''The Golden Thought'' is a 1917
silent short film western directed by and starring
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 films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He w ...
. It was produced by the
Selig Polyscope Company
The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company that was founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago. The company produced hundreds of early, widely distributed commercial moving pictures, including the first films starring Tom ...
and released through the
General Film Company
The General Film Company was a motion picture distribution company in the United States. Between 1909 and 1920, the company distributed almost 12,000 silent era motion pictures.
Formation
The General Film Company was formed by the Motion Pictu ...
. A print survives in the George Eastman House.
It was rereleased in 1924 after being expanded into feature form. It's unclear whether this expanded version survives.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:''A Golden Thought''
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Cast
* 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 films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He w ...
as Tom Daton
* Victoria Forde
Victoria Forde (April 21, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was an American silent film actress.
Biography
Born in New York City, Victoria Forde was the daughter of Broadway theatre, Broadway actress Eugenie Forde who got her into films with American Mu ...
as Bess Jackson
* Barney Furey
Charles Manford "Barney" Furey (September 7, 1886 – January 18, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1912 and 1937. He was born in Boise, Idaho and died in Hollywood, California. as Gene Hammond
* Lillian Clark as Estella Hammond (billed as Lily Clark)
* Sid Jordan
Sid Jordan (August 12, 1889 – September 30, 1970) was an American film actor.
Biography
Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1889, Jordan was introduced to acting through his close friend Tom Mix, when both men were serving as the "Night Marsh ...
as Doc Breede
* Pat Chrisman as Bill Blevins
* Lillian Wade
References
External links
*
lobby poster
larger version
of lobby poster
1917 films
1917 Western (genre) films
1917 short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Tom Mix
Selig Polyscope Company films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
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