Religion and Gun Practice

Religion and Gun Practice: The Way of the West is a 1913 American silent Western film directed by William Duncan and starring Tom Mix, Rex De Rosselli and Myrtle Stedman.[2] Among other roles in similar films at the time, Tom Mix's role in Religion and Gun Practice established what would be the cowboy hero of the twentieth century.[3] The movie was played in theaters across the nation.[4]

Religion and Gun Practice
Release flier for Religion and Gun Practice
Directed byWilliam Duncan
Written byWilliam A. Corey (story)
William Duncan (scenario)
Produced byWilliam Selig
StarringTom Mix
Rex De Rosselli
Myrtle Stedman
Production
company
Distributed bySelig Polyscope Company[1]
Release date
  • May 26, 1913 (1913-05-26)
Running time
27 minutes, 46 seconds[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

Tom Mix plays "a western outlaw reformed by a missionary's daughter."[3] Kill Kullen and the missionary's daughter, Winona Judell, fall in love. She sets him back on the path of righteousness, and though her father disapproves of their desire to marry each other, she is persistent. Kill Kullen teaches her how to ride and shoot, and her father eventually yields.[5]

Filming

The movie was filmed by William Duncan and the Selig Polyscope Company in the facilities of what used to be the Lubin Film Company studio, in Prescott, Arizona.[3][6] The location provided a landscape of hills and valleys, forest, and desert wasteland ("Slaughter House Gulch"), as well as iconic rock formations.[3]

Cast

References
  1. "Religion And Gun Practice | BBFC". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. Jensen, Richard D. (2005). The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-595-35949-3.
  3. Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood (1st ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-292-72870-7.
  4. "Chronicling America | Library of Congress". chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved May 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Amusements - The Orpheum". Daily East Oregonian (Newspaper). Pendleton, Oregon. July 15, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  6. Sharlot Hall Museum (n.d.). "Movies Made in Yavapai County". Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  7. Reddin, Paul. Wild West Shows, p. 193, at Google Books
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