TOM MIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 280449

TOM MIX
Small signed 2¾x4 brown-toned b/w photo of Western actor Tom Mix in a cowboy outfit and holding a rope, with a 2x2 ½ b/w bust photo of Mix on verso
Photograph signed "Tom Mix.". Black ink notations on verso in unknown hand. B/w brown toned, 2¾x4with thin printed rope border and scalloped edges, mounted to a 3x4½ sheet of brown paper. With a 2x2 ½ b/w bust photo of Mix on verso. A skilled horseman from childhood, Mix (1880-1940, bornThomas Hezikiah Mix in Mix Run, Pennsylvania) was hired to round up cattle for the film Ranch Life in the Great Southwest (1910), and was assigned a supporting role in the film. The film's producers, Selig Polyscope, retained him as an actor, and from 1911 to 1917 he appeared in over 100 one- and two-reelers, often producing and/or directing his films. Selig went out of business in 1917 and Mix was signed by Fox, which starred him in the westerns that established him as the premier cowboy star. His success helped Fox become a major studio. In the late 20s and early 30s, he quit films for three years to tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus with his famous horse, Tony. From 1932 to 1935, he starred in several talkie westerns, then retired from the screen. He was 60 when he was killed in a car crash. Show through from adhesive (does not touch signature). Paper loss on both images (does not touch signatures). Tears at left and right side. Otherwise in fine condition.