The Lone Star Ranger (1930 film)

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The Lone Star Ranger
The Lone Star Ranger ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 1485 crop).jpg
Directed byA.F. Erickson
Screenplay by Seton I. Miller
John Hunter Booth
Based on The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey
Produced byA.F. Erickson
Starring George O'Brien
Sue Carol
Walter McGrail
Warren Hymer
Russell Simpson
Roy Stewart
Cinematography Daniel B. Clark
Edited by Jack Murray
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 5, 1930 (1930-01-05)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lone Star Ranger is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by A.F. Erickson and written by Seton I. Miller and John Hunter Booth. The film stars George O'Brien, Sue Carol, Walter McGrail, Warren Hymer, Russell Simpson and Roy Stewart. It is based on the 1915 novel The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey. The film was released on January 5, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Originally released as an All-Talking picture, the film seems to only survive in an International Sound Version which has the dialogue portions of the film replaced with music and intertitles. Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley and Rainbow Bridge in Utah. [4] :286

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Other versions

This Zane Grey novel was adapted four or more times to film. Silent versions were released in 1919 [5] and 1923. The version released in 1930 was tagged as "Zane Grey's first all talking picture". The fourth adaptation was released in 1942. [6]

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References

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