystone directed. The movie was released as Oh, You Tony!. 

Film Daily, 20-January-1924

Tom Mix -- A Mighty Whirl of Action! -- December 9, 2023

Casper Daily Tribune, 15-December-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. Lambert Hillyer directed. 

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

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:

http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/2021/06/zane-grey-week-tom-mix-takes-over-june.html

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. 

William S Hart -- Riding on a Quest Your Heart Will Thrill to See! -- April 14, 2023

South Bend Tribune, 18-April-1923

William S Hart had scary eyes. Three Word Brand (great title) was a 1921 film. Jane Novak co-starred and Lambert Hillyer directed.

South Bend Tribune, 18-April-1923

I like the lettering on the name of the theater, and the image of William S Hart and Fritz. 

Birmingham News, 27-April-1923

This is an interesting case. As far as I know, Hart never made a movie called The Last of the Stagecoach Bandits. Perhaps it was a rerelease of one of Hart's earlier movies for Thomas Ince, such as On the Night Stage (1915).

Allentown Morning Call, 28-April-1923

"Blue Blazes" Rawden was a Thomas Ince production from 1918. Hart directed and starred.

Chillicothe Gazette, 17-April-1923

White Oak was a 1921 production directed by Lambert Hillyer.