''Kit Carson'' is a surviving 1928 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and

Alfred L. Werker Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, ''Ridin' the Wind ...

and written by Frederic Hatton, Frances Marion and Paul Powell. The film stars Fred Thomson,

Nora Lane Nora Lane (September 12, 1905 – October 16, 1948) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1944. She committed suicide in 1948, one month after her husband died from a heart attack. She was 43. Sel ...

, Dorothy King (credited as Dorothy Janis), Raoul Paoli,

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and

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. The film was released on June 23, 1928, by

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. It is loosely inspired by the life of the frontiersman Kit Carson. A sound film biopic '' Kit Carson'' was released in 1940.

Cast

* Fred Thomson as Kit Carson *

as Josefa * Dorothy King as Sings-in-the-Clouds * Raoul Paoli as Shuman *

as Old Bill Williams *

as Jim Bridger * Ray Turner as Smokey

Preservation status

* The film is preserved at the Cinemteket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Kit Carson''
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