The Painted Desert man career. However, he would carry on as a character actor until his death in 1953. The film would be remade by RKO in 1938 as "Painted Desert", directed by David Howard, and starring George O'Brien, Laraine Johnson, and Ray Whitley. The film is notable for the superior cinematography of the Arizona desert by Edward Snyder. The Painted Desert The Painted Desert is a 1931 American pre-Code film released by Pathé Exchange. Produced by E. B. Derr, it was directed by Howard Higgin, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Buckingham. It starred low-budget Western stars William Boyd (in his
The Painted Stallion shot in the Coachella Valley, California. "The Painted Stallion"'s official release date is 5 June 1937, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. A 67-minute feature film version, created by editing the serial footage together, was released on 11 February 1938. It was one of fourteen feature films Republic made from their serials. In the early 1950s, "The Painted Stallion" was one of fourteen Republic serials edited into a television series. It was broadcast in six 26½-minute episodes. On December 27, 2005, a Region 0 DVD of the serial was released by