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In Old Arizona
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh

Cast: Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, Edmund Lowe

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Executive producer, William Fox. From a short story by O. Henry. Presented by William Fox. / Premiered 25 December 1928 at the Criterion Theatre in Los Angeles, California. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The first talkie western shot on location. Raoul Walsh was to have directed the film, but was blinded in one eye by a freak automobile accident while on location; the film’s direction was completed by Cummings. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film - USA: Arizona

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Bohn-Light p. 185; Cary-Hollywood p. 129; Drew-Speaking p. 237; Maltin-Disney p. 5; Parish-Glamour p. 221; Quirk-Colman p. 127; Schelly-Langdon p. 129; Shipman-Cinema p. 102; Sweeney-Coming pp. 134, 136; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 18, 225.

Home video: DVD.