Desert Nights (1929) (MOD) "Monogram Pictures"

Desert Nights (1929) (MOD) "Monogram Pictures"Blazing sun. Burning sand. And scarcely a drop of water. In the vast trackless wastes of the Kalahari Desert, two diamond thieves and their hostage struggle for survival. The thieves have a fortune in gems, but their hostage the manager of the robbed mine has the knowledge to lead them to safety. John Gilbert, starring in his final silent movie, is in gallant form as the mine manager who outwits his captors: a slick conman and the beautiful woman

Tom Flagler and his patrol are caught between the shifting lines of war

Claus decides that all children rich or poor should receive toys for Christmas

And there's some new residents to be found at Mount Justice: new team leader Nightwing

and at the urging of his attorney daughter

Here they learn the real meaning of teamwork and competition as they lead the battle on and off the Navy's fields of glory

Then Came Bronson - seen here in an international version that has footage not seen in U

Time and circumstance (including danger at sea during a training cruise) will change all that

this instant classic would forever change the rules for gangster films to come

The two stars make larceny seem like great fun

Hollywood beckoned Shemp away from the east coast confine of Vitaphone out west

" Lee Tracy

What he meets is the family