The Painted Desert (1931)

Date: 1931
Type: Western
Rating:

3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Howard Higgin
Producer: E B Derr

Comment/Synopsis

Two men (William Boyd and William Farnum) find a baby in an abandoned cam in the middle of the desert. They argue over who will look after the baby. One takes him and the other stays, but the animosity stays between them. Years later, the now grown baby (J Farrell MacDonald) tries to bring the two men together and also falls in love with the other man's daughter (Helen Twelvetrees). This is a solid early sound western from Boyd and Farnum, but it is a shame that Helen Twelvetrees character is weak.