Fortunately, an Alpha DVD entitled "Lost Treasures of the West" has this short as the main attraction on the disc. I refer to the short, Desert Man (1934).
Desert Man is most certainly worth attention. Not only does it present plenty of action but the personable hero is our longtime friend, Hal Taliaferro, always a very competent actor - even when, as here, posing as Wally Wales.
And the villain, would you believe, is none other than Yakima Canutt?
Already your interest quickens. Mine too!
The heroine, a lovely girl named Peggy Djarling (sic), made only one other movie, also with Wally and Yak, and also written and directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and released just one month previously, a 3-reel offering entitled Carrying the Mail.
I'd love to see that one! I'll keep watching!
Desert Man is most certainly worth attention. Not only does it present plenty of action but the personable hero is our longtime friend, Hal Taliaferro, always a very competent actor - even when, as here, posing as Wally Wales.
And the villain, would you believe, is none other than Yakima Canutt?
Already your interest quickens. Mine too!
The heroine, a lovely girl named Peggy Djarling (sic), made only one other movie, also with Wally and Yak, and also written and directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and released just one month previously, a 3-reel offering entitled Carrying the Mail.
I'd love to see that one! I'll keep watching!
