RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (1925) - Tom Mix 

I've always been a bit of a Tom Mix fan. It's awesome seeing a movie made almost 100 years ago.

Excellent upload of a wonderful film, thanks! Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp were friends and Earp hung around the studio while Mix was making movies.

I have never seen a Tom Mix movie. If this is the type of action western he did, them I will be hoping to see more of his filmography on YT. This was very entertaining. And for an old silent the print was very good.

It's amazing that most of this film was shot on actual location and not on some sound stage, as was usual for early films

Crazy facts: I’m from his hometown area. Tom mix career dipped with the advent of sound…as in voice. Many of his later voice films had his voice dubbed. A talented stuntsman and rider…he was an amazing horse handler. he did 100s of films…spent all of his money…had multiple wives whom had reported posthumously that he rarely was intimate with them, although fathering some children…he claimed voice damage from “a bullet to his throat “ but the truth was different. he had a lisp and a very feminine side when not on camera or in front of crowds. His popularity shifted as his career aged, especially in light of his voice. He went AWOL. Never rode with Theodore’s rough riders. He stood out as a skilled horseman and expert shot, winning national riding and roping contests all over and no one can ever contest his talent! Rumors of him having a native sidekick or Mexican sidekick were just that, rumors. Rumors in his home area was that he was not fond of women but history and facts point to someone that loved women and played hard when it came to his western acting and riding, which may have been his true dedication. He was a cool cat! There as also a rumor that following his death, John Wayne travelled to his hometown unannounced to offer help to mix’s close and distant family whom had lived through some hard times. He assisted them financially in thanks for Tom getting him into the acting scene.

My Grandfather was a kid in 1920's Alabama and he loved Tom Mix. I guess many boys and men of the early 1900's did ! Tom Mix was a Hollywood cowboy, friend to Wyaat Earp and also fought in the 1898 Spanish-American war. Thanks for showing this film. I read NOT many of his films still survive.

i have always wanted to see this its a legendary film never saw tom mix in action but goodness he was good looking

Tom mix is my great great great great great uncle

My grandfather used to watch all his clips when I was a kid.. Good times priceless memories..

32:24 -What a clever trick--never seen it before--wonder if it was something picked up from the Natives...

Movie has been made many times but I still like this the best.Mix at his best & Oland a great villain before he became Charlie Chan.

damn lawyers steal every thing

This story was re-filmed at a later date under the name of "Santa Fe". It's a slightly different version of the same story, but main theory, and concept of the story remains the same. The reversion is a talky movie.

Thank you for this close-to-the-novel film. "Roll the rock, Lassiter. Roll the rock." One of my mom's favorite Zane Grey novels.

thank you for sharing these wonderful movies

Tom Mix was an amazing actor. Tom was born January 6, 1880 died October 12 1940 in a construction accident of the highway. He couldn't stop in time, swerved twice a large suitcase type of bag came swelling at him hitting him killing him. He was only 60 years old.That suitcase contained money and travelers checks. Many fans and movie stars went to his funeral. In this movie he wa 45 years old

Well, that was the first Tom Mix I've ever watched. ( Maybe not his best feature. ..but what a convoluted story !) I noticed the villain ,The Judge was played by Warner Oland...for many years later he was Charlie Chan. Cheers from Australia

Surprisingly fresh

The pretty little girl on Tom Mix's back when they are climbing the rock face towards the end of this film was Dawn O'Day, later better known as Anne Shirley - 1919-1993. She was "Ann Grayle" in RKOs "Murder, My Sweet" (1944), her final film. Do you think there were any safety precautions used in that scene?

The great Mix !!

So weird that HP Lovecraft could very well have seen this movie in the theaters around the same time he was writing Call of Cthulhu. I want a time machine so bad😖

awesome I enjoyed watching it

Commander Shepard says, "Awesome Tom Mix flick.....of Zane's novel".

A 100 year old film next year.

Breathtaking atmospheric scenes, scenery--curious to know where it was shot...and how about the Withersteen ranch/range--was it the most fantastic ever?

The man wept.

danke thank you

Tom Mix was Clayton Moore's idol.

Not a good ending for a Tom Mix movie. He had to leave his horse, Tony behind (not to mention, his guns)

What is the name of that music in background when 2 cowboys finds 4 other cowboys tie up 🤔

I wonder if Wyatt Earp consulted on this film

I am searching for the movie based on the book - Riders of the Spanish mountains, by Zane Grey. As a kid I've read that book and loved it ( think the main character's name is Laramie Nelson, or something like that ). Thanks in advance for your help.

Everyone in this movie is dead..even a new born baby

wonderful print. where from?

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