Tom Mix

**Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix** (rođen kao **Thomas Hezikiah Mix**; 6. januar 1880 &ndash; 12. oktobar 1940) bio je američki filmski glumac, poznat kao prva zvijezda westerna, odnosno ličnost čiji su imidž i opus u mnogo čemu oblikovao hollywoodske "kanone" tog žanra.

Rodio se u Pensilvaniji kao sin konjušara, te je od mladosti zavolio konje i postao vješt jahač. Za vrijeme špansko-američkog rata 1898. se prijavio u vojsku i poslije služio u konjici, iako nije sudjelovao u borbama. Nakon što je napustio službu, neko vrijeme je radio kao kauboj, dodatno se uzdržavajući nastupima na jahačkim i streljačkim natjecanjima. Njegove vještine su privukle pažnju studija Selig Polyscope koji ga je 1909. prvo angažirao za dokumentarne filmove o životu kauboja, da bi ga potom učinio zvijezdom kratkih igranih filmova. Mix je brzo stekao popularnost, i postao jedna od prvih zvijezda mlade američke filmske industrije. Godine 1917. je potpisao ugovor sa studijem Fox Film Corporation koji je u losanđeleskom naselju Edendale kao kulisu njegovih filmova sagradio umjetni grad sa Divljeg Zapada poznat kao "Mixville". Mix, koji se prilično obogatio svojim nastupima, veliki dio svog bogatstva je izgubio u krahu njujorške burze, kao i zbog sklonosti ženama i alkoholu, te je bio prisiljen pod stare dane nastupati iako su ga mučile ozljede. Poginuo je u prometnoj nesreći.

Mix je usprkos toga ostao jedna od najvećih ikona američke popularne kulture u 20. vijeku, te se dan-danas na njega mogu pronaći brojne reference. Jedna od najpoznatijih je akciona komedija *[[Sunset (film)|Sunset]]* iz 1988. godine, koja prikazuje Mixovo prijateljstvo s Wyattom Earpom i gdje njegov lik tumači Bruce Willis.

## Filmografija
Tom Mix je nastupio u 291 kratkom i cjelovečernjem filmu od 1909. do 1935. godine. Dolje su navedena njegova cjelovečernja ostvarenja.

* *Cupid's Roundup* (1918), Larry Kelly
* *Six Shooter Andy* (1918), Andy Crawford
* *Western Blood* (1918), Tex Wilson
* *Ace High* (1918), Jean Rivard
* *Mr. Logan, U.S.A.* (1918), Jim Logan
* *Fame and Fortune* (1918), Clay Burgess
* *[[Treat 'Em Rough (1919 film)|Treat 'Em Rough]]* (1919), Ned Ferguson
* *Hell-Roarin' Reform* (1919), Tim
* *Fighting for Gold* (1919), Jack Kilmeny
* *The Coming of the Law* (1919), Kent Hollis
* *The Wilderness Trail* (1919), Donald MacTavish
* *Rough-Riding Romance* (1919), Phineas Dobbs
* *The Speed Maniac* (1919), Billy Porter
* *The Feud* (1919), Jere Lynch/John Smith
* *The Cyclone* (1920), Sergeant Tim Ryerson
* *The Daredevil* (1920), Timothy Atkinson (also directed)
* *Desert Love* (1920), Buck Marston Jr.
* *The Terror* (1920), Bat Carson
* *Three Gold Coins* (1920), Bob Fleming/Bad Pat Duncan
* *The Untamed* (1920), Whistling Dan
* *The Texan* (1920), Tex Benton
* *Prairie Trails* (1920), Tex Benton
* *The Road Demon* (1921)
* *Hands Off* (1921), Tex Roberts
* *A Ridin' Romeo* (1921), Jim Rose
* *The Big Town Round-Up* (1921), Larry McBride
* *After Your Own Heart* (1921), Herbert Parker
* *The Night Horsemen* (1921), Whistling Dan
* *The Rough Diamond* (1921), Hank Sherman
* *Trailin' * (1921), Anthony Woodbury
* *Sky High* (1922), Grant Newbury
* *Chasing the Moon* (1922), Dwight Locke
* *Up and Going* (1922), David Brandon
* *The Fighting Streak* (1922), Andrew Lanning
* *For Big Stakes* (1922), 'Clean-up' Sudden
* *Just Tony* (1922), Jim Perris
* *Do and Dare* (1922), Kit Carson Boone/Henry Boone
* *Tom Mix in Arabia* (1922), Billy Evans
* *Catch My Smoke* (1922), Bob Stratton
* *Romance Land* (1923), 'Pep' Hawkins
* *Three Jumps Ahead* (1923), Steve McLean
* *Stepping Fast* (1923), Grant Malvern
* *Soft Boiled* (1923), Tom Steele
* *The Lone Star Ranger* (1923), Duane
* *Mile-a-Minute Romeo* (1923), Lucky Bill
* *North of Hudson Bay* (1923), Michael Dane
* *Eyes of the Forest* (1923), Bruce Thornton
* *Pals in Blue* (1924)

* *Ladies to Board* (1924), Tom Faxton
* *[[The Trouble Shooter]]* (1924), Tom Steele
* *The Heart Buster* (1924), Tod Walton
* *The Last of the Duanes* (1924), Buck Duane
* *Oh, You Tony!* (1924), Tom Masters
* *Teeth* (1924), Dave Deering
* *The Deadwood Coach* (1924), Tom/The Orphan
* *A Child of the Prairie* (1925), Square Deal Tom (also directed)
* *Dick Turpin* (1925), Dick Turpin
* *[[Riders of the Purple Sage#1925 cast|Riders of the Purple Sage]]* (1925), Jim Carson aka Jim Lassiter
* *The Rainbow Trail* (1925), John Shefford
* *[[The Lucky Horseshoe]]* (1925), Tom Foster
* *The Everlasting Whisper* (1925), Mark King
* *The Best Bad Man* (1925), Hugh Nichols
* *The Yankee Señor* (1926), Paul Wharton
* *My Own Pal* (1926), Tom O'Hara
* *Tony Runs Wild* (1926), Tom Trent
* *Hard Boiled* (1926), Tom Bouden
* *No Man's Gold* (1926), Tom Stone
* *[[The Great K & A Train Robbery]]* (1926), Tom Gordon
* *The Canyon of Light* (1926), Tom Mills
* *The Last Trail* (1927), Tom Dane
* *The Broncho Twister* (1927), Tom Mason
* *Outlaws of Red River* (1927), Tom Morley
* *The Circus Ace* (1927), Tom Terry
* *Tumbling River* (1927), Tom Gieer
* *Silver Valley* (1927), Tom Tracey
* *The Arizona Wildcat* (1927), Tom Phelan
* *Daredevil's Reward* (1928), Tom Hardy
* *A Horseman of the Plains* (1928), Tom Swift
* *Hello Cheyenne* (1928), Tom Remington
* *Painted Post* (1928), Tom Blake
* *The Son of the Golden West* (1928), Tom Hardy
* *King Cowboy* (1928), Tex Rogers
* *Outlawed* (1929), Tom Manning
* *The Drifter* (1929), Tom McCall
* *The Big Diamond Robbery* (1929), Tom Markham
* *[[Destry Rides Again (1932 film)|Destry Rides Again]]* (1932), Tom Destry
* *The Rider of Death Valley* (1932), Tom Rigby
* *The Texas Bad Man* (1932), Tom Logan, pretvarajući se da je Dan Bishop
* *My Pal, the King* (1932), Tom Reed
* *The Fourth Horseman* (1932), Tom Martin
* *Hidden Gold* (1932), Tom Marley
* *Flaming Guns* (1932), Tom Malone
* *Terror Trail* (1933), Tom Munroe
* *Rustlers Roundup* (1933), Tom Lawson
* *[[The Miracle Rider]]* (1935, filmska serija), Tom Morgan, teksaški rendžer

## Reference

## Literatura
* Basinger, Jeanine (1999). *Silent Stars*. .
* Birchard, Robert S. (1993). *King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies*. Burbank: Riverwood Press. .
* Jensen, Richard D. (2005). *The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies*. iUniverse, Inc.  .
* Menefee, David W. (2007). *The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era*. Albany: Bear Manor Media.
* Mix, Olive Stokes, with Eric Heath (1957). *The Fabulous Tom Mix*. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
* Mix, Paul E. (1972). *The Life and Legend of Tom Mix*. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company.
* Ohmart, Ben (2002). *It's That Time Again*. Albany: BearManor Media. .

## Vanjske veze

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* Biographical pages with many illustrations, including Mix's Cord automobile
* Ralston Foods' Tom Mix pages 
* Photographs of Tom Mix
* The Colt Revolver in the American West—Tom Mix's Single Action Army 
* Photos of Tom Mix's grave at Findagrave
* Image of Robert Ecker's mezzotint "Dust Devils"  featuring Tom Mix's hat at Davidson Galleries