---
title: 'Painted Desert (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Howard'
released: '1938-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/painted-desert-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030548/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Painted Desert (1938)

1938 · Western · United States


## Synopsis

Painted Desert is a 1938 Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien and Laraine Day. The picture is a remake of 1931's The Painted Desert. The movie was partially filmed on location in Red Rock Canyon, a popular filming location during the 1930s and 1940s, with a multitude of B-Westerns being filmed there.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-howard-4)
- **Screenplay:** [Oliver Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-drake)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Bert Gilroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-gilroy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry J. Wild](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-j-wild)

## Cast

- [Ray Whitley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-whitley)
- [Lee Shumway](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-shumway)
- [Laraine Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-day)
- [George O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-o-brien)
- [Fred Kohler](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kohler)
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [William V. Mong](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-v-mong)
- [Maude Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/maude-allen)
- [Lloyd Ingraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-ingraham)
- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields)
- [Max Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-wagner)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/painted-desert-1938
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