Another loser in the format war. Cortellaphone almost has equal billing here, because they’re selling Cortellaphone to theater owners. Imagine the pressure of choosing a format! Guess wrong, back the wrong horse, and it’s money down the drain.

Buck Jones joined the Army at the age of 16, worked as a cowboy, got a job as a stuntman, was promoted to backup for Tom Mix, got his own picture, then moseyed on to stardom and made over 160 pictures. Started his own company in 1928 to make “The Big Hop” - a break from westerns, but he always interested in flying.

Flop city. Back to Westerns. He had a good deep voice, so he made the transition to synch films easily, and had a few more years of fame before dying in the Coconut Grove fire - an infamous nightclub blaze that killed almost 500 people.

Oh, Jobyna Ralston? Remembered today for being The Girl in a number of Harold Lloyd comedies.