The Painted Desert selected Higgin to direct the film, as well as naming the stars of the film, William Boyd and Dorothy Burgess. Later in the month it was reported that Higgin would head to Arizona to begin location scouting for the film, accompanied by fellow director, Tay Garnett, however in August Higgin began scouting in the Arizona desert with the screenwriter, Tom Buckingham. It was announced that the film would employ over 300 extras. Higgin was familiar with the area, having working in and around Flagstaff, Arizona as a lumberjack prior to his entering the film industry. Towards the end of August
German submarine U-124 (1940) in command. The core of the crew came from Schulz’s previous command, U-64, which had been sunk during the Norwegian campaign, the survivors had been rescued by Wehrmacht mountain troops and their badge, the Edelweiss, was painted on U-124’s conning town in appreciation. He was relieved on 8 September 1941 by "Korvettenkapitän" Johann Mohr. He remained in command until the boat's loss in 1943. German Type IXB submarines were slightly larger than the original German Type IX submarines, later designated IXA. "U-124" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of