The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Screenplay by	Charles Kenyon; Delmer Daves;
Based on	The Petrified Forest; 1934 play; by Robert E. Sherwood
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis (executive producer, uncredited)
Starring	Leslie Howard; Bette Davis; Humphrey Bogart; Genevieve Tobin; Dick Foran;
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Owen Marks
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 8, 1936 (United States);
Running time	82 minutes
Language	English

The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1934 drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart.^[1] The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon, and adaptations were later performed on radio and television. The film is set in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

According to Variety, Warner Bros. filmed two endings. Howard's character dies in one and survives in the other.^[2]

In May 1945, Warner Bros. released another film based on Sherwood's play, Escape in the Desert. It pits a Dutch flyer walking across country to San Francisco and others against a bunch of escaped Nazi POWs.

^ The Petrified Forest page, Internet Broadway Database, undated. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
^ Variety Staff (January 1, 1936). "The Petrified Forest". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[1] The Petrified Forest page, Internet Broadway Database, undated. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

[:1-2] Variety Staff (January 1, 1936). "The Petrified Forest". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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