Romance Rides the Range (1936)
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Genres - Western |
Release Date - Sep 1, 1936 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 59 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
The first of thirteen singing-Westerns starring former San Francisco Opera barytone Fred Scott, Romance Rides the Range was thoroughly geared to the handsome singer's forté: light opera. Scott played Barry Glendon, an opera singer who returns to the old homestead after an especially successful season. At the ranch, he encounters neighbors Carol Morland (Marion Shilling) and her brother Jimmy (Buzz Barton, who had been conned into buying a parcel of useless land. In love with Carol, Barry cons the con-men (Robert Kortman and Theodore Lorch) into believing that the Morland property contains a hidden gold mine. Veteran funnyman Cliff Nazzarro (an expert in the art of the "double take") provided comic relief and Scott sang Only You and On the Range, both by Fred Stryker and Johnny Lange. Filmed at Placerito Canyon near Newhall, California, Romance Rides the Range was produced by poverty row company Spectrum
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bad-guy, cowboy, good-guy, land-scheme, land-war, outlaw [Western], romance, treasure