Kit Carson (1903 film) explained

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]

External links

• • • Kit Carson at silentera.com, with a detailed synopsis from "Biograph promotional materials"

Notes and References

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