My Own Pal

1926 film

February 28, 1926 (1926-02-28)

Running time

60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

My Own Pal is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Lillie Hayward. The film stars Tom Mix, Olive Borden, Tom Santschi, Virginia Marshall, Ben Bard, and William Colvin. The film was released on February 28, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] Tom O'Hara, a young rancher, adopts Jill, a child of the circus, and takes her to a city. There he becomes a hero through the rescue of the police chief’s daughter Alice Deering in a runaway automobile. The chief makes him a motorcycle policeman. In this capacity he captures a gang of desperadoes and, after a period of courtship, weds the chief’s daughter.

Cast

Tom Mix as Tom O'Hara
Olive Borden as Alice Deering
Tom Santschi as August Deering
Virginia Marshall as Jill
Ben Bard as Baxter Barton
William Colvin as Jud McIntire
Virginia Warwick as Molly
Jay Hunt as Clown
Hedda Nova as Mrs. Jud McIntire
Tom McGuire as Pat McQuire
Helen Lynch as Trixie Tremaine
Jack Rollens as Slippery Sam

Preservation

With no prints of My Own Pal located in any film archives, it is a lost film.^[5]

References

^ "My Own Pal (1926) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "My Own Pal". afi.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "My Own Pal (1926) - John G. Blystone - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "New Pictures: My Own Pal". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (8). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 69 February 6, 1926. Retrieved March 14, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: My Own Pal at silentera.com