Mascot Pictures

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  • MASCOT PICTURES



    Founded
    1927


    Defunct
    1935
    Successor Republic Pictures


    Headquarters
    First: Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
    Later: Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States


    Key People
    Nat Levine


    Products
    The King of the Kongo (1929)
    The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
    In Old Santa Fe (1934)
    The Phantom Empire (1935)


    For more information;-
    Mascot Pictures- Wikipedia


    Please see:-
    Movies made and distributed by Mascot Pictures


    The Mascot Pictures Corporation
    was a minor film company of the 1920s and 1930s
    best known for producing film serials and B-westerns.
    Mascot's serial The King of the Kongo (1929)
    was the first serial to include sound, beating Universal Studios by several months.
    Mascot was formed in 1927 by Film producer Nat Levine.
    In 1935 it merged with other companies to form Republic Pictures.


    Early Years
    Mascot Pictures Corporation,
    was created by Nat Levine, a former personal secretary to
    Marcus Loew, in 1927 after the success of his independent serial
    The Silent Flyer (1926).


    In the beginning the production company operated out of the
    upstairs offices of a contractor's business on Santa Monica Boulevard.
    The company rented all of its equipment and facilities.



    In 1929 the studio made serial history with the production of
    The King of the Kongo.
    This was the first serial, from any production company,
    to be made with sound.
    Mascot's first All-Talking production was The Phantom of the West (1931)


    ..



    In 1932, Nat Levine of Mascot offered Duke
    a part in a serial he was producing,
    The Shadow of the Eagle.
    Although it was a Poverty Row studio,
    it was a stepping stone, which led to him starring in two other serials,
    The Hurricane Express and
    The Three Musketeers


    Sennett Studios



    It was from small Mascot Pictures, but Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
    still packed "Bursting Action, Deep Drama...And Up To Date Romance"into its 73 minutes.
    Supervising editor Joseph H. Lewis would soon become a prolific director
    of B Westerns. His later film noirs, including the independently
    produced Gun Crazy (1949), would become renowned.


    By 1933, Mascot was successful enough to rent, and later buy,
    Sennett Studios after the original owner, famous producer-director
    Mack Sennett, went bankrupt because of the Great Depression.
    This made the company a true film studio.


    ..


    Mascot was responsible for the popularity of the concept
    of the "singing cowboy" and the "musical Western".
    In 1935, the studio produced The Phantom Empire
    with the then untried Gene Autry as the lead.


    Republic Pictures
    Mascot's film developer was Consolidated Film Corporation.
    In 1935, under pressure from that company's owner, Herbert Yates,
    Mascot merged with Consolidated Film and Monogram Pictures
    to form the larger Republic Pictures.
    Mascot became the serial and B-Western elements of the company,
    along with their studio.
    Along with other things, Monogram provided their distribution network
    and technical and financial elements came from Consolidated Film.


    Two other companies, Liberty Pictures and Majestic Pictures,
    rejected the offer and soon went out of business.


    Legacy
    Several careers began at Mascot Pictures.


    Actors
    * Gene Autry
    * Smiley Burnette
    * John Wayne


    Production crew
    * Ford Beebe
    * B. Reeves Eason
    * Joseph Kane
    * The Lydecker brothers
    * William Witney


    For more information;-


    Mascot Pictures- Wikipedia


    For more information
    Studios, Backlots and Ranches


    N.B
    All information correct at original posting, for updated information
    please click on Wikipedia link

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Duke had had a torrid time working at Columbia,
    and after a fall out with the studio boss was now out of work.


    In 1932, Nat Levine of Mascot offered Duke
    a part in a serial he was producing,
    Shadow of the Eagle, although it was a Poverty Row studio,
    it was a stepping stone, which led to him starring in two other serials,
    The Hurricane Express and The Three Musketeers


    Duke's deal with Levine was non-exclusive, and would work with
    other studios in between.


    In 1932, Duke made the following 3 serials with Mascot:-


    The Shadow of the Eagle.
    The Hurricane Express
    The Three Musketeers


    Mascot like Monogram Pictures. Liberty and Majestic were,
    swallowed up by Herbert Yates,
    and the new company formed called Republic Pictures
    Including Mascot and Monogram Pictures,
    which became the biggest component of Republic,


    See also:-
    Duke's Movie Studios- Monogram
    Duke's Movie Studios- Republic

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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