''Fighting with Kit Carson'' is a 1933 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...
Mascot Pictures
Mascot Pictures Corporation was an American film company of the 1920s and 1930s best known for producing and distributing film serials and B-westerns. Mascot was formed in 1927 by film producer Nat Levine. In 1936 it merged with several other ...
film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
. It was edited into a feature film by
Al Dezel Productions in 1946 and released to theaters as a movie. Johnny Mack Brown starred as
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and ...
, and Betsy King Ross played his love interest, Joan Fargo. The film also starred
Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall (born William Phillips; April 10, 1864 – March 10, 1943) was an American character actor. He had nearly a quarter century of theatrical experience before his debut film appearance in 1914 which led to a film career spanning alm ...
and both Noah Beery Sr. and Noah Beery Jr.
Cast
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Johnny Mack Brown
John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films.
Early life
Born and raise ...
as
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and ...
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Betsy King Ross as Joan Fargo, aka Johnny Fargo
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Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...
as Cyrus Kraft
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Noah Beery, Jr. as Nakomas, son of Dark Eagle
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Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall (born William Phillips; April 10, 1864 – March 10, 1943) was an American character actor. He had nearly a quarter century of theatrical experience before his debut film appearance in 1914 which led to a film career spanning alm ...
as Jim Bridge
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Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Biography
Breese was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Renshaw Breese and Josephine Busby.
The Opera House in Eureka Springs ...
as Matt Fargo
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Al Bridge
Alfred Morton Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy mous ...
as Reynolds, a henchman
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Edward Hearn as Morgan, a henchman
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Lafe McKee
Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948. Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Productions. McKee also worked as a stage actor from 19 ...
as Luke Foster
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Jack Mower
Jack Mower (September 5, 1890 – January 6, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 520 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Honolulu and died in Hollywood.
After studying at Punahou College, in Honolulu, Mower moved ...
as Carter, a henchman posing as Johnny's benefactor
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Maston Williams
Maston Williams (April 23, 1879 – July 15, 1978) was an American actor who appeared in films during the 1930s. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1931 and 1939.
Selected filmography
* '' Clearing the Range'' (1931)
* '' Without Hon ...
as Chuck, knife-throwing henchman
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Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns.
Biography
Early life
Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse ranc ...
as Army Sergeant
Chapter titles
# The Mystery Riders
# The White Chief
# Hidden Gold
# The Silent Doom
# Murder Will Out
# The Secret of Iron Mountain
# The Law of the Lawless
# Red Phantoms
# The Invisible Enemy
# Midnight Magic
# Unmasked
# The Trail to Glory
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See also
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List of American films of 1933
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
{{reflist
External linksSeri ...
by year
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
References
External links
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1933 films
1933 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
Mascot Pictures film serials
Films directed by Armand Schaefer
American Western (genre) films
1930s American films
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