In Old Arizona

… as director of the talkie In Old Arizona, an adventure starring Warner Baxter as the Cisco Kid. For his work, Cummings earned an unofficial Academy Award nomination. In 1931 he reteamed with Baxter on The Cisco Kid. Other notable films from this period include the crime dramas Man Against Woman…

…to direct and act in In Old Arizona (1929), a Cisco Kid western yarn (based on an O. Henry story) that would have been his first talkie. But Warner Baxter ended up as Cisco when a jackrabbit smashed through the windshield of Walsh’s car early in the production, leaving him…