Randolph Scott and Sally Blane made several films together for Paramount in the early 1930s, their first western was Zane Grey's HERITAGE OF THE DESERT. This was Scott's first official western, but Blane got more attention as she played opposite the legendary Tom Mix in three of his action films during the late 1920s. And if she could ride a horse and keep up with Mix, she was a natural for the part, hands down. Here, Scott plays an earnest land surveyor who is hired by ranch owner J. Farrell MacDonald to legally protect his ranch, which may be scooped up by an unscrupulous land baron --who just happens to be wooing Blane! Don't you love it! Sally catches the attention of Randy, or vice versa, and, well, you know what comes next! Action and some good fistfights are in store, but its the romance angle that gets equal time, and rightly so. Behind the scenes, Randolph Scott and Sally Blane were a Hollywood item, on the front pages of the usual fan mags of the era, making the cover of TRUE ROMANCE in 1933, which is now a collector's item. Director Henry Hathaway, who made his debut with this film, cleverly let the cameras roll on their romantic scenes together... and they seemed to be enjoying themselves! HERITAGE OF THE DESERT was also notable for its desert photography, which for a lower budget film, was a smart move. With the success of this western, Paramount immediately produced Zane Grey's WILD HORSE MESA, which may have attracted even more of attention because of Sally Blane's PRE-CODE low cut dress on several posters and studio publicity shots! They are still in circulation! Whether this had anything to do with their on screen/off screen relationship, who knows, but it went over well with audiences of the time. More over, in a juicy bit of gossip(!), Sally was later criticized (by older women, obviously) of dressing too casually in another film! These crazy, young Hollywood kids! Mercy! What's the old saying "be young, be foolish, but be happy!" And that they were back in the day. Thank you, Randy and Sally, for blazing the trail!