The Vanishing Legion

The Vanishing Legion
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 date	June 2, 1931;
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.

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.

Plot

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

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

_Source:[1]

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gollark: DST bad:- vast work for programmers, has caused many bugs- not even consistent times place to place, so even more problems- causes problems for less smart clocks without access to timezone databases e.g. watches, wall clocks- essentially the most "government" thing ever - someone identified a "problem" with stuff happening at the wrong times, so the solution was to *edit the very fabric of time itself* and not push for changed working hours

gollark: Hmm, we need generalized timezones, lyricly, then. What if I want to be on Mars?

gollark: It's very hot constantly and they don't think the alleged benefits matter?

References

Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

The Vanishing Legion on IMDb
The Vanishing Legion at AllMovie

Preceded by King of the Wild (1931)	Mascot Serial The Vanishing Legion (1931)	Succeeded by The Galloping Ghost (1931)

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[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.