Riders of the Purple Sage (1931 film)

Riders of the Purple Sage
Directed byHamilton MacFadden
Written byPhilip Klein
John F. Goodrich
Barry Conners
Based onRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Produced byEdmund Grainger
StarringGeorge O'Brien
Marguerite Churchill
Noah Beery
CinematographyGeorge Schneiderman
Edited byAlfred DeGaetano
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • October 28, 1931 (1931-10-28)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill.[1] The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of 58 minutes and remains the third of five screen versions.[citation needed] It was the first sound version.[1] The movie was followed later the same year by a similar adaptation of the novel's sequel, The Rainbow Trail, also starring O'Brien.

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  1. ^ a b Erickson, Hal. "Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.


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