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The Fighting Trail
Also known as Carpanta in Portugal
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by William Duncan

Cast: William Duncan [John Gwyn], Carol Holloway [Nan], George Holt, Joe Ryan, Walter Rodgers, Fred Burns, Tote Du Crow, S.E. Jennings, George Kunkel, Otto Lederer, Charles Wheeler

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward J. Montagne and Garfield Thompson, from a screen story by Cyrus Townsend Brady and J. Stuart Blackton. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Priceless Ingredient,” released 10 September 1917 (three reels); [2] “The Story of Ybarra,” released 17 September 1917; [3] “Will Yaqui Joe Tell?,” released 24 September 1917; [4] “The Other Half,” released 1 October 1917; [5] “Torrent Rush,” released 8 October 1917; [6] “The Ledge of Despair,” released 15 October 1917; [7] “The Lion's Prey,” released 22 October 1917; [8] “The Strands of Doom,” released 29 October 1917; [9] “The Bridge of Death,” released 5 November 1917; [10] “The Sheriff,” released 12 November 1917; [11] “Parched Trails,” released 19 November 1917; [12] “The Desert of Torture,” released 26 November 1917; [13] “The Water Trap,” released 3 December 1917; [14] “The Trestle of Horrors,” released 10 December 1917; [15] “Out of the Flame,” released 17 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in Portugal as Carpanta beginning 18 February 1920.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 5 May 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 52-53, 62h, 176, 284; Stedman-Serials p. 43 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

 
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