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King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies
Tom Mix was the most popular cowboy hero of the silent film era. A wild-west show performer and Texas ranger, Mix began his work in film as a wrangler and extra and soon graduated to starring roles in hundreds of Westerns. Includes an annotated filmography and many rare photos.
160 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1993
About the author
Robert S. Birchard
8 books54 followersRobert S. Birchard is an award-winning film editor who brings an insider’s perspective and a great affection for the people who work in the picture business to his chronicles of the movies. He is the author of Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood, Early Universal City, Silent-era Filmmaking in Santa Barbara, and King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies and a contributing writer to the omnibus volumes M-G-M When the Lion Roars, Don Miller’s Hollywood Corral, The Encyclopedia of Early Film and Hollywood: The Movie Factory. His articles on Hollywood filmmakers have appeared in American Cinematographer, Statement, Film History, The Moving Image, Griffithiana, Daily Variety and Los Angeles Times Calendar. He is a past president and current board member of the preservation organization Hollywood Heritage, Inc. and is current president of the Cinecon Classic Film Festival which presents the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival and contributes to film preservation projects.
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June 3, 2016
If you are interested in Tom Mix or silent westerns, you need to read this book. This is particularly useful now that early films are turning up online, sometimes under different titles or with non-English intertitles.
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