Chasing the Moon (1922)
Comedy-drama, Western | 26 February 1922
Cast:
Tom Mix, Eva Novak, William Buckley [ More ]Director:
Edward SedgwickWriters:
Tom Mix, Edward SedgwickCinematographer:
Ben KlineEditor:
Ralph SpenceProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.Chasing the Moon was a change of pace for the popular rugged Western star, and critics and theater owners were generally not happy about it. Reviewers uniformly mentioned the “wise cracking,” “facetious,” and “wittiest” subtitles, written by Ralph Spence, but felt there were too many of them. As for story, the 5 Feb 1922 FD reviewer complained that the “helter skelter” film had “a whole lot of everything and not much of anything.” The 25 Feb 1922 Exhibitors Herald concluded: “The average picture-goer will not find much plot….It is a series of Mix stunts loosely connected.” A theater manager in Fort Plain, NY, told the 14 Oct 1922 Exhibitors Herald that Chasing the Moon “pleased about 75 per cent [of the audience]. Not up to Mix standard from our point of view,” while another manager, in Tecumseh, MI, stated: “Worst star has ever made. No story and the patrons commented on the same. A few more like this one and good-bye Mix.” Still, Tom Mix had his devoted followers. As a Nashville, TN, theater owner reported to the 28 Oct 1922 Exhibitors Herald, “As usual a packed house all the week on Tom Mix. Not as good as some he has made, but full of snappy action, and the subtitles, oh, boy, they're there.” ...
Chasing the Moon was a change of pace for the popular rugged Western star, and critics and theater owners were generally not happy about it. Reviewers uniformly mentioned the “wise cracking,” “facetious,” and “wittiest” subtitles, written by Ralph Spence, but felt there were too many of them. As for story, the 5 Feb 1922 FD reviewer complained that the “helter skelter” film had “a whole lot of everything and not much of anything.” The 25 Feb 1922 Exhibitors Herald concluded: “The average picture-goer will not find much plot….It is a series of Mix stunts loosely connected.” A theater manager in Fort Plain, NY, told the 14 Oct 1922 Exhibitors Herald that Chasing the Moon “pleased about 75 per cent [of the audience]. Not up to Mix standard from our point of view,” while another manager, in Tecumseh, MI, stated: “Worst star has ever made. No story and the patrons commented on the same. A few more like this one and good-bye Mix.” Still, Tom Mix had his devoted followers. As a Nashville, TN, theater owner reported to the 28 Oct 1922 Exhibitors Herald, “As usual a packed house all the week on Tom Mix. Not as good as some he has made, but full of snappy action, and the subtitles, oh, boy, they're there.”
Dwight Locke, a blasé millionaire who has seen and done everything, gives a party for his ranch hands at a city restaurant. His fiancée, Jane Norworth, sees him there with a chorus girl and later upbraids him for not being a worker like her brother Milton, a chemist. When Dwight breaks a glass distillation bottle in Milton's laboratory and cuts his hand, he learns that it contains a poison that will kill in thirty days unless offset by an antidote known only to Professor Sulphite, who has sailed for Russia. Dwight takes up the chase to find the professor within the time limit, with adventures aboard horses, ships, carriages, and trains. Meanwhile, Milton discovers that the container did not contain poison and that Dwight will die if he takes the antidote, so he and Jane pursue Dwight until they find him in Spain. There the lovers are ...
Dwight Locke, a blasé millionaire who has seen and done everything, gives a party for his ranch hands at a city restaurant. His fiancée, Jane Norworth, sees him there with a chorus girl and later upbraids him for not being a worker like her brother Milton, a chemist. When Dwight breaks a glass distillation bottle in Milton's laboratory and cuts his hand, he learns that it contains a poison that will kill in thirty days unless offset by an antidote known only to Professor Sulphite, who has sailed for Russia. Dwight takes up the chase to find the professor within the time limit, with adventures aboard horses, ships, carriages, and trains. Meanwhile, Milton discovers that the container did not contain poison and that Dwight will die if he takes the antidote, so he and Jane pursue Dwight until they find him in Spain. There the lovers are united.
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