Jack Hoxie (From Bill Powell)

Scan000010925, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. My grandfather George Engesser hired Jack Hoxie for a couple of seasons to headline Schell Bros Circus in the late 1920's. Last summer I took my mom, Gee Gee Engesser, to the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage located in Los Angeles. It is a great museum and has a large section on Cowboy Movie actors. After we passed Gene Aurty, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, John Wayne and Clint Eastwood among many others we came across a small display on Jack Hoxie. Displayed next to a movie poster was a holster and gun purportedly used by Hoxie. Here is what the small plaque said: "Not all western heros were overwhelming successful. Jack Hoxie made low budget movies for Universal Western in the 1920's and with his horse and dog provided basic formula performances......they were considered to be among the worst of the king and are barely remembered today." I guess the 'price was right' on Hoxie because George had him around for a while. And once again the blog is making history as you have rekindled memories of one old cowboy who was destined to be 'barely remembered' Bill Powell