1903 film
Kit Carson |
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Cinematography | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
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Distributed by | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company |
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Running time | 21 minutes[1][2] |
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Country | United States |
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Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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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]
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