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
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