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In Old Arizona, produced and directed in 1928, was the first talkie Western. As the media was new, the film sounds a bit creaky. But there is no need to delve into the various indoor or outdoor sounds, like the frying of ham and eggs or the gramophone music or the mooing of cows or the funny jackass braying scene. One does notice – again because of the new media – overacting. Such exaggeration was generally needed – or was thought to be needed – in silent films to convey to the audience what the actor felt or thought. Directors even demanded it. So we should not be too harsh on the brave filmmakers that made the significant movie transition to talkies in the late 1920s.The title of the movie is rather curious as the events occur only 30 years before it was made. There are references to the upcoming Spanish-American War (1898) and, early in the film, several soldiers sing, "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)," a song popular in the 1890s. The US frontier officially ended in 1890, so one would think that the movie events in Arizona would have transpired decades earlier. But an 1898 Western is fine enough, as some areas were still wild. There is more talk than the action associated with Westerns, with the story really focusing on three people. But the finale is certainly unexpected unless one read the 1907 short story by O. Henry; that author's stories were known for their surprise endings.Warner Baxter as the Cisco Kid won the Academy Award for Best Actor. But note that his role is not the "Robin Hood of the Old West" (Duncan Renaldo) of the 1950s TV series. Unlike Renaldo, the Kid here is harsh and unforgiving, although he is charming and is not a heartless murderer. He is somewhat the gentleman robber: when he holds up a stagecoach, he refuses to takes money from the passengers. Dorothy Burgess as the dithering and provocative Tonia Maria plays an alluring love interest for any man. Edmund Lowe, who looks like and has the mannerisms of an Irish Sergeant (Mickey Dunn), is supposed to have a New York accent ("Who is that goil?"). Then there are the typical stereotypes that lingered in Hollywood films for many decades (and still do). The Italian barber (Henry Armetta) is exuberant and a bit of a buffoon. The barber likes his women just plain "a-fat," not pleasingly plump.Despite the film's showing its old age with its creakiness and slow pace for a Western, it is still historically important. So it is recommended for film and history buffs, and for the curious.

In the late 60s i went to a Guardian Lecture given by Hitch at the NFT.He said that the critics were most impressed by this film because of the sound of frying bacon.Well i have now heard it and it didn't impress me.I am a great fan of early talkies.I had long wanted to see this film.Never shown on TV or at the NFT.I managed to obtain a copy.Even making allowances for its age it is pretty awful.The main problems are that whilst the camera moves the plot does not.So little happens.As for the acting it is quite apparent that the actors are unsure how to modify their style for the talking film.Most lines are accompanied by rather exaggerated rolling of eyes.I found it interesting from a historical point of view.This did not stop me dozing off now and again.

A pioneering western, the first "talkie" shot outdoors, which makes its soundtrack rather crowded sometimes. Like all great westerns, this one builds on an archetypal theme—in this case, a love triangle. By far the most attractive element of the movie is the twinkly-eyed charm and humour of the Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter), who carries the entire story. He is courtly, smart, funny, and well-dressed. The movie's always better when he's on screen. As his fickle girlfriend Tonia Maria, Dorothy Burgess is less convincing. She is a Latina vamp in the flouncing mode, unable to move through a space without holding her arms akimbo and looking over her shoulder, and tossing her pretty head, and wiggling her hips, and sashaying where a less attractive woman might just walk. Her fake Mexican accent is off-putting, too, though not as off-putting as the fake Brooklyn accent of the cavalry sergeant Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe) sent to capture the bandit. He says "goils" for "girls," and "poifect," and stuff like that. Lowe is a big man in a uniform, sort of a film history stand-in waiting for John Wayne to come along and play that sort of part without the sneering humour and waggling eyebrows. The sergeant is a caricature of western manliness, full of contempt for women and the other half of the formula, eagerness to spend time with them. Ironically, as he lures the Cisco Kid's fickle girlfriend Tonia Maria to betray her lover for the $5000 reward, he seems to be falling for her in earnest. Aware of her betrayal, the Kid spends a little time with her pointedly speaking of constancy. He has replaced the note she's sent to the sergeant with one warning they're planning to switch clothes for the getaway, and the sergeant shoots her. The Cisco Kid pauses to light a cigarillo. Looking back toward the hacienda, he quotes two lines from a song he'd been singing earlier: "Her flirting days are over, and she's ready to settle down." He turns and rides away into the night.

"In Old Arizona" was made in 1928 at a time when sound was still a novelty in films. As such you can see in this film sequences that purely demonstrate sound but add nothing to the story. For example, in the opening scene after the stagecoach leaves, the camera moves to a mariachi band that appears out of nowhere to play a song, and later a scene begins with a quartet warbling a little ditty before moving over to the principle characters.The story centers on the Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter) who is a likable rogue who robs stagecoaches (but not the passengers) and has a price on his head of $5,000. It seems that everyone knows the kid on sight except the town barber. His girlfriend Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess) is an obvious pre-production code prostitute, who "entertains" him when he is not robbing stagecoaches.The army is asked to do something about all of the robberies. They send Sgt. Mickey Dunn (Edmund Lowe) to investigate. Along the way he meets Tonia Maria who seduces him (off screen of course) and the two plot to capture the Kid and claim the reward. Naturally the Kid uncovers the plot and prepares a surprise for the sergeant and his unfaithful girlfriend.This film is rather dated when watched today. It is over talkative and has just awful acting in many of the supporting roles, particularly the actor who plays the stagecoach driver. But you have to remember that this was the first year of sound movies. Director Raoul Walsh used outdoor microphones for the first time in a major studio production. You'll notice a few "silent spots" in the out door scenes.The three leads are OK but the Mexican "accents" of Baxter and Burgess are laughable. Actually as hard to believe as it was, Baxter won the 1929 Academy Award for his role. Walsh was supposed to play the Lowe part but lost an eye in an accident about this time.J. Farrell MacDonald appears early in the film as an Irish stagecoach passenger.