{"id":10709,"date":"2012-10-12T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2012-10-12T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:30:25","slug":"friday-fun-honoring-tom-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/10709","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Honoring Tom Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Oct. 12 in 1940, Tom Mix<\/a> died in a one-car automobile accident. He was a famous and highly-paid star (along with his horse Tony) in silent-film era Westerns, as well as a few early “talkie” Westerns.<\/p>\n

Have you seen any of his films? Andersen Library has The Heart of Texas Ryan<\/em>, a 60-minute film, which is included on The Great Train Robbery<\/em> DVD (100th Anniversary Special Edition, in 2nd-floor Browsing DVDs\/Feature Films, at call number Gre), or you can watch it via the Internet Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Would you like to learn more about him? Search HALCAT<\/a> and find books such as Life and legend of Tom Mix<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, PN2287 .M65 M48) and Hall of fame of western film stars<\/em> (3rd-floor Main Collection, PN2285 .C6). Searching the article databases<\/a> will find this article: “The Making Of A Legend: Tom Mix In New Mexico<\/a>” (Journal of the West<\/em>, 1977, vol.16:no.4, pp.12-18). You also can search the historical newspaper databases, such as the Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/em>, for articles published when his films were appearing, e.g.<\/em>, “A $12.50 Pony Earns 7 Million with Tom Mix<\/a>” (Chicago Daily Tribune<\/em>, 1932, Nov. 9, p.27). The Tom Mix Museum<\/a> in Dewey, OK, provides some information and photos at its web site.<\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> if you’d like some assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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