689. In Old Arizona (1928)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s wearing a black leather jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and gargoyle shades. He’s holding a Mega Pint of Barq’s Root Beer*

W: Welcome to my lair…welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock does nothing but walk inside*

W: Its that time of year again, welcome to PUBLIC DOMAIN WEEK here at Warlock’s Movie Realm. For those that don’t know, media entities in the United States whether its a book, a record or a film loses its copyright protection after 95 years unless its owned by a major studio or company. Today, all media from 1928 has entered the Public Domain. We will be taking a look at seven movies handpicked by me from 1928 to watch without having to deal with pain in the ass copyright claims.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: So what’s batting leadoff? Something good I hope. As I mentioned during the first Oscar’s Month five years ago….which is scary…..The Broadway Melody won Best Picture in 1929. Know what came in third place for Best Picture? Tonight’s movie, the 1928 western IN OLD ARIZONA. What do I know about this movie? Not much. I do know that the lead character is played by Warner Baxter who won Best Actor in 1929 for this role.

*Warlock takes a swig of his drink*

W: What’s the movie about? A babyface outlaw is on the run from the mean old Sherriff and wants to romance Dorothy Burgess. Now the thing about these movies this week is most of them will be “talkies” since The Jazz Singer we covered last year was the first to have musical numbers in 1927. This one is apparently 100% talkie so at least there will be dialog. So, we have the Best Actor in the third best movie of the year, hopefully this will be a good 95 minutes. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for IN OLD ARIZONA.

Written by O. Henry, Tom Barry and Paul Gerard Smith

Directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh

Cast:

Edmund Lowe	…	Sergeant Mickey Dunn
	Warner Baxter	…	The Cisco Kid
	Dorothy Burgess	…	Tonia Maria
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Henry Armetta	…	Barber (uncredited)
	James Bradbury Jr.	…	Soldier (uncredited)
	Joe Brown	…	Bartender (uncredited)
	Frank Campeau	…	Man Chasing Cisco (uncredited)
	John Webb Dillion	…	Second Soldier (uncredited)
	Alphonse Ethier	…	Sheriff (uncredited)
	Jim Farley	…	Townsman (uncredited)
	William Gillis	…	Guard (uncredited)
	Pat Hartigan	…	Cowpuncher (uncredited)
	Soledad Jiménez	…	Tonita the Cook (uncredited)
	Ivan Linow	…	Russian Immigrant (uncredited)
	Tom London	…	Man in Saloon (uncredited)
	Helen Lynch	…	Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
	J. Farrell MacDonald	…	Stage Passenger (uncredited)
	Julius Viggo Madsen	…	Tenor in Quartet (uncredited)
	James A. Marcus	…	Blacksmith Pop Higgins (uncredited)
	Duke Martin	…	Cowboy (uncredited)
	Charles Miller	…	Stage Driver (uncredited)
	Frank Nelson	…	Cowboy (uncredited)
	Edward Peil Sr.	…	Joe – Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
	Bob Roper	…	Blacksmith’s Assistant (uncredited)
	Lola Salvi	…	Italian Girl (uncredited)
	Tom Santschi	…	Cowpuncher (uncredited)
	Evelyn Selbie	…	Gypsy (uncredited)
	Tom Smith	…	Guard (uncredited)
	Roy Stewart	…	Commandant (uncredited)
	Charles Sullivan	…	Soldier (uncredited)
	Blackjack Ward	…	Horse Wrangler (uncredited)
	Fred Warren	…	Piano Player (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.”

W: Making the outlaw the good guy?