Tom Mix’s last years were tough… Tom Mix’s movie career was basically done by 1929. Westerns were out of fashion, so he spent his last years were...
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And Your Horse, Too!
Tom Mix’s horse became a famous screen presence. Tom Mix's horse, Tony, was the only horse who starred in his own movie, made in 1922. Mix had a...
Superstar of the Silver Screen
Tom Mix dominated in the 1920s. The 1920’s was an age of superheroes like Babe Ruth, Red Grange, and Charles Lindbergh. But perhaps the greatest...
Shooting Back
A Salute to Apache Scouts Thanks for publishing Lynda A. Sánchez’s eye-opening article on Apache scouts, “The Last Hurrah,” in the May/June 2024...
Tom Mix’s Last Sundown
This idol of millions spent his last evening on earth with old friends, old memories—but new hopes. And no Hollywood premiere was ever more dazzling...
Shooting Back
King of the Cowboys I am writing to say how I loved the story “The Day Tom Mix Died.” Having only known parts of it, you and the Rosebrooks filled...
The Day Tom Mix Died
What really happened on that lonely stretch of highway? Tom Mix had the pedal to the metal on his bright-yellow Cord Phaeton sports car as he...
Secret Agent Man
A legendary screenwriter gets his final byline. In early 2003 my agent called me to tell me the Westerns Channel wanted to start running True West...
Tom Mix: Hollywood’s First Superstar
The 1920’s was an age of super heroes, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Red Grange, Gertrude Erdle, Charles Lindbergh but the greatest super star of them all...
Well-Heeled, Bedraggled and Badged
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Tom Mix
The 1920’s was the golden age of heroes that included, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Red Grange, Gertrude Erdle and Charles Lindbergh but the most famous...