The Light of Western Stars (1930 film)

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 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 (1930-04-19)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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