The story
Founded by Nat Levine in 1927.1
Mascot was created in 1927 by Nat Levine, a former personal secretary to Marcus Loew, after the success of his independent serial The Silent Flyer (1926).
In the beginning the company operated out of the upstairs offices of a contractor's business on Santa Monica Boulevard. It 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)
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