Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.
William Boyd
- Bill Holbrook
- (as Bill Boyd)
Edward Hearn
- Tex
- (as Guy Edward Hearn)
William Le Maire
- Denver
- (as William LeMaire)
Clem Beauchamp
- Miner
- (uncredited)
George Burton
- Santa Fe
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Buck's Partner
- (uncredited)
James Donlan
- Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWilliam Boyd and Clark Gable, during the making of the film (11 October 1930), narrowly escaped serious injury from falling rock after two tons of explosives went off with considerably more force than planned in Dinosaur Canyon, some 70 miles northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. While Boyd and Gable were 200 feet from the blast, rocks and boulders rained down between where they were standing. Not so lucky were a number of technicians, some 15 of whom were taken to hospitals in Flagstaff and Tuba City, and director Howard Higgin, who suffered a broken ankle and various cuts. The female lead, Helen Twelvetrees, had already returned to Los Angeles, as most of the principal photography was completed. Dynamite and black powder had been placed in the face of a 400-foot cliff and in an old mine tunnel, the explosion being expected to crumble the cliff. Unexpected presence of hard rock lent the blast violence that had not been anticipated, and showered rock and stone over an area of nearly half a mile.
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Mary Ellen Cameron: Well, Dad, if they think they're going water cattle here tonight, here's two Winchesters who'll say they ain't!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
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It's a different kind of western, with little action, all right, but it has a good plot and excellent performances, especially from the veterans William Farnum (Cash) and J. Farrel MacDonald (Jeff). Their interpretation of two friends turned into enemies because of a baby boy they found in the desert is wonderful. Helen Twelvetrees (Mary Ellen) is a flesh and blood Betty Boop and shows with her faces the transition from silent film heroines to those of the sound era. The plot has a simple, but coherent structure that leads to a happy ending. In the whole, "The Painted Desert" has not much of action but it's an enjoyable western movie to watch.
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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