14 Facts About Victor Adamson

Albert Victor Adamson was a New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter, and actor most famous for directing and starring in very-low-budget westerns in 1920s and 1930s.

Victor Adamson was born January 4,1890, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Victor Adamson continued making his own movies despite a lack of early success with his films.

Victor Adamson adopted the screen name Art Mix and called his production company Art Mix Productions.

Adamson's company, Victor Adamson Productions, built studios in Monrovia, California, in 1927.

Victor Adamson forged ahead anyway, filming and recording most of the action outdoors to avoid building sets.

Victor Adamson produced a series of grade-Z westerns featuring silent-film cowboy stars Buffalo Bill, Jr.

Victor Adamson's productions were so threadbare that he filmed them in ramshackle California ghost towns on budgets of $1,000 or less.

Sometimes Victor Adamson couldn't find a distributor that would accept his films.

Victor Adamson always hit every small-town theater that he could book, where he sells himself, Art Mix, as a rope act, tossing in the picture as a bonus.

In 1936 Victor Adamson attempted to turn a young stuntman, Wally West, into a star using the name Tom Wynn.

Victor Adamson himself co-starred in the resulting film, Desert Mesa, using the pseudonym Art James.

Victor Adamson was not able to find many companies willing to buy the film due to its poor quality.

Victor Adamson died of a heart attack on November 9,1972, in Los Angeles, aged 82.