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17 unusual facts about Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro


Arizona State Route 79

Also along this road is a memorial marker for Tom Mix, who died after his Cord convertible crashed into what is now designated the Tom Mix Wash while bridge construction was incomplete.

Betty Broadbent

In the same year, Broadbent began exhibiting her art with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, while also appearing as a steer rider with Tom Mix.

Gaetano Badalamenti

Control of the trade fell into the hands of a few fugitives: the cousins Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco and Salvatore Greco, also known as "l'ingegnere" or "Totò il lungo", Pietro Davì, Tommaso Buscetta and Gaetano Badalamenti.

Greco Mafia clan

Although descendants of the old, established rural Mafia, the cousins Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco and Salvatore "The Engineer" Greco quickly learned to profit from the post-war economic boom and became involved in cigarette smuggling and heroin trafficking.

The cousins Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco and Salvatore "The Engineer" Greco of the Ciaculli family were also protagonists in the First Mafia War between rival clans in Palermo in the early 1960s for the control of the profitable opportunities brought about by rapid urban growth and the illicit heroin trade to North America.

Salvatore Greco, (the son of Pietro Greco), also known as "l'ingegnere" (the engineer) or "Totò il lungo" (Totò the tall).

The peace between the two rival factions of the Greco clan was settled by giving the rights of the Giardini estate to Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco (the son of Giuseppe Greco of Ciaculli) and his cousin Salvatore Greco, also known as "l'ingegnere" (The Engineer) or "Totò il lungo" (Totò the tall) (the son of Pietro Greco of Ciaculli).

Harley Earl

By this time, the shop was building custom bodies for Hollywood movie stars, including Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Tom Mix.

Mulhall, Oklahoma

Will Rogers and Tom Mix were also integral parts of the early years of the shows and Will (then performing under the stage name, "The Cherokee Kid}") is credited with teaching Lucille how to twirl-another talent for which she was known.

Newsboy Brown

He broke into the motion picture business by coaching cowboy star Tom Mix in his fight scenes.

Riders of the Purple Sage

A second silent film version was released in 1925, starring Tom Mix as Lassiter and Mabel Ballin as Jane.

Skene Memorial Library

One local resident recalls seeing her first film, a Tom Mix western, at the library.

The Dark Design

One day a ship docks near his home and he recognizes the two men who captain it as his childhood heroes Jack London and Tom Mix.

The Ghosts of Edendale

The story of Tom Mix, his life and death is an integral part of the story, and also an interesting history lesson in Hollywood Lore.

The Penultimate Truth

The story begins in one of the tanks, named Tom Mix (named after the actor Tom Mix).

Tipperary Hill

The James Kernan Theater was located on the east side of the block in 1924, and "once showed the spine-tingling adventures of Harry Carey and Tom Mix" while Kernan's wife, Ann, played the piano accompaniment.

WJLD

Programming on WJLD initially consisted of popular music, news programs and radio adventure shows such as Superman and Tom Mix.


Baby Don't Go

Salvatore "Sonny" Bono and Cherilyn "Cher" Sarkisian were an aspiring duo, with Bono writing and producing songs for the couple under the name Caesar and Cleo but with little success.

Steve Ferrigno

In the 1920s, Ferrigno was a mid-level leader in the Brooklyn crime family of Salvatore "Totò" D'Aquila, the self-proclaimed "Boss of Bosses" of the New York Mafia.

Virginia Marshall

Marshall was given the opportunity to act with many stars of her era, such as Tom Mix, Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Dorothy Revier.

Vito Paulekas

The troupe - including several of the young women later to become known as The GTOs, and members of the Fraternity of Man - occupied the Log Cabin in Laurel Canyon formerly occupied by Tom Mix and later by Frank Zappa.

Washington Opera House

A number of famous artists and actors performed here including Marguerite Clark, Tom Mix, John L. Sullivan, and John Philip Sousa and his band.