Mascot Pictures
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Mascot Pictures Corporation was an American film company of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for producing and distributing film serials and B-westerns. Mascot was formed in 1927 by film producer Nat Levine. In 1935, it merged with several other companies to form Republic Pictures.
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Industry | Film studio |
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Founded | 1927; 97 years ago (1927) |
Defunct | 1935; 89 years ago (1935) |
Fate | Merged |
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) |
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Mascot's serial The King of the Kongo (1929) was the first serial to include sound, beating Universal Studios by several months.
The company's logo featured a roaring tiger resting on top of a model of the planet Earth.