The Old Barn Dance
Encyclopedia
The Old Barn Dance is a 1938 American
film
directed by Joseph Kane
and starring Gene Autry
. The film is based around Gene Autry and his colleagues who have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company.
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film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter...
and 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...
. The film is based around Gene Autry and his colleagues who have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company.
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...
... Gene Autry - 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 Millhouse - Joan Valerie ... Sally Dawson (as Helen Valkis)
- Sammy McKimSammy McKimSammy McKim was a Canadian film actor.He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and died in Burbank, California from heart failure.-Selected filmography:* Heart of the Rockies...
... Johnny Dawson - Walt Shrum and His Colorado Hillbillies ... Musicians
- The Stafford Sisters ... Trio of Comic Singers (as Stafford Sisters)
- Maple City Four ... Comic Singers
- Roy RogersRoy RogersRoy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
... Singer (as Dick Weston) - Ivan Miller ... Mr. Thornton
- Earl DwireEarl DwireEarl Dwire was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940...
... Clem Handley - Hooper AtchleyHooper AtchleyHooper Atchley was an American film actor. He appeared in 214 films between 1929 and 1944.Born in Ebenezer, Tennessee, Atchley is best known for his appearance as the inconsiderate father in the Our Gang film Birthday Blues.Atchley committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun in 1943 in...
... Maxwell - Ray Bennett ... Buck - Thornton's Henchman (as Raphael Bennett)
- Carleton YoungCarleton YoungCarleton Scott Young was an American character actor born in New York City, New York and known for his deep voice.-Private life:...
... Peabody - Thornton's Henchman - Frankie Marvin ... Cowboy
- 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!...
... Terwilliger