War Paint is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke.

Louis B. Mayer observed the profits made by other studios with western franchises such as Tom Mix, Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson.

He selected a genuine army officer who had lived with Indian tribes to come to Hollywood as an advisor on 1922's The Covered Wagon: Colonel Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy.

In order to maximize the economics, the film was shot simultaneously on location with another film, Winners of the Wilderness.

[2][3][4][5] An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors.