Thorpe's Movie Career

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Posted By: jamie

Thorpe made a lot more film appearances than I realized- most as an Indian extra but it looks like he also appeared as a baseball football player on occassion. Anyone know if there exists any lobby cards or postcards or other epherma from any of these roles?

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Posted By: J Levine

I am sure there are movie cards, posters, lobby cards, handbills, etc. for most of the movies but I am also fairly certain that since he really was not a star in any that he is not pictured on any...I do seem to recall a lobby card of "All-American" that does have an original photo of Thorpe and the actor who played him.


Courtesy of IMDB...
Wagon Master (1950) .... Navajo


Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949) (uncredited) .... Assistant Coach
White Heat (1949) (uncredited) .... Big inmate
Road to Utopia (1946) (uncredited) .... Collins - Ship's Passenger
The Vampire's Ghost (1945) (uncredited) .... Native
Beyond the Pecos (1945) (uncredited) .... Townsman
... aka Beyond the Seven Seas (UK)
Outlaw Trail (1944) .... Henchman Spike
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) (uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited) .... John Doe Applicant
... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title)
... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK)
Prairie Spooners (1941) .... Indian
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) (uncredited) .... Indian
Prairie Schooners (1940) .... Chief Sanche
Arizona Frontier (1940) .... Gray Cloud


Henry Goes Arizona (1939) (uncredited) .... Bus Passenger
... aka Spats to Spurs (UK)
The Oregon Trail (1939) (uncredited)
Man of Conquest (1939) (uncredited) .... Indian
The Man From Texas (1939) .... Posse rider
Frontier Scout (1938) (uncredited) .... Henchman
Start Cheering (1938) (uncredited) .... Head Linesman
Cattle Raiders (1938) (uncredited) .... Man at trial
Born to the West (1937) (uncredited)
... aka Hell Town (USA: reissue title)
Green Light (1937) (uncredited) .... Indian
Trailin' West (1936) .... Black Eagle
... aka On Secret Service (UK)
The Phantom Rider (1936) (uncredited) .... Indian
Wildcat Trooper (1936) .... Wounded Indian
... aka Wild Cat (UK)
Treachery Rides the Range (1936) .... Chief Red Smoke
Under Two Flags (1936) (uncredited)
Hill-Tillies (1936)
Silly Billies (1936) (uncredited) .... Medicine Man
Sutter's Gold (1936) (uncredited) .... Man
Captain Blood (1935) (uncredited) .... Pirate
Fiesta de Santa Barbara, La (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian Chief
Fighting Youth (1935) (uncredited) .... Carlisle Football Player
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) (uncredited) .... Henchman
Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian
... aka Port of Wickedness (USA: reissue title)
It's in the Air (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian Father
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) .... Charlie Jim
The Daring Young Man (1935) (uncredited) .... Convict
She (1935) (uncredited) .... Captain of the Guard
The Arizonian (1935) (uncredited)
Alibi Ike (1935) (uncredited) .... Major league baseball player
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian
Code of the Mounted (1935) .... Indian with furs
One Run Elmer (1935) (uncredited)
Under Pressure (1935) (uncredited) .... Mucker
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935) (uncredited) .... Henchman
... aka Ivory-Handled Guns
Behold My Wife (1934) (uncredited) .... Indian
The Red Rider (1934) .... Al Abel, Portos henchman
Sweepings (1933) (uncredited) .... Indian
King Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Native Dancer
... aka The Eighth Wonder
... aka The Eighth Wonder of the World
Wild Horse Mesa (1932) .... Indian Chief
Airmail (1932) (uncredited) .... Indian
White Eagle (1932) .... Indian Chief
Hold 'Em Jail (1932) (uncredited) .... Football Player
My Pal, the King (1932) .... Black Cloud
The Dark Horse (1932) (uncredited) .... Blackfeet Indian Chief
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) .... Swift Arrow



Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Writer - filmography

Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) (biography) (as James Thorpe)
... aka Man of Bronze (UK)



Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) (technical advisor)
... aka Man of Bronze (UK)



Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Himself - filmography

Big City (1937) .... Himself
... aka Skyscraper Wilderness (USA: TV title)
Off His Base (1932) .... Himself, Jim Thorpe
Touchdown (1931) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka Playing the Game (UK)



Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Archive Footage


100 Years of Olympic Glory (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (with King Gustav in 1912)
"Idols of the Game" (1995) (mini) .... Himself (segment "Inventing the All-American")

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Posted By: warshawlaw

http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards

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Posted By: J Levine

...this was why we needed Adam around...glad to see you still around and sorry I missed you at Hollywood Park...

Joshua

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Posted By: jamie

thanks adam! terrific image. any idea what movie it's from or how scarce an issue it is?

very cool site. thanks for putting it together. i mustve spent an hour this morning on it.
jamie

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Posted By: warshawlaw

In many years of searching for them I have run across only 3-4. It took me 5 years of active searching to procure the one on my site (at the 2004 National). I haven't seen one on ebay for years and have not seen one for sale anywhere since I bought mine.