The Light of Western Stars (1930 film)

The Light of Western Stars
The Light of Western Stars
Directed by	Otto Brower; Edwin H. Knopf
Written by	Grover Jones; William Slavens McNutt
Based on	The Light of Western Stars; by Zane Grey
Starring	Richard Arlen; Mary Brian
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Jane Loring
Music by	Charles Midgley
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 19, 1930;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Light of Western Stars is a 1930 American pre-Code Western produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It had two directors, Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf. This film is the third filming of Zane Grey's 1914 novel, The Light of Western Stars. Richard Arlen and Mary Brian starred. Previously filmed by Paramount as a silent in 1925.^[1]^[2]

The film was the first adaptation of Grey's works to be made with sound.^[3] Star Richard Arlen sang in this, his second Western film, performing "a cowboy chantie, accompanied by an harmonica and a jews-harp."^[4]

Plot

Cast

Richard Arlen as Dick Bailey
Mary Brian as Ruth Hammond
Regis Toomey as Bob Drexell
Fred Kohler as H. W. Stack
Guy Oliver as Sheriff Grip Jarvis
George Chandler as Slig Whalen
William Le Maire as Griff Meeker
Lew Meehan as Rifleman
Syd Saylor as Square Toe

References

^ The Light of Western Stars Detail View, afi.com; accessed August 9, 2015.
^ "The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930, April 07, 1927, Image 1 « Historic Oregon Newspapers". oregonnews.uoregon.edu. Mountain Ghosts Fail to Scare Paramount Players. Retrieved April 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Studio Notes". The New York Times. January 19, 1930J. p. A 109. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ "Arlen's Singing Heard in New Western Movie Coming to the Empress". Edmonton Journal. Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. April 12, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

The Light of Western Stars, imdb.com
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] The Light of Western Stars Detail View, afi.com; accessed August 9, 2015.

[2] "The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930, April 07, 1927, Image 1 « Historic Oregon Newspapers". oregonnews.uoregon.edu. Mountain Ghosts Fail to Scare Paramount Players. Retrieved April 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[3] "Studio Notes". The New York Times. January 19, 1930J. p. A 109. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

[4] "Arlen's Singing Heard in New Western Movie Coming to the Empress". Edmonton Journal. Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. April 12, 1930. p. 41. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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