director approach to serials  with this film, a system much copied by other studios (Republic,  Columbia, Universal) for their own serial output. One director, an  action specialist (in this case B. Reeves Eason (qv)), would shoot  all the outdoor action and stunt scenes. A second director, more  suited to handling dialogue scenes (in this case,  Armand Schaefer (qv)), would simultaneously shoot all the  interiors and dialogue scenes. In this way production time was  halved, at considerable savings. Levines main concern was keeping  star Tom Mix (qv)s time spent filming to a minimum, as he was  paying Mix $10,000 a week. Because of Levines efficient production  methods, he was able to keep Mixs shooting schedule down to four  weeks.