Kit Carson is a surviving 1928 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and Alfred L. Werker and written by Frederic Hatton, Frances Marion and Paul Powell. The film stars Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Dorothy King (credited as Dorothy Janis), Raoul Paoli, William Courtright and Nelson McDowell. The film was released on June 23, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] It is loosely inspired by the life of the frontiersman Kit Carson. A sound film biopic Kit Carson was released in 1940.
| Kit Carson | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham Alfred L. Werker |
| Screenplay by | Frederic Hatton Frances Marion Paul Powell |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Fred Thomson Nora Lane Dorothy King Raoul Paoli William Courtright Nelson McDowell |
| Cinematography | Mack Stengler |
| Edited by | W. Duncan Mansfield |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
edit- Fred Thomson as Kit Carson
- Nora Lane as Josefa
- Dorothy King as Sings-in-the-Clouds
- Raoul Paoli as Shuman
- William Courtright as Old Bill Williams
- Nelson McDowell as Jim Bridger
- Ray Turner as Smokey
Preservation status
edit- The film is preserved at the Cinemteket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2014). "Kit-Carson - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ "Kit Carson". afi.com. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Kit Carson
