The Texan
About The Texan
Tex Benton races a turtle against a jack rabbit, the rabbit wins, and Tex decides to live like the hare. He saves an Indian called Bat, and they ride into Wolfville, where Tex enters a rodeo. A stalled train brings Alice Marcum. Tex and an Eastern tenderfoot both court her. The tenderfoot, the tortoise, wins, and Tex decides he is not the marrying kind.
Cast & crew
More about The Texan
Lynn F. Reynolds directed and shared the scenario with Jules Furthman. George H. Webster was assistant director. Frank Good was the cameraman. William Fox copyrighted it on October 31, 1920, LP15749, and Fox released it in October 1920 as a Tom Mix Series picture. It is based on James B. Hendryx's 1918 novel The Texan. Wikipedia also lists Tom Mix as a producer.
Themes
Look
Frank Good shot the five-reel Fox Western.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
Prints are held at the EYE Filmmuseum in the Netherlands and at the Danish Film Institute.
Notes
- Tom Mix plays Tex Benton. Gloria Hope is Alice Marcum. Robert Walker is Winthrop Endicott. Charles K. French is the mayor of Wolf River. Sid Jordan is Jack Purdy. Pat Chrisman is Bat.
- A Danish Film Institute copy runs 41 minutes 31 seconds.
- Paramount filmed Hendryx's story again in 1930 as The Texan, with Gary Cooper.
Scenes
- Tex races a turtle against a jack rabbit and the rabbit wins.
- He pulls Bat out of trouble and they ride on together.
- The Easterner, not Tex, gets Alice.
Influenced by
- The Texan, a 1918 novel by James B. Hendryx
Influenced
- The Texan (1930)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Texan (1920).webm)
