The Painted Desert

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? Written by Rod Crawford The Painted Desert is a 1931 American English-language Western film starring William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, J. Farrell Macdonald, Clark Gable, Charles Sellon and Al St. John. Path Exchange was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) E. B. Derr. The Painted Desert is written by Tom Buckingham and Howard Higgin and it is directed by Howard Higgin and Bert Gilroy. RKO Radio Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Painted Desert was released on 7th March 1931 and takes a screen time of 85-75 minutes. Cinematography was done by Edward Snyder and editing by Clarence Kolster. The music was composed by Francis Gromon.
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