| The Light of Western Stars | |
| Director: | Otto Brower Edwin H. Knopf |
| Starring: | Richard Arlen Mary Brian |
| Music: | Charles Midgley |
| Cinematography: | Charles Lang |
| Editing: | Jane Loring |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 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]