The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert (1931) is a film released by RKO Radio Pictures which marks the debut of Clark Gable in a talkie. Gable's performance as Rance Brett, an unshaven former criminal who does not feel sorry about the crimes he has committed, made him an important supporting actor overnight as the result of an avalanche of unexpected fan mail and opened the door for him to become "The King of Hollywood" during the 1930s. Gable's extraordinarily powe... more

The Painted Desert (1931) is a film released by RKO Radio Pictures which marks the debut of Clark Gable in a talkie. Gable's performance as Rance Brett, an unshaven former criminal who does not feel sorry about the crimes he has committed, made him an important supporting actor overnight as the result of an avalanche of unexpected fan mail and opened the door for him to become "The King of Hollywood" during the 1930s. Gable's extraordinarily powerful voice proved extremely effective for sound films. The low-budget Western starred William Boyd in his pre-Hopalong Cassidy days as well as early sound starlet Helen Twelvetrees. William Boyd ... Bill Holbrook (as Bill Boyd) Helen Twelvetrees ... Mary Ellen Cameron William Farnum ... Bill 'Cash' Holbrook J. Farrell MacDonald ... Jeff Cameron Clark Gable ... Rance Brett Charles Sellon ... Tonopah Hugh Adams ... 'Dynamite' Wade Boteler ... Bob Carson - Ore Wagon #1 Driver Will Walling ... Kirby Edmund Breese ... Judge Matthews... less