query: distributor the fighting marines
supports: Republic Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 through 1959, based in Los Angeles, California. It had studio facilities in Studio City and a movie ranch in Encino. It was best known for specializing in Westerns, movie serials, and B films emphasizing mystery and action. Republic Pictures was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. It was also responsible for the financing and distributing of several John Ford-directed films during the 1940s and early 1950s, and one Shakespeare film, "Macbeth" (1948) directed by Orson Welles. Darkest Africa (1936) is a Republic movie serial. This was the first serial produced by Republic Pictures and was a loose sequel to a Mascot Pictures serial called "The Lost Jungle", also starring Clyde Beatty. Mascot, and other companies, had been taken over in 1935 by Consolidated Film Laboratories and merged to become Republic. Producer Nat Levine was formerly the owner of Mascot Pictures. Nat Levine (July 26, 1899  August 6, 1989), was an American film producer. He produced 105 films between 1921 and 1946. He was personal secretary to Marcus Loew, formed Mascot Pictures in 1927, and merged Mascot with Herbert Yates's Republic Pictures in 1935. The Lost Jungle (1934) is a Mascot movie serial. A semi-sequel to this serial, "Darkest Africa", was released by Republic Pictures in 1936. Republic was made from a merger of several companies, including Mascot, which became the B-Western and serial production arm of the company, as well as providing them with a studio. The Fighting Marines ( 1935 ) is a Mascot movie serial . It was the last serial ever produced by Mascot . The studio was bought out and merged with others to become Republic Pictures . This new company went on to become the most famous of the serial producing studios , starting with Darkest Africa in 1936 . Future Republic Producer Franklin Adreon first became involved with serials with this production . The former regular Marine then a Marine Corps Reserve officer was a technical consultant and played the small role of Captain Holmes in the later chapters . Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907  October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy on the radio, in movies, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was also owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997. 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 1936 it merged with several other companies to form Republic Pictures.
candidates: major league baseball mascot pictures republic pictures
answer: mascot pictures