He sold his motion picture company, which later became Paramount Pictures in 1919, to Jesse Lasky.
He sold his motion picture company, which later became Paramount Pictures in 1919, to Jesse Lasky. A  trip with Colonel Buffalo Jones inspired his The Last of the Plainsmen while he drew from his family story for The Spirit of the Border. Fritz Lang's film Western Union was based on one of his novels, and he wrote screenplays for The Vanishing Pioneer and Rangle River. Heavily inspired by Owen Wister, For 10 points-- name this prolific author of Westerns including Riders of the Purple Sage.
He sold his motion picture company, which later became Paramount Pictures in 1919, to Jesse Lasky.
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