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''No Man's Gold'' 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
Lewis Seiler Lewis Seiler (September 30, 1890 – January 8, 1964) was an American film director. He directed more than 80 films between 1923 and 1958. Seiler was born in New York City, and died at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, Los Angeles. Partial fi ...
and written by John Stone. 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 ...
,
Eva Novak Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent films, silent film era. Biography On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Jos ...
, Frank Campeau, Mickey Moore, Malcolm Waite, and
Forrest Taylor Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from Silent film, silents through Sound film, talkies to the advent of Color motion picture fil ...
. The film was released on August 29, 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 ...
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Plot

The central plot revolves around an ailing prospector who splits the map to his gold mine into three sections: one for the outlaw who wounded him (Frank Campeau), another for the comedic sidekick Harry Grippe, and the third for the protagonist, Mix. Alongside safeguarding the miner's newly orphaned son (Mickey Moore), Mix must also race against time to reach the mine before his adversaries.


Cast

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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 ...
as Tom Stone * Tony the Wonder Horse as Tony, Tom's Horse *
Eva Novak Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent films, silent film era. Biography On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Jos ...
as Jane Rogers * Frank Campeau as Frank Healy * Mickey Moore as Jimmy Rogers * Malcolm Waite as Pete Krell *
Forrest Taylor Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from Silent film, silents through Sound film, talkies to the advent of Color motion picture fil ...
as Wat Lyman * Harry Gripp as Lefty Logan


Preservation

A print of ''No Man's Gold'' is held in the Národní filmový archiv in Prague.Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''No Man's Gold''
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* 1926 films Fox Film films 1926 Western (genre) films Films directed by Lewis Seiler American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub