All Faces West


All Faces West is a 1929 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost and Anders Randolf. 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

pioneers settle in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century.

Cast

The film began production in early September, 1928 and was filmed under the working title The Exodus. After several weeks spent filming in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company left for Twin [Falls, Idaho] to shoot on the Snake River. 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. The Film Daily reported that as of early November, 1928, the film was complete. The budget had been reported by Variety as $250,000.