Call of the Canyon

Call of the Canyon was the first film made in Sedona. It was based on Zane Grey’s book and he insisted that they film in the Sedona area, because that was the location of the book. The director was Victor Fleming, who later directed Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Richard Dix and Marjorie Daw starred in the film. It was a silent movie and ran about 70 minutes.

Call of the Canyon appeared to be one of the 80% of all silent films that ended up missing. However, in 2010, the film was discovered in Gosfilmofond, a Russian state film archive. A digital copy was created and presented to the Library of Congress on October 22 of 2010.

This is one of Bob Brashaw’s historic photos taken along the West Fork trail, where parts of Call of the Canyon were filmed.