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
3 Nights in the Desert film will have a US theatrical release in early 2015 followed by the DVD and VOD release. "3 Nights in the Desert" was selected to screen at the following film festivals: Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 40% of five surveyed critics gave it a positive review; the average rating was 4.8/10. Dennis Harvey of "Variety" wrote that "the characters, situations and dialogue too seldom escape cliche in Gabriel Cowan’s watchable but unmemorable feature". Stephen Farber of "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote, "This limp drama about a band's reunion never sings or soars." 3 Nights in the Desert 3 Nights