- The Vanishing Legion
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name = The Vanishing Legion
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director =Ford Beebe B. Reeves Eason
producer = Nat Levine
writer = Wyndham Gittens
Ford Beebe
Helmer Walton Bergman
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starring =Harry Carey Edwina Booth
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distributor =Mascot Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA2 June 1931
runtime = 12 chapters (220 min)
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0022531"The Vanishing Legion" (1931) is a Mascot movie serial directed by
Ford Beebe andB. Reeves Eason .The stars
Harry Carey andEdwina 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) over ran it's 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
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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'smasked mystery villain Chapter titles
#The Voice From the Void
#The Queen of the Night Riders
#The Invisible Enemy
#The Fatal Message
#The Trackless Trail
#The Radio Riddle
#The Crimsom Clue
#The Doorway of Disaster
#When Time Stood Still
#Riding the Whirlwind
#The Capsule of Oblivion
#The Hoofs of Horroree also
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Harry Carey filmography
*Boris Karloff filmography External links
*imdb title|id=0022531|title=The Vanishing Legion
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title=Mascot Serial
before=King of the Wild (1931)
years=The Vanishing Legion (1931)
after=The Galloping Ghost (1931)
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