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But at life's darkest moment in comes an old fellow he had staked and Hoot finds out he is a half owner in a —
But wait! I can't be giving the story away like that. You already have the idea that Hoot, his last cow gone, is a beggar on horse'back. But the title of this picture is "Hero on Horsebac\." And that goes.
The picture is from a tale by Peter B. Kyne — a good steer on any jcow film.
THE CIRCUS ACE
Come see the Balloon Ascension! Come see the Balloon Ascension! Out at the Fair Grounds! One Nickel. A half a Dime! Step this way! Watch that Dainty, Dashing, Diving Diva, Miss Natalie Joyce, make a Mar-Vel-Ous, Stu-Pen-Dous Parachute Jump! Out at the Fair Grounds! One Nickel. A half a Dime! Right this Way, FOLKS, to see the Hair-Raising EEEEEEVent of the Century!
Tom Mix knew something when he was making his new picture "The Circus Ace". Every spring the circus comes to New York and plays to capacity at Madison Square Garden. Which just goes to prove
Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan and Billy Butts in "Land Beyond Law". Ken at his best and bravest.
C[ Tom Mix and 7\[atalie Joyce in "The Circus Ace". Ton get the thrill of the Big Show in this picture.
that New York isn't made up of cosmopolites but of folks with the small town instinct still strong in their breasts. But somehow a Madison Square Garden circus is not a circus. You don't get the thrill of the Big Show when it's under a roof. It has to be under a tent. And that's just what Tom Mix understood so well. Many a circus film has been a terrible flop because the director and the actors didn't get the FEEL of a real circus into it.
Did Tom Mix do it?
Say! When you sit there and watch the Circus Ace you can actually smell the menagerie and hear the calliope.
To be sure it's only a one ring circus, with one elephant, and one lion. But there's a boxing kangaroo which is worth all the clowns rolled together when it comes to laughgetting. And when Tom Mix starts his tricks there's more action in this one little show than you'd find under many a Big Top. Tom jumps, climbs, rides and shoots, winding up in a tremendous climax when he lassoes Natalie Joyce off the back of a stampeding elephant. Some girl she is, too! A real athlete!
Take a bag of peanuts along when you see "The Circus Ace" because you'll find (Continued on page 82)
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