Painted Desert (1938 film)

Painted Desert
Movie poster
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	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	August 12, 1938 (1938-08-12)
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 1931's The Painted Desert. ^{[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]

Plot

Bob, 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.

American advertisement for Painted Desert and Hitchcock film The Girl Was Young

Cast

• George O'Brien: Bob McVey
• Laraine Day: Carol Banning (billed as Laraine Johnson)
• Ray Whitley: Steve
• Stanley Fields: Bill
• Maude Allen: Yukon Kate
• Fred Kohler: Hugh Fawcett (billed as Fred Kohler Sr.)
• Lloyd Ingraham: Charles M. Banning
• Harry Cording: Burke
• Max Wagner: Kincaid
• Lee Shumway: Bart Currie
• William V. Mong: Banker Heist

References

1. "Painted Desert". Turner Classic Movies.
2. Frank S. Nugent (September 14, 1938). "The Painted Desert (1938), The Screen; At the Rialto". The New York Times.
3. "Red Rock Canyon". Movie Sites. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

External links

• Painted Desert at IMDb
• Painted Desert at the TCM Movie Database
• Painted Desert at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films