Kit Carson
Directed by	Lloyd Ingraham Alfred L. Werker
Screenplay by	Frederic Hatton Frances Marion Paul Powell
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Fred Thomson Nora Lane Dorothy King Raoul Paoli William Courtright Nelson McDowell
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	W. Duncan Mansfield
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 23, 1928 (1928-06-23)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Kit Carson is a surviving 1928 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and Alfred L. Werker and written by Frederic Hatton, Frances Marion and Paul Powell. The film stars Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Dorothy King (credited as Dorothy Janis), Raoul Paoli, William Courtright and Nelson McDowell. The film was released on June 23, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.^[1][2] 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
• Nora Lane as Josefa
• Dorothy King as Sings-in-the-Clouds
• Raoul Paoli as Shuman
• William Courtright as Old Bill Williams
• Nelson McDowell as Jim Bridger
• Ray Turner as Smokey

Preservation status

• The film is preserved at the Cinemteket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.^[3]