The Santa Fe Trail
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Ashton Dearholt and Robert Dillon
Cast: Jack Perrin [Kit Carson], Neva Gerber, James Welch (Jim Welch), Elias Bullock, Wilbur McGaugh, Clark B. Coffey, Joe De La Cruz, Maria Laredo, Ned Jarvis
Arrow Film Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Arrow Film Corporation. / Scenario by Robert Dillon; from a screen story by Ben F. Wilson (Ben Wilson). / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Mystery of the Trail,” released 15 July 1923; [2] “Kit Carson’s Daring Raid,” released 22 July 1923; [3] “The Wagon of Doom,” released 29 July 1923; [4] “The Half-Breed’s Treachery,” released 5 August 1923; [5] “The Gauntlet of Death,” released 12 August 1923; [6] “Ride for Life,” released 19 August 1923; [7] “Chasm of Fate,” released 26 August 1923; [8] “Pueblo of Death,” released 2 September 1923; [9] “The Red Menace,” released 9 September 1923; [10] “A Duel of Wits,” released 16 September 1923; [11] “Buried Alive,” released 23 September 1923; [12] “Cavern of Doom,” released 30 September 1923; [13] “Scorching Sands,” released 7 October 1923; [14] “Mission Bells,” released 14 October 1923; [15] “End of the Trail,” released 21 October 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Kit Carson - Rescues - Serials
Listing updated: 28 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 94f, 237-238, 288 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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