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In Old Arizona is a 1928 American pre-Code Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film, which was based on the character of the Cisco Kid in the 1907 story " The Caballero's Way " by O. Henry , was a major innovation in Hollywood .
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1928: The Best Picture-nominated western film In Old Arizona (1928), made by directors Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, was released. It was the first full-length talkie film to be shot outdoors (on location) and not in a studio, as well as the first sound western film. 1928
December 25 – In Old Arizona, released by Fox Films, is the first sound-on-film feature-length talkie, utilizing the Movietone process. Previously, feature-length talkies used the less-reliable Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. It is also the first Western talkie, and the first sound film primarily shot outdoors. Academy Awards
By May 1928 virtually every studio in Hollywood, major and minor, was licensed by Western Electric’s newly created marketing subsidiary, Electrical Research Products, Incorporated (ERPI), to use Western Electric equipment with the Movietone sound-on-film recording system.
In Old Arizona (1928), 95 minutes, D: Irving Cummings Advertised as an "100% All -Talking Fox Movietone Feature" - and historically important as the first talkie Western film produced by a major studio. It was also the first full-length talkie film to be shot outdoors (on location) and not in a studio.
Sep 13, 2023 · Published Sep 13, 2023. You've likely never seen this 1920s Western, but it's a doozy. Image via Fox Film. The Big Picture. In Old Arizona was a groundbreaking Western film that featured a...
