The Light of Western Stars (1930)
1h 10m
Running Time
April 19, 1930Release Date
The Light of Western Stars (1930)
1h 10m
Running Time
April 19, 1930Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Arlen
Dick Bailey
Mary Brian
Ruth Hammond
Harry Green
Plotz / Pie-Pan
Regis Toomey
Bob Drexell
Fred Kohler
H.W. Stack
Guy Oliver
Sheriff Grip Jarvis
George Chandler
Slig Whalen
Otto Brower
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 19, 1930
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 10m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
Wiki.
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.
The film was the first adaptation of Grey's works to be made with sound. Star Richard Arlen sang in this, his second Western film, performing "a cowboy chantie, accompanied by an harmonica and a jews-harp."