The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas is a 1915 American Western film, directed by and starring Tom Mix.

Around 1983 this lost Tom Mix film was found at a rummage sale by a retired armed forces veteran in Madison, Wisconsin. The man had been, amongst other duties, a projectionist for the camp where he was stationed during World War II. He knew and had seen all the films offered at the rummage sale except for the Tom Mix title. After purchasing the 35mm reels of film for about ten dollars he soon began to contact collectors and film organizations to acquire information about the film. He soon found out he had a lost film. He offered the film for sale to collectors. Most film collectors collect to film to view them and are not knowledgeable in film restoration. The film went unsold. After offering it for sale on a film periodical named Classic Images it was purchased for 1,000 in 1984 by Dr. Oscar Salas of Coral Gables, Florida. Dr. Salas, a lawyer in both Florida and Texas put his son William, a film buff, collector and preservationist, to carefully restore the silent film.The film print was composed of cellulose nitrate, a highly combustible film stock. The print was color tinted in sepia, blue, and other colors. Upon beginning the restoration William noticed that the film was longer than the original 1915 version. The print wasminutes and the title read Aywon Film Corporation. The original Selig version of The Man from Texas was about a 15minute one reel film. It is well known that William Selig Polyscope films were mostly shot in one day in and around Prescott, Arizona using the same cast of characters. The Selig studio in Prescott was called the Diamond S Ranch. This fictitious ranch used the S for Selig as a trademark and had a diamond shaped border around the initial. ........

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