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by Javawagen
Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:51 am
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: Looking for Tom Mix's "A Child of the Prairie" from 1925
Replies: 9
Views: 700

Looking for Tom Mix's "A Child of the Prairie" from 1925

Does anyone know where a copy of Tom Mix's 1925 "A Child of the Prairie" film is, or the location of any stills from this? I am searching for my dad's father (who he never knew). It's rumored that he is in this film but he used a different name. I'd love to be able to see parts of this and see if he...
by Javawagen
Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:52 am
Forum: Talking About Silents
Topic: Tom Mix survivors (films, not relatives)
Replies: 7
Views: 3091

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Getting into earlier films... Cinema Eight sold A Child of the Prairie on 8mm. A few years ago, I donated a couple of smaller nitrate reels of this film to the Library of Congress. I guess that they were for some kind of Toy projector, because I doubt that they were quite 1000 feet when combined. O...