All Faces West

{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = All Faces West | image = | caption = | director = Raymond K. Johnson | producer = Lewis H. Moomaw W. Ray Johnston | writer = George W. Pyper Raymond K. Johnson | starring = Ben Lyon Marie Prevost Anders Randolf | music = James G. Henshel | cinematography = Hobart H. Brownell King D. Gray | editing = George McGuire | studio = Pioneer Film Corporation | distributor = Syndicate Film Exchange | released = {{Film date|1929|03|02}} | runtime = 71 minutes | country = United States | language = English (sound version) English intertitles (silent version) | budget = $650,000 }} '''''All Faces West''''' is a 1929 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost and Anders Randolf.<ref>D'Arc, p. 266.</ref> It was shot in late 1928 on location in Utah. It premiered in Salt Lake City as a silent film, but was re-edited in 1931 with added music and sound effects for re-release as a sound fim under the alternative title '''''Call of the Rockies'''''.

==Plot== Mormon pioneers settle in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century.

==Cast== * Ben Lyon as Mathew * Marie Prevost as Arleta Vance * Gladys Johnson as Sylvia * Anders Randolf as Jim Vance * Russell Simpson as Gunner Bill * James Mason as Tony / Kit Carson * Tex Driscoll as The Stranger

== Production == The film began production in early September, 1928 and was filmed under the working title ''The Exodus.''<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/motionnew38moti |title=Motion Picture News |date= |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=September 1, 1928 |pages=731 |language=en}}</ref> After several weeks spent filming in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company left for Twin Falls, Idaho to shoot on the Snake River.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald93quig |title=Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World |last2= |date= |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |others= |location=Chicago |publication-date=October 6, 1928 |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref> While filming in Salt Lake City, De Vere Childs, the construction manager for Pioneer Film, was struck by the propeller of a wind machine. He underwent surgery and was expected to recover.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/filmdaily4546newy |title=The Film Daily |date= |publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=September 13, 1928 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref> ''The Film Daily'' reported that as of early November, 1928, the film was complete.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/filmdaily4546newy |title=The Film Daily |date= |publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=November 14, 1928 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref> The budget had been reported by ''Variety'' as $250,000.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/variety92-1928-09 |title=Variety |date= |publisher=Variety Publishing Company |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=September 26, 1928 |pages=20 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * D'Arc, James. ''When Hollywood Came to Town: A History of Movie Making in Utah''. Gibbs Smith, 2010.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0021710}} *{{YouTube|O-D_iGrfoqs|''Call of the Rockies'' (1929) (''All Faces West'') 90-second clip}}

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