The Old Barn Dance was Gene Autry's final film before walking out on his contract with Republic Pictures after a salary dispute. Republic replaced him with young Roy Rogers, who briefly appears in The Old Barn Dance under the name "Dick Weston." Autry, Smiley Burnette, and the rest perform such standards as "Ten Little Miles From Home," by Peter Tinturin and Jack Lawrence, and Autry's own "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven" and it is all highly enjoyable. In an effort to add a bit of Western excitement to the otherwise rather stage-bound proceedings, the studio filmed a stampede of wild horses in Lone Pine, CA, but the footage appears almost as an afterthought. Leading lady Helen Valkis later signed with 20th Century Fox and changed her name to Joan Valerie.
The Old Barn Dance (1938)
Directed by Joseph Kane
Genres - Western, Drama, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Musical Western |
Release Date - Jan 29, 1938 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 54 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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