Tom Mix began his career with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. From 1910-1917, he was bouncing all over the West, filming two-reelers in small towns like Prescott, Arizona, and Las Vegas, New Mexico. By 1921, he started making five-reelers on a regular basis, and his contract at Fox was amazing—he ultimately earned more than $900,000 a year, before Fox turned him loose in 1928. In 1923, Wyatt Earp served as a consultant on Wild Bill Hickok, starring William S. Hart. Earp asked Hart to
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