My Own Pal

{{Infobox film

| name = My Own Pal

| image = My Own Pal poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = John G. Blystone

| producer =

| screenplay = Lillie Hayward

| starring = Tom Mix
Olive Borden
Tom Santschi
Virginia Marshall
Ben Bard
William Colvin

| cinematography = Daniel B. Clark

| studio = Fox Film Corporation

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1926|2|28}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

My Own Pal is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Lillie Hayward. The film stars Tom Mix, Olive Borden, Tom Santschi, Virginia Marshall, Ben Bard, and William Colvin. The film was released on February 28, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497601/my-own-pal|title=My Own Pal (1926) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=65048|title=My Own Pal|work=afi.com|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/my-own-pal-v103392/cast-crew|title=My Own Pal (1926) - John G. Blystone - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|work=AllMovie|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last= |first= |title=New Pictures: My Own Pal |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=24 |issue=8 |pages=69 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |date=6 February 1926 |location=Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald24unse/page/n1108/mode/1up |accessdate=14 March 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} Tom O'Hara, a young rancher, adopts Jill, a child of the circus, and takes her to a city. There he becomes a hero through the rescue of the police chief's daughter Alice Deering in a runaway automobile. The chief makes him a motorcycle policeman. In this capacity he captures a gang of desperadoes and, after a period of courtship, weds the chief's daughter.

Cast

Tom Mix as Tom O'Hara
Olive Borden as Alice Deering
Tom Santschi as August Deering
Virginia Marshall as Jill
Ben Bard as Baxter Barton
William Colvin as Jud McIntire
Virginia Warwick as Molly
Jay Hunt as Clown
Hedda Nova as Mrs. Jud McIntire
Tom McGuire as Pat McQuire
Helen Lynch as Trixie Tremaine
Jack Rollens as Slippery Sam

Preservation

With no prints of My Own Pal located in any film archives, it is a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MyOwnPal1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: My Own Pal] at silentera.com