"The Man from Tia Juana" (1917)

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Jack Hoxie in The Man from Tia Juana 1917 00

Jack Hoxie

Directed by                         James W. Horne
Produced by                   Kalem
Scenario by                     unknown
Cinematography        unknown
Starring                           Marin Sais, Edward Hearn, Jack Hoxie
Distributed by                General Film Company
Release date                    July 1, 1917
Running time                  20 min.
Country                               United States
Language                             Silent, English intertitles

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"The Man from Tia Juana" is a short Western. This film illustrates the work of Jack Hoxie, a star of Silent Hall of Fame.

A bank clerk steals $20,000 in bonds and frames another employee. Jack Hoxie plays the sheriff.

In this film Jack Hoxie still goes by the name Hart Hoxie, which he would change in 1919 to become one of the most famous luminaries of Westerns. The leading lady in "The Man from Tia Juana", Marin Sais, would become Jack Hoxie's first wife three years later.

Jack Hoxie

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