The Picture Show Annual (1928)

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I 98 Picture Show Annual salaried actors and actresses on the screen. His famous horse Tony is as well known as his master, and of this remarkably intelligent animal it may truly be said that he can do anything but talk, and he can even do thU by signs. In many parts of America a Tom Mix picture is an absolute guarantee for a full house. Art Acord has also a big following. He is a magni- ficent figure of a man, standing six feet one, and carry- ing not an ounce of superfluous fat. A daring rider, he won a world's championship for broncho busting in 1912. He was first starred in " Buck Parvin in the Movies," and has been a big success ever since. Jack Hoxie is another six-footer and a real cowboy. He was brought up on a cattle ranch, and has won many championships for trick and fancy riding. Charles (" Buck ") Jones began life on a ranch, and after a spell of service in the U.S. cavalry, he toured with a Wild West show as a trick rider. Fox Films per- suaded him to go on the screen, and he made good in his first picture, " Camouflaged." CUTTING the "WILD" into "WEST" WHATEVER defects the Western pictures may have they have the merit of being clean en- tertainment. And if the acting is not up to a very high standard at times, those who like Westerns don't worry. You are certain of getting plenty of realism in a Western picture, and when the star is of the Tom Mix variety you can be sure that what he is seen doing on the screen he actually did and without the aid of doubles or trick photography. Practically every Western star is simply acting on the screen the things he did in real life. Tom Mix, Art Acord, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, to name but a few, were all range riders in their time. Mix has also been a soldier and a city marshal. Some idea of his popularity with picturegoers may be gathered from the fact that he is among the highest Art Acord.