THE VANISHING LEGION - SERIAL (1931) Harry Carey& Edwina Booth | Western | B&W

The Vanishing Legion is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film serial from Mascot, directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason.

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 from acting. Boris Karloff supplied the voice of the serial's mystery villain, "The Voice".

SYNOPSIS
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to protect her rights.

Masked mystery villain The Voice is out to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Co. "Happy" Cardigan needs to successfully drill for oil before his contract with Milesburg expires or he goes 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 Milesburg.

CAST & CREW
Harry Carey as "Happy" Cardigan
Edwina Booth as Caroline Hall
Rex the Wonder Horse as Rex
William Desmond as Milesburg Sheriff
Frankie Darro as Jimmie Williams
Philo McCullough as Stevens
Yakima Canutt as Yak
Joe Bonomo as Stuffy
Tom Dugan as Warren
Lafe McKee as Hornbeck
Bob Kortman as Marno
Paul Weigel as Larribee
Olive Carey as Nurse Lewis
Boris Karloff as the Voice

Directed by Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Written by Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe, Helmer Walton Bergman
Produced by Nat Levine
Distributed by Mascot Pictures
Release date: June 2, 1931
Running time: 12 chapters (220 min)
Country: United States
Language: English

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 Clue
Doorway of Disaster
When Time Stood Still
Riding the Whirlwind
Capsule of Oblivion
Hoofs of Horror

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