Painted Desert is a 1938 Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien and Laraine Day (billed as "Laraine Johnson"). The picture is a remake of The Painted Desert, which stars William Boyd and features an early appearance by Clark Gable in a major supporting role.[1][2] The movie was partially filmed on location in Red Rock Canyon, a popular filming location during the 1930s and 1940s, with a multitude of B-Westerns being filmed there.[3]
| Painted Desert | |
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| Directed by | David Howard |
| Screenplay by | John Rathmell Oliver Drake |
| Story by | Jack Cunningham |
| Produced by | Bert Gilroy |
| Starring | George O'Brien Laraine Johnson Ray Whitley |
| Cinematography | Harry Wild |
| Edited by | Frederick Knudston |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editBob, a young rancher, buys a mine on his leased land to prevent the working of it. However, surveys show a valuable mineral deposit, so he and Carol, the granddaughter of the discoverer of the mine, who has been forced to sell it to a crook, start operations on it. Fawcett, the crook, schemes to get the mine back, but is outwitted at every turn and loses his life in the dynamiting which he inspired.
Cast
edit- George O'Brien as Bob McVey
- Laraine Day as Miss Carol Banning (billed as Laraine Johnson)
- Ray Whitley as Steve
- Stanley Fields as Bill
- Maude Allen as Yukon Kate
- Fred Kohler a sHugh Fawcett (billed as Fred Kohler Sr.)
- Lloyd Ingraham as Charles M. Banning
- Harry Cording as Henchman Burke
- Max Wagner as Henchman Kincaid
- Lee Shumway as Bart Currie
- William V. Mong as Banker Heist
References
edit- ^ "Painted Desert". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ Frank S. Nugent (September 14, 1938). "The Painted Desert (1938), The Screen; At the Rialto". The New York Times.
- ^ "Red Rock Canyon". Movie Sites. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
External links
edit- Painted Desert at IMDb
- Painted Desert at AllMovie
- Painted Desert at the TCM Movie Database
- Painted Desert at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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