Marion Davies -- Broke All Records -- December 13, 2023

Motion Picture News, 29-December-1923

Marion Davies starred in Little Old New York, a film set in 1806. For part of the film, she impersonated a young man. She did that a lot.

Sidney Olcott directed.

Motion Picture News, 01-December-1923

John Held, Jr made the illustrations. I have always liked his work.

Harry Langdon in His First Mack Sennett Comedy -- December 12, 2023

Variety, 27-December-1923

Vaudeville comic Harry Langdon appeared in his first short comedy for Mack Sennett, "Picking Peaches."

Motion Picture News, 01-December-1923

Film Daily, 02-December-1923

I do not know what was going on here. Langdon had just left Sol Lesser's Principal Pictures to sign with Sennett. In 1924, Sennett released a movie called "Listen Lester" with Harry Myers. 

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. 

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.  

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. 

Without a Doubt the Biggest Thing Carey Has Ever Made -- December 8, 2023

Casper Daily Tribune, 16-December-1923

Harry Carey was a pioneering cowboy star. 

"The horse stumbled -- the rider pitched forward -- the maddened herd of thousands of horses plunged on -- on --"

Crashin' Thru was directed by Val Paul. 

Saluting Our Heroes With a Big Picture -- December 7, 2023

Memphis Commercial-Appeal, 25-June-1942

82 years ago a sneak attack by forces of the Japanese Empire sank much of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in the territory of Hawaii. The Japanese Empire came to regret doing this.

The first fiction film about the attack was Republic's Remember Pearl Harbor, which starred Don "Red" Barry, who had become famous playing the lead in the serial The Adventures of Red Ryder.  Joseph Santley directed. 

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