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The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills, also known as Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush, is a 1951 Western drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Harold F. Kress. The Painted Hills is the seventh and final MGM Lassie film.
Adapted by True Boardman from Alexander Hull's novel Shep of the Painted Hills, the film stars Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran and canine actor Pal (credited as Lassie) in a story about a collie named Shep who seeks retribution after her master is murdered. Technical advisor Nipo T. Strongheart worked with the Miwok people for their role in the film.
Prospector Jonathan Harvey, whose faithful companion is a rough collie and a descendant of Lassie named Shep, is a friend of his deceased partner Martha Blake's family, including her son Tommy. After years of digging in the hills of California, he finally strikes gold. However, before he can share it with the Blakes, his greedy partner Lin Taylor kills him and attempts to lay claim to the gold. Lin poisons Shep, who nearly dies, and nearly kills Tommy, but Shep recovers and leads Lin into the mountains, where he falls from a cliff to his death.
Bruce Cowling sustained serious injuries from a fall while on location during production. He underwent a hernia operation and was forced to withdraw from his next scheduled project, Across the Wide Missouri.
In 2010, Film Score Monthly released the complete scores of the seven Lassie feature films produced by MGM between 1943 and 1955, as well as Elmer Bernstein’s score for It's a Dog's Life (1955), in the CD collection Lassie Come Home: The Canine Cinema Collection, which was limited to 1,000 copies. Composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof, the score for The Painted Hills is contained on Disc 5 with a running time of 47:37, and includes the following tracks:
Nearly half of the masters have been lost, so the scores were reconstructed and restored from the best available sources.
The Painted Hills opened in Los Angeles at the Loew's State and Grauman's Egyptian theaters on April 20, 1951 as the second feature to Soldiers Three.
Critic Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "will compensate all those who have found Lassie one of the most interesting of screen acquisitions".
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The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills, also known as Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush, is a 1951 Western drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Harold F. Kress. The Painted Hills is the seventh and final MGM Lassie film.
Adapted by True Boardman from Alexander Hull's novel Shep of the Painted Hills, the film stars Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran and canine actor Pal (credited as Lassie) in a story about a collie named Shep who seeks retribution after her master is murdered. Technical advisor Nipo T. Strongheart worked with the Miwok people for their role in the film.
Prospector Jonathan Harvey, whose faithful companion is a rough collie and a descendant of Lassie named Shep, is a friend of his deceased partner Martha Blake's family, including her son Tommy. After years of digging in the hills of California, he finally strikes gold. However, before he can share it with the Blakes, his greedy partner Lin Taylor kills him and attempts to lay claim to the gold. Lin poisons Shep, who nearly dies, and nearly kills Tommy, but Shep recovers and leads Lin into the mountains, where he falls from a cliff to his death.
Bruce Cowling sustained serious injuries from a fall while on location during production. He underwent a hernia operation and was forced to withdraw from his next scheduled project, Across the Wide Missouri.
In 2010, Film Score Monthly released the complete scores of the seven Lassie feature films produced by MGM between 1943 and 1955, as well as Elmer Bernstein’s score for It's a Dog's Life (1955), in the CD collection Lassie Come Home: The Canine Cinema Collection, which was limited to 1,000 copies. Composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof, the score for The Painted Hills is contained on Disc 5 with a running time of 47:37, and includes the following tracks:
Nearly half of the masters have been lost, so the scores were reconstructed and restored from the best available sources.
The Painted Hills opened in Los Angeles at the Loew's State and Grauman's Egyptian theaters on April 20, 1951 as the second feature to Soldiers Three.
Critic Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "will compensate all those who have found Lassie one of the most interesting of screen acquisitions".