▁sound ▁film . ▁Gary ▁Cooper , ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁appeared ▁in ▁several ▁silent ▁films , ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁the ▁Virgin ian ; ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁first ▁leading ▁role ▁in ▁a ▁western , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁talk ie . ▁He ▁was ▁co ached ▁in ▁the ▁Virgin ian ' s ▁acc ent ▁by ▁Rand olph ▁Scott . ▁ ▁Production ▁began ▁in ▁late ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁with ▁shooting ▁done ▁in ▁Son ora ▁and ▁L one ▁P ine , ▁California . ▁The ▁train ▁station ▁scenes ▁were ▁fil med ▁in ▁Jam est own , ▁California . ▁There ▁was ▁little ▁studio ▁shooting . ▁To ▁shoot ▁out door ▁scenes , ▁the ▁film m akers ▁used ▁bl imp ed ▁cam eras ▁( c amer as ▁with ▁internal ▁sound proof ing ), ▁which ▁were ▁a ▁recent ▁innov ation . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁featured ▁the ▁traditional ▁song ▁" B ury ▁Me ▁Not ▁on ▁the ▁L one ▁Pra irie ", ▁hum med ▁and ▁s ung ▁by ▁Richard ▁Ar len . ▁ ▁Te chni ques ▁and ▁style ▁R ather ▁than ▁synchron ize ▁every ▁sound ▁on ▁screen ▁with ▁a ▁shown ▁action , ▁The ▁Virgin ian ▁treated ▁sound ▁as ▁at ▁times ▁being ▁independent ▁of ▁the ▁action ; ▁this ▁allowed ▁for ▁greater ▁symbol ism . ▁The ▁film ▁also ▁heavily ▁used ▁natural ▁sounds , ▁such ▁as ▁cattle . ▁This ▁was ▁facil itated ▁by ▁the ▁out door ▁shooting ▁locations . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁Virgin ian ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 9 ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁with ▁a ▁the atr ical ▁r ere