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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

The Texan (1920)

Western, Comedy | October 1920

Cast:

Tom Mix, Gloria Hope, Robert Walker [ More ]

Director:

Lynn F. Reynolds

Writers:

Lynn F. Reynolds, Jules G. Furthman , James S. Hendryx

Production Company:

Fox Film Corp.
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
MPN
6 Nov 1920
p. 3532
MPN
27 Nov 1920
p. 4159
MPW
16 Apr 1921
p. 758
23 Dec 1916
p. 3933
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Fox Film Corp.
PRODUCTION TEXT
BRAND NAME
Tom Mix Series
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Fox Film Corp.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Lynn F. Reynolds
Dir
George Webster
George H. Webster
Asst dir
WRITERS
Lynn F. Reynolds
Scen
Jules Furthman
Jules G. Furthman
Scen
James S. Hendryx
Story
PHOTOGRAPHY
Frank Good
Cam
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel The Texan by James B. Hendryx (New York, 1918).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
James B. Hendryx
DETAILS
Release Date:
October 1920
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
William Fox
31 October 1920
LP15749
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In a border town, he rescues an Indian, "Bat," and the two become friends. In Wolfville, Tex enters a rodeo. Meanwhile, a stalled Eastern train carries Alice Marcum, the girl Tex decides he wants. Tex competes with an Easterner for the girl's attentions, but Tex, the "hare," loses to the Eastern tenderfoot, the "tortoise." Tex then concludes that he is not the marrying ...

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Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In a border town, he rescues an Indian, "Bat," and the two become friends. In Wolfville, Tex enters a rodeo. Meanwhile, a stalled Eastern train carries Alice Marcum, the girl Tex decides he wants. Tex competes with an Easterner for the girl's attentions, but Tex, the "hare," loses to the Eastern tenderfoot, the "tortoise." Tex then concludes that he is not the marrying kind.

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Texas, Friendship, Rivalry, Rabbits and hares, Indians of North America, Cowboys, Mexican-American border region, Rodeos, Turtles
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