Editing In Old Arizona (section)

{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = In Old Arizona
| image          = File:In Old Arizona 1928 poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Irving Cummings]]<br />[[Raoul Walsh]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The Cisco Kid]]'' |[[O. Henry]]}}
| producer       = [[Winfield Sheehan]]
| writer         = [[Tom Barry (screenwriter)|Tom Barry]]
| starring       = [[Warner Baxter]]<br />[[Edmund Lowe]]<br />[[Dorothy Burgess]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur Edeson]]<br />[[Alfred Hansen (cinematographer)|Alfred Hansen]]
| editing        = [[Louis R. Loeffler]]
| distributor    = [[Fox Film Corporation]]
| released       = {{Film date|1928|12|25|Premiere|1929|01|20|General release}}
| country        = United States
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| language       = English [[sound film]]
| gross          = $1.3 million<ref name="quig">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/international193738quig#page/942/mode/2up/search/%22box+office%22 |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |title=The All Time Best Sellers |work=The 1937–38 Motion Picture Almanac |page=942 |year=1938 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
}}

'''''In Old Arizona''''' is a 1928 American sound ([[sound film|All-Talking]]) [[pre-Code]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Raoul Walsh]] and [[Irving Cummings]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1524 |title=In Old Arizona |publisher=AFI |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film, which was based on the character of the [[The Cisco Kid|Cisco Kid]] in the 1907 story "[[The Cisco Kid#"The Caballero's Way" (short story)|The Caballero's Way]]" by [[O. Henry]], was a major innovation in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]]. It was the first major Western to use the new technology of [[sound film|sound]] and the first [[talkie]] to be filmed outdoors.<ref>{{cite book |last=Varner |first=Paul |title=The A to Z of Westerns in Cinema |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=xviii  |date=2009 |isbn=978-0-8108-6888-5}}</ref> It made extensive use of authentic locations, filming in [[Bryce Canyon National Park]] and [[Zion National Park]] in [[Utah]], and the [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]] and the [[Mojave Desert]] in [[California]]. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 25, 1928, and went into general release on January 20, 1929.

''In Old Arizona'' contributed to creating the image of the [[singing cowboy]], as its star, [[Warner Baxter]], does some incidental singing. Baxter went on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance. Other nominations included [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for [[Irving Cummings]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing]] for [[Tom Barry (screenwriter)|Tom Barry]], [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] for [[Arthur Edeson]], and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. The film entered the [[2024 in public domain|public domain on January 1, 2024]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/ | title=Public Domain Day 2024 &#124; Duke University School of Law }}</ref>