The Vanishing Legion
| The Vanishing Legion | |
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| Directed by |
Ford Beebe B. Reeves Eason |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Written by |
Wyndham Gittens Ford Beebe Helmer Walton Bergman |
| Starring |
Harry Carey Edwina Booth |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 12 chapters (220 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Vanishing Legion is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot film serial directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason.
The stars Harry Carey and Edwina Booth were originally intended to be in the studio's previous serial, King of the Wild, but had to be re-cast when the MGM film Trader Horn (1931) overran its schedule. Both also starred in the Mascot serial The Last of the Mohicans and Carey was the lead in The Devil Horse. An infection received while filming Trader Horn led to Booth's retirement for acting.
Plot
Masked mystery villain, The Voice, is out to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company. "Happy" Cardigan needs to successfully drill for oil before his contract with the Milesburg Oil Company expires or go broke. Jimmie Williams' father, Jed (Edward Hearn), has been framed for murder. Secretary Caroline Hall appears to have an ulterior motive. The mysterious "Vanishing Legion" is also on the scene. Jimmie and Cardigan team up, along with Jimmie's horse Rex, to defeat The Voice and solve the mysteries surrounding Mileburg.
Cast
- Harry Carey as "Happy" Cardigan, drilling for oil before his contract expires
- Edwina Booth as Caroline Hall, Hornbeck's secretary
- Rex the Wonder Horse as Rex, King of Wild Horses, whom only Jimmie can ride
- William Desmond as Milesburg Sheriff
- Frankie Darro as Jimmie Williams, whose father is wanted for murder, teams up with Cardigan to unmask The Voice
- Philo McCullough as Stevens
- Yakima Canutt as Yak
- Joe Bonomo as Stuffy
- Tom Dugan as Warren, a Milesburg Oil Company director
- Lafe McKee as Hornbeck, a lawyer for the Milesburg Oil Company
- Bob Kortman as Marno, henchman of The Voice
- Paul Weigel as Larribee, a Milesburg Oil Company director
- Olive Carey as Nurse Lewis
- Boris Karloff as the voice of The Voice, the serial's masked mystery villain
Chapter titles
- Voice from the Void
- Queen of the Night Riders
- The Invisible Enemy
- The Fatal Message
- The Trackless Trail
- The Radio Riddle
- The Crimson Cue
- Doorway of Disaster
- When Time Stood Still
- Riding the Whirlwind
- Capsule of Oblivion
- Hoofs of Horror [sic]
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See also
- Harry Carey filmography
- Boris Karloff filmography
- List of film serials
- List of film serials by studio
References
External links
| Preceded by King of the Wild (1931) |
Mascot Serial The Vanishing Legion (1931) |
Succeeded by The Galloping Ghost (1931) |