The Lone Star Ranger (1930)

Information From IMDb

Plot Summary
After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes,
none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence,
he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval
and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East.
He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are,
unknown by Mary. led by her father.
Written by Les Adams

Full Cast
George O'Brien ... Buck Duane
Sue Carol ... Mary Aldridge
Walter McGrail ... Phil Lawson
Warren Hymer ... Henchman
Russell Simpson ... Colonel John Aldridge
Roy Stewart ... Captain McNally
Lee Shumway ... Henchman Cane
Colin Chase ... Tom Laramie
Richard Alexander ... Henchman
Joel Franz ... Hank Jones
Joe Rickson ... Henchman
Oliver Eckhardt ... Lem Parker
Caroline Rankin ... Mrs. Parker
Elizabeth Patterson ... Sarah Martin
Billy Butts ... Bud Jones
Delmar Watson ... Baby Jones
William Steele ... First Deputy
Bob Fleming ... Second Deputy
Hank Bell ... Henchman (uncredited)
Ward Bond ... Townsman at the dance (uncredited)
Willie Fung ... The barber (uncredited)
Jane Keckley ... Townswoman at the dance (uncredited)
Bill Patton ... Stage driver (uncredited)
Jack Perrin ... Ranger (uncredited)
Lon Poff ... Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... Man at dance (uncredited)
John Wayne ... Uncredited

Writing Credits
Zane Grey (novel)
Seton I. Miller (scenario)
John Hunter Booth (dialogue)

Cinematography
Daniel B. Clark

Trivia
Prints of the sound and silent versions of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

The "sound" version that survives is actually the work print for foreign language releases,
never intended to be seen publicly.
It's basically a silent film made from the talkie, with the titles only presented as what to translate,
and how many frames to hold to accommodate the sound track, which will contain all non-speaking parts.
Those parts are more or less the synchronized sound effects and music edited to make it sound
like an early vita phone/movie tone scored silen

Filming Locations
Monument Valley, Utah, USA

It's worth noting, Ward Bond was in the movie,
and that Duke was on location in
Monument Valley, long before John Ford
'discovered it' !!

I can do no better than to post
this from Tim Lilley

Courtesy of Tim Lilley's
The Big Trail

I. “…with Wayne serving as a wrangler, stunt double and bit player.” Page 1982

II. “According to Wayne’s recollection, … “I was hired on as an assistant for a George O’Brien western (I was actually hired as an actor but it was understood I would act as an Assistant – a scrounger, today they would call them a location manager). One of my jobs was to get 400 head of cattle into Blue Canyon which was 150 miles from any paved road. A preacher who had a little church on the Hopi reservation agreed to help me gather them. In gathering those cattle, we horse backed into Monument Valley. … It was during the making of this picture, in which I was assistant as well as riding in the posse that I personally rode through Monument Valley.” (The film was Lone Star Ranger, Fox 1930.) Volume VI, No 1, June 1989.9 This is noteworthy not simply because it definitively places Wayne in this film, but it also dispels two myths that have been perpetuated by many over the years. The first is that Wayne was never a cowboy. That he drove 400 head of cattle over 100 miles, while on horseback, proves that at least once in his life he was a cowboy. The second is that John Ford “discovered” Monument Valley, since Wayne was there almost ten full years before Ford filmed Stagecoach there in 1939.

III. This film has been viewed by the authors, however the quality is so poor that we were only able to say that this is could be John Wayne seen in this film. We were able to establish that John Wayne’s name does not appear in the opening or closing credits of this film.

With thanks to Elly
John Wayne Before Stagecoach