Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. He succeeded his father tuekakas in the early 1870s.
John Hartford Hoxie was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and rarely strayed from the genre.
The Stolen Jools is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy short produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for this film says—as do the credits—that the film was co-sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes to support the "fine work" of the NVA sanitarium.
Gold is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. An early sound B western, the film starred Jack Hoxie in the second of his six sound westerns, featuring Hooper Atchley as the villain Kramer. The film also marked the last screen appearance of silent movie actress Alice Day.
The Last Frontier is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by George B. Seitz and starring William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, and Jack Hoxie. The plot of this film was later reused in the 1948 Columbia Pictures serial Tex Granger.
Jack Straw is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed the film and Robert Warwick and Carroll McComas star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by W. Somerset Maugham starring John Drew and a young Mary Boland. Winston Churchill made a cameo appearance in the original film. In 1926 Paramount attempted a remake of this film called The Waiter from the Ritz which was begun and/or completed but never released. James Cruze directed and Raymond Griffith starred; this film, if completed, is now lost. The 1920 film survives at the Library of Congress.
Give and Take is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It was Universal's second sound film.
Make Me a Star is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and ZaSu Pitts. The film is a remake of the 1924 silent film Merton of the Movies, based upon the 1922 novel of that name, and the 1923 play adapted from the novel by George S. Kaufman, and Marc Connelly. It was remade again in 1947.
The Forbidden Trail is a 1923 American silent Western film written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie.
The Western Wallop is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie. It was produced and released by the Universal Pictures.
The Sign of the Cactus is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes, and J. Gordon Russell.
A Roaring Adventure is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Mary McAllister and Marin Sais.
A Six Shootin' Romance is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck and William Steele.
Red Hot Leather is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Hoxie, Ena Gregory, and Billy Engle.
The Man from Wyoming is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Lillian Rich, and William Welsh.
Hidden Loot is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Harry Dittmar. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck, Edward Cecil, Jack Kenny, Buck Connors and Bert De Marc. The film was released on October 31, 1925, by Universal Pictures.
Gallopin' Through is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Priscilla Bonner and Doreen Turner.
Hills of Hate is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Jack Hoxie, Wilbur McGaugh and Evelyn Nelson.
Hands Off! is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Tom Mix, Pauline Curley and Charles K. French.
Bustin' Thru is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Helen Lynch and William Bailey.
