''My Own Pal'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

John G. Blystone John G. Blystone (December 2, 1892 – August 6, 1938) was an American film director. He directed 100 films between 1915 and 1938. He was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California from a myocardial infarction, heart at ...

and written by

Lillie Hayward Lillie Hayward (born Lillian Olenda Auen, September 12, 1891 – June 29, 1977) was an American screenwriter whose Hollywood career began during the silent era and continued well into the age of television. She wrote for more than 70 films ...

. The film stars

Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western (genre), Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were s ...

Olive Borden Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1907 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who began her career during the silent film era. She was nicknamed "the Joy Girl", after playing the lead in the 1927 film of that same title. Borden ...

Tom Santschi Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880 – April 9, 1931) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Personal life Santschi was born in Missouri to Paul Santschi, a Swiss immigrant, and Margaret Kern, a nat ...

Virginia Marshall Virginia Elizabeth Marshall (October 1, 1918 – January 30, 1982), also known as Little Virginia Marshall, was an American child actress in the silent film era between 1924 and 1930. Biography Virginia Elizabeth Marshall was born on October ...

Ben Bard Ben Bard (January 26, 1893 – May 17, 1974) was an American movie actor, stage actor, and acting teacher. With comedian Jack Pearl, Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville. In 1926, Bard, Pearl, and Sascha Beaumont appeared in a short film ...

, and William Colvin. The film was released on February 28, 1926, by

Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1914 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox (producer), William Fox. It was the corporate successor to ...

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Tom O'Hara, a young rancher, adopts Jill, a child of the circus, and takes her to a city. There he becomes a hero through the rescue of the police chief's daughter Alice Deering in a runaway automobile. The chief makes him a motorcycle policeman. In this capacity he captures a gang of desperadoes and, after a period of courtship, weds the chief's daughter.

Cast

as Tom O'Hara *

as Alice Deering *

as August Deering *

as Jill *

as Baxter Barton * William Colvin as Jud McIntire *

Virginia Warwick Virginia Warwick (born in 1903) was an American actress in silent films. She had several starring roles including the western film '' Ace of Cactus Range'' (1924). Biography Warwick's early education came in her birthplace of St. Louis; her late ...

as Molly * Jay Hunt as Clown *

Hedda Nova Hedda Nova (May 15, 1899 – January 16, 1981) was a Russian-born American film actress. Biography Born on May 15, 1899, in Odessa ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörig ...

as Mrs. Jud McIntire * Tom McGuire as Pat McQuire *

Helen Lynch Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters. Biography Lynch was born on April 6, 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she wa ...

as Trixie Tremaine * Jack Rollens as Slippery Sam

Preservation

With no prints of ''My Own Pal'' located in any film archives, it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

.Progressive Silent Film List: ''My Own Pal''
at silentera.com

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* 1926 films Fox Film films English-language Western (genre) films 1926 Western (genre) films Films directed by John G. Blystone American black-and-white films Lost American Western (genre) films 1926 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Lost silent American films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub

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