Overland with Kit Carson

Overland with Kit Carson
Overland with Kit Carson
Directed by	Norman Deming; Sam Nelson
Written by	Joseph F. Poland; Morgan B. Cox; Ned Dandy; (story/screenplay)
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Bill Elliott; Iris Meredith; Richard Fiske; Bobby Clack
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline (B&W)
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff; Sidney Cutner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (U.S.)
Release date	August 21, 1939;
Running time	15 episodes; 310 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Overland with Kit Carson (1939) was the eighth serial released by Columbia Pictures. Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon and Kanab Canyon in Utah, and the Kiabab Forest in Arizona.^[1]^: 287

Cast

Bill Elliott	Kit Carson
Iris Meredith	Carmelita González
Richard Fiske	Lt. David Brent
Bobby Clack	Andy Gardner
Trevor Bardette	Trapper Mitchell
LeRoy Mason	Baxter
Olin Francis	Pierre
James Craig	Tennessee
Francis Sayles	Dr. Parker
Kenneth MacDonald	Winchester
Dick Curtis	Drake
Richard Botiller	Natchez
Hal Taliaferro	Jim Stewart
John Tyrrell	Capt. Gilbert
Kenne Duncan	Trapper

Production

Scenes from Overland with Kit Carson were used as stock footage for Blazing the Overland Trail.^[2]

Chapter titles

Doomed Men
Condemned to Die
The Fight for Life
The Ride of Terror
The Path of Doom
Rendezvous with Death
The Killer-Stallion
The Devil's Nest
Blazing Peril
The Black Raiders
Foiled
The Warning
Terror in the Night
Crumbling Walls
Unmasked

_Source:^[3]

References

^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

[1] D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

[2] Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.

[3] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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v t e Columbia serials
Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service
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Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill Adventures of Captain Africa Mighty Jungle Avenger! Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail