Kit Carson (1903 film)

Kit Carson
Kit Carson
Cinematography	Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
Production; company	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Distributed by	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Release date	October 1903;
Running time	21 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Kit Carson is one of the earliest Western films,^[3] being released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in October 1903. (According to silentera.com, portions may have been released the month before.^[4]) Part of the footage was reused in The Pioneers, another Western short also released by Biograph in October 1903.^[5]^[6] Both films were shot on location in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.^[7]

Plot

Kit Carson and another trapper are attacked by Indians in the wilderness; Carson is taken prisoner and his companion killed. He escapes, but is recaptured and taken to his captors' village. There, a maiden takes pity on him and cuts his bonds, enabling him to escape again and return home to his loving family.^[4]

References

^ Tim Dirks. "The History of Film / The Pre-1920s / Early Cinematic Origins and the Infancy of Film / Part 2". Filmsite.org.
^ Aquila, Richard (April 16, 2015). The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America. University of Arizona Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780816531547.
^ Dar Haddix (November 27, 2003). "Feature: A century of Western movies". United Press International.
^ ^a ^b "Kit Carson". silentera.com.
^ "The Pioneers". silentera.com.
^ "Kit Carson (1903): Notes". Turner Classic Movies.
^ Gomery, Douglas; Pafort-Overduin, Clara (February 28, 2011). Movie History: A Survey: Second Edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 23. ISBN 9781136835254.

External links

Kit Carson at IMDb
Kit Carson at the TCM Movie Database
Kit Carson at silentera.com, with a detailed synopsis from "Biograph promotional materials"

[1] Tim Dirks. "The History of Film / The Pre-1920s / Early Cinematic Origins and the Infancy of Film / Part 2". Filmsite.org.

[2] Aquila, Richard (April 16, 2015). The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America. University of Arizona Press. p. 15. ISBN 9780816531547.

[3] Dar Haddix (November 27, 2003). "Feature: A century of Western movies". United Press International.

[se-4] "Kit Carson". silentera.com.

[5] "The Pioneers". silentera.com.

[6] "Kit Carson (1903): Notes". Turner Classic Movies.

[7] Gomery, Douglas; Pafort-Overduin, Clara (February 28, 2011). Movie History: A Survey: Second Edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 23. ISBN 9781136835254.

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