Gold Mine in the Sky
Encyclopedia
Gold Mine in the Sky is a 1938 western
film starring Gene Autry
, Smiley Burnette
and Carol Hughes. It was written by Betty Burbridge
and directed by Joseph Kane
.
of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress (played by Hughes) doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings (Craig Reynolds
), but Gene resuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnaping to raise the funds. However, her plan backfires after Cummings learns about it and turns it into a real kidnaping.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film starring Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
, Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Lester Alvin Burnett , better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical...
and Carol Hughes. It was written by Betty Burbridge
Betty Burbridge
Betty Burbridge was an American screenwriter and actress of the silent era. She wrote for 124 films between 1917 and 1949. She also appeared in 66 films between 1913 and 1916. She was born in San Diego, California and died in Tarzana, California.She is the grand-daughter of civil war major general...
and directed by Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter...
.
Plot summary
Gene Autry plays a singing ranch foreman who, as executor of the willWill (law)
A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death...
of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress (played by Hughes) doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings (Craig Reynolds
Craig Reynolds (actor)
Craig Reynolds was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life and career:Born Harold Hugh Enfield in Anaheim, California in 1907, Reynolds enjoyed a film career spanning the 1930s and 1940s, although the majority of his roles occurred during the first decade of his career.As an...
), but Gene resuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnaping to raise the funds. However, her plan backfires after Cummings learns about it and turns it into a real kidnaping.
Cast
- Gene AutryGene AutryOrvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
- Himself - Smiley BurnetteSmiley BurnetteLester Alvin Burnett , better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical...
- Frog - Carol Hughes - Cody Langham
- J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys - Musicians and Cowhands
- Craig ReynoldsCraig Reynolds (actor)Craig Reynolds was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life and career:Born Harold Hugh Enfield in Anaheim, California in 1907, Reynolds enjoyed a film career spanning the 1930s and 1940s, although the majority of his roles occurred during the first decade of his career.As an...
- Larry Cummings - Helen AinsworthHelen AinsworthHelen Ainsworth , also known as Cupid Ainsworth, was a stage and motion picture actress. She went to Hollywood in the 1920s as an agent, and she helped a number of actors attain stardom: Guy Madison, Marilyn Monroe, Rhonda Fleming, Carol Channing and Howard Keel, among others.-Actress:* The Lady Is...
- Jane Crocker - LeRoy MasonLeRoy MasonLeRoy Mason was an American film actor. He died on the set of California Firebrand after suffering a heart attack.-Selected filmography:The following were with John Wayne:* Maker of Men...
- Red Kuzak - Frankie Marvin - Cowhand Joe
- Robert HomansRobert HomansRobert Edward Homans was an American film actor. He appeared in some 400 films between 1917 and 1946.He was born in Malden, Massachusetts and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
- 'Lucky' Langham - Eddie Cherkose - Sykes
- Ben CorbettBen CorbettBen Corbett was an American film actor. He appeared in 283 films between 1915 and 1956.He was born in Hudson, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* An Eastern Westerner...
- Spud Grogan - Milburn Morante - Mugsy Malone
- Jim CoreyJim CoreyJames Warren "Jim" Corey was an American actor. He appeared in 315 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California...
- Henchman Chet - George Guhl - Constable Cy
- The Stafford Sisters - The Levinsky Trio