The Call of the Canyon

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The Call of the Canyon
The Call of the Canyon Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Victor Fleming
Screenplay by
Based onThe Call of the Canyon
by Zane Grey
Produced by Jesse Lasky
Starring
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 16, 1923 (1923-12-16)(USA)
Running time
70 minutes
7 reels, 6,993 ft
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Call of the Canyon is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, and Marjorie Daw. [1] Based on the novel The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey, the film is about a returning war veteran who is nursed back to health by a compassionate Arizona girl. The Call of the Canyon was filmed in Red Rock Crossing in Sedona, Arizona. [2]

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Plot

Glenn Kilbourne (Richard Dix) returns from the war and travels to Arizona to regain his health. There he is nursed back to health by an Arizona girl, Flo Hutter (Marjorie Daw). Kilbourne's fiancée, Carley Burch (Lois Wilson), arrives in Arizona but soon becomes disillusioned with life in the West and returns to New York. Sometime later, Flo is seriously injured in an accident. Wanting to repay her for restoring him back to health, Glenn asks her to marry him. On their wedding day, Carley returns to Arizona from New York looking for Glenn. When Flo sees that Glenn and Carley are still in love, she calls off her wedding to Glenn and marries another admirer, Lee Stanton (Leonard Clapham).

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Preservation status

Once thought to be a lost film, The Call of the Canyon was one of ten silent films digitally preserved in Russia's film archive Gosfilmofond and provided to the Library of Congress in October 2010. [4] [5]

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