# My Own Pal

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{{short description|1926 film}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = My Own Pal
| image          = My Own Pal poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [John G. Blystone](/source/John_G._Blystone)
| producer       = 
| screenplay     = [Lillie Hayward](/source/Lillie_Hayward)
| starring       = [Tom Mix](/source/Tom_Mix)<br />[Olive Borden](/source/Olive_Borden)<br />[Tom Santschi](/source/Tom_Santschi)<br />[Virginia Marshall](/source/Virginia_Marshall)<br />[Ben Bard](/source/Ben_Bard)<br />William Colvin
| cinematography = [Daniel B. Clark](/source/Daniel_B._Clark)
| studio         = [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film_Corporation)
| distributor    = Fox Film Corporation
| released       = {{Film date|1926|2|28}}
| runtime        = 60 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}

'''''My Own Pal''''' is a 1926 American [silent Western film](/source/silent_Western_film) directed by [John G. Blystone](/source/John_G._Blystone) and written by [Lillie Hayward](/source/Lillie_Hayward). The film stars [Tom Mix](/source/Tom_Mix), [Olive Borden](/source/Olive_Borden), [Tom Santschi](/source/Tom_Santschi), [Virginia Marshall](/source/Virginia_Marshall), [Ben Bard](/source/Ben_Bard), and William Colvin. The film was released on February 28, 1926, by [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film_Corporation).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497601/my-own-pal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922210601/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497601/my-own-pal|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2021|title=My Own Pal (1926) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref name="EH">{{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}}</ref> 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](/source/Tom_Mix) as Tom O'Hara
* [Olive Borden](/source/Olive_Borden) as Alice Deering
* [Tom Santschi](/source/Tom_Santschi) as August Deering
* [Virginia Marshall](/source/Virginia_Marshall) as Jill
* [Ben Bard](/source/Ben_Bard) as Baxter Barton
* William Colvin as Jud McIntire
* [Virginia Warwick](/source/Virginia_Warwick) as Molly
* [Jay Hunt](/source/Jay_Hunt_(director)) as Clown
* [Hedda Nova](/source/Hedda_Nova) as Mrs. Jud McIntire
* [Tom McGuire](/source/Tom_McGuire_(actor)) as Pat McQuire
* [Helen Lynch](/source/Helen_Lynch) as Trixie Tremaine
* [Jack Rollens](/source/Jack_Rollens) as Slippery Sam

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''My Own Pal'' located in any film archives, it is a [lost film](/source/lost_film).<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MyOwnPal1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''My Own Pal''] at silentera.com</ref>

==See also==
* [1937 Fox vault fire](/source/1937_Fox_vault_fire)
* [Tom Mix filmography](/source/Tom_Mix_filmography)

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|My Own Pal}}
* {{IMDb title|0017188|My Own Pal}}

{{John G. Blystone}}

Category:1926 films
Category:Fox Film films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:1926 Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by John G. Blystone
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1926 lost films
Category:1926 English-language films
Category:1926 American films
Category:Lost American silent Western (genre) films

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