The Vanishing Legion

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The Vanishing Legion is a 1931 American movie serial, blending Western and mystery elements, known for its masked riders, oil-field intrigue, and early sound-era action.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film serial
mystery film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyStyle black-and-white action serial
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director B. Reeves Eason
Ford Beebe
distributor Mascot Pictures
era early sound film era
featuresCharacterType masked rider
filmSerialChapterCount 12
format black-and-white
genre Western
action
mystery
hasAnimalStar Rex the Wonder Horse
hasCastMember Blackie Whiteford
Bob Kortman
C. Montague Shaw
Edwina Booth
Frank Lackteen
Harry Carey
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jack Rockwell
Joe Bonomo
Lafe McKee
Nelson McDowell
Rex the Wonder Horse
Slim Whitaker
Tom London
Walter Miller
Yakima Canutt
hasNotableElement cliffhanger endings
masked riders
mystery villain
oil industry sabotage
hasStuntPerformer Yakima Canutt
hasTheme frontier justice
industrial espionage
narrativeFocus oil-field intrigue
originalLanguage English
partOf Mascot Pictures film serials
producer Nat Levine
productionCompany Mascot Pictures
releaseYear 1931
setting Old West
surface form: American West
sound sound film
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1930s

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Wheeler Oakman notableWork The Vanishing Legion