The Painted Stallion (1937)

Directed by

Ray Taylor, William Witney, Alan James

Genre

action, western

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American Western serial from the late 1930s. It follows a hero on a horse who fights outlaws and helps those in need across a series of short episodes.

fast-pacedaction-packedlight-heartedold-fashionedformulaicenergeticpure funsimplenostalgic

What happens

The Painted Stallion is a 1937 American Western film serial from Republic Pictures. It was the sixth Republic serial of the sixty-six made by that company. Western serials such as this made up a third of the serials from Republic, a studio that was also heavily involved in making B-Western feature films at the time. This serial saw the directorial debut of William Witney, who would become one of the star directors at Republic. It was not until Zorro Rides Again, later in 1937, that he first worked with his famous directorial partner, John English. Witney had been working as an editor on earlier serials but made the switch when another director became unable to work due to heavy drinking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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