There's little to suggest jazz about this one-reel film about Tex Austin's first World Championship Rodeo that has been posted to the National Film Foundation's website -- except for Michael Mortilla's piano accompaniment in a variety of jazz styles.
There's little here for people, unless they are rodeo fans. If they are, they will find this enormously interesting. This was a period in which traveling Wild West shows (like Buffalo Bill's well-remembered events) were dying, to be replaced by competitive rodeos. Rodeo fans will probably recall these competitors (except for the Chicago Linotype operator who took advantage of the fact you didn't have to qualify, to break his head twice). I am not, but it's a well-presented and edited short subject, with the stars shown in action and posing for the camera -- as well as the head-busted Chicagoan.
There's little here for people, unless they are rodeo fans. If they are, they will find this enormously interesting. This was a period in which traveling Wild West shows (like Buffalo Bill's well-remembered events) were dying, to be replaced by competitive rodeos. Rodeo fans will probably recall these competitors (except for the Chicago Linotype operator who took advantage of the fact you didn't have to qualify, to break his head twice). I am not, but it's a well-presented and edited short subject, with the stars shown in action and posing for the camera -- as well as the head-busted Chicagoan.
