Western · United States of America · 1931 · 1h 19m

The Painted Desert

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Director
Howard Higgin
Cast
William Boyd as Bill Holbrook Helen Twelvetrees as Mary Ellen Cameron William Farnum as Cash Holbrook J. Farrell MacDonald as Jeff Cameron Clark Gable as Rance Brett Charles Sellon as Tonopah
Crew
Edward Snyder — Director of Photography Clarence Kolster — Editor Tom Buckingham — Story Howard Higgin — Story E.B. Derr — Producer Gwen Wakeling — Costume Design
Tagline

BLAZING ACTION

Synopsis

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

Mood & Themes
babyminingfeudfoundling
Key Collaborators
Howard Higgin Director Edward Snyder Director of Photography Clarence Kolster Editor Tom Buckingham Story Howard Higgin Story E.B. Derr Producer Gwen Wakeling Costume Design
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