Texas Guinan: George Chesebro
TEXAS GUINAN starred in approximately 33 silent films made by a handful of production companies, including Mack Sennett’s Triangle Film Corporation (four films in 1917–1918), Frohman Amusement Corporation (thirteen two-reelers in 1919), Bull’s Eye / Reelcraft Film Company (twelve two-reelers in 1920), and Victor Kremer Productions (two features in 1921).
• • Texas made four silent films with George Chesebro as her co-star such as "The She Wolf." In case you are wondering, George played "the stranger" and Texas played the fearless gun-toting "she wolf" in the title. This was the first entry in a series of 26 two-reel thrillers starring Texas Guinan, released every two weeks beginning Saturday, 10 May 1919.
• • Together she and George made these silent films: "The She Wolf" (1919), "South of Santa Fe" (1919), "Some Gal" (1919), "The Girl of Hell's Agony" (1919).
• • George Chesebro • •
• • Born in Minnesota, George Chesebro [29 July 1888 — 28 May 1959] was an American film actor. After returned from the war, he appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954, beginning in two-reelers starring Texas Guinan. According to her biographer, there was a hot little romance going on for awhile.
• • Then came this announcement in the trade papers: George Cheseboro is married. He is now in the serial, "The Hope Diamond Mystery," with Grace Darmond. [Tuesday, May 31, 1921 news item]
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• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Texas Guinan is in some scenes, too. Watch a scene on YouTube.
• • Website for all things Mae West — http://MaeWest.blogspot.com
• • Exciting Texas Guinan news is on the horizon. More anon.
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• • Photo: Texas Guinan • • "Some Gal" (1919) • •
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