Oh, Susanna! (1936 film)
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Plot summary
Fleeing the law, Wolf Benson hops on a train, throws Autry off, and assumes Autry's identity. Posing as Autry, he robs and kills Autry's friend, Lee. When Autry is jailed, his friends Frog and the professor break him out and the three head out to clear him of the murder charge.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...
as Gene Autry aka Tex Smith - 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...
as Frog Millhouse - Frances Grant as Mary Ann Lee
- Earle HodginsEarle HodginsEarle Hodgins was an American actor. He appeared in over 330 films and television shows between 1932 and 1963.-Selected filmography:* Paradise Canyon * Aces and Eights * Oh, Susanna!...
as Professor Ezekial Daniels - Donald Kirke as Flash Baldwin
- Boothe Howard as Wolf Benson
- The Light Crust DoughboysLight Crust DoughboysThe Light Crust Doughboys is a quintessential American Western swing band from Texas organized in 1931 by the Burrus Mill and Elevator Company in Saginaw, Texas. The band achieved its peak popularity in the few years leading up to World War II...
as Western band - Champion as Champion - Autry's horse
- Clara Kimball YoungClara Kimball YoungClara Kimball Young was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era.-Early life:...
as Aunt Peggy Lee - Edward Peil Sr.Edward Peil Sr.Edward Peil Sr. was an American film actor. He appeared in over 370 films between 1913 and 1951. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
as Mineral Springs Sheriff - Frankie Marvin as Henchman Hank
- Carl StockdaleCarl StockdaleCarl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent films, to talkies....
as Jefferson Lee - Roscoe Gerald as irate farmer
- Roger Gray as Sage City judge
- Fred Burns as Cottonwood Sheriff Jones
- Walter James as Sage City Sheriff Briggs
- Lew MeehanLew MeehanLew Meehan , was an American film actor. He appeared in 207 films between 1921 and 1947.He was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* The Lawless Nineties...
as Henchman Pete - Fred Snowflake Toones as train porter
Soundtrack
- Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Earle Hodgins - "Oh! Susanna" (Written by Stephen FosterStephen FosterStephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...
) - Smiley Burnette - "Oh! Susanna"
- The Light Crust Doughboys - "Oh! Susanna"
- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (Written by Stephen Foster)
- "Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)" (Written by Stephen Foster)
- "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (Written by Stephen Foster)
- Gene Autry - "Dear Old Western Skies" (Written by Gene Autry)
- Gene Autry - "Honeymoon Trail" (Unknown composer)
- The Light Crust Doughboys - "Tiger Rag" (Music by Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRoccaNick LaRoccaDominic James "Nick" LaRocca , was an early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag"...
, Tony SbarbaroTony SbarbaroAntonio Sparbaro, better known as Tony Sbarbaro or Tony Spargo was an American jazz drummer associated with New Orleans jazz. He was the drummer of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for over 50 years....
, Henry RagasHenry RagasHenry Ragas was a jazz pianist who played with the Original Dixieland Jass Band on their earliest recording sessions. As such, he is the very first jazz pianist to be recorded , although his contributions are barely audible due to the primitive recording equipment available...
and Larry ShieldsLarry ShieldsLawrence James "Larry" Shields was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist.Shields was born into an Irish-American family in Uptown New Orleans, on the same block where jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden lived...
, Lyrics by Harry DeCosta) - Smiley Burnette and Earle Hodgins with The Light Crust Doughboys - "They Never Come Through with the Ring" (Unknown composer)
- The Light Crust Doughboys - "Ride On Vaquero" (Music by Abel Baer, Lyrics by L. Wolfe GilbertL. Wolfe GilbertLouis Wolfe Gilbert was a Russian-born American songwriter.-Biography:Born in Odessa, Russian Empire, Gilbert moved to the United States as a young man and eventually established himself as one of the leading songwriters on Tin Pan Alley.Gilbert began his career touring with John L...
) - Gene Autry and Frances Grant - "Water Wheel" (Written by Sam H. SteptSam H. SteptSamuel Howard Stept was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept — he almost never used his full middle name.-Family:Born in Odessa, Russia, Stept came to the U.S. at the age of three and grew up in...
) - Gene Autry and Frances Grant and studio singers - "Water Wheel" (Written by Sam H. Stept)
- The Light Crust Doughboys - "As Our Pals Ride By" (Unknown composer)