Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0014381400229 Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 20, 2003 Running Time: 60 minutes Sales Rank: 33329 Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: February 03, 1939
Description: Dust off your cowboy hat and polish up your spurs! America's first and favorite singing cowboy gallops across the silver screen into your living room with this rollicking, fully restored adventure. A crooked rancher tries to ship infected cattle to market, framing inspector Gene Autry to cover his tracks. With the aid of sidekick Smiley Burnette and a friendly elephant, Gene escapes to bring the culprits to justice. Gene demonstrates his talents with expert horsemanship and his vocals in the unforgettable 'I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues.'
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Rating: - An off-beat entry for Gene
Gene Autry's westerns often required a certain suspension of disbelief, and that's certainly true of this one, which involves Frog Millhouse's temporary acquisition of a real, live elephant!
Gene and Frog are county cattle inspectors who try to help save the herd of pretty young June Storey and her father, George Cleveland (later Gramps on TV's "Lassie") from being destroyed by the state veterinarian because of hoof and mouth disease. The bad guys are smuggling a herd which actually is infected with the fatal disease through to the railhead so they can sell them before the contagious condition becomes visible, and they have fooled the state official into thinking it is Cleveland's herd which is actually afflicted.
This is a slightly lesser entry than some of Autry's, but it is nevertheless very entertaining. It's Gene and June's first picture together, and there is a freshness about their scenes as ... Read More
Rating: - "Gene Autry B-Western Series ... Home on the Prairie (1939) ... Image Ent."
Republic Pictures present "HOME ON THE PRAIRIE" (February 3, 1939) (60 mins/B&W)(Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- relive those thrilling days when the "First Singing Cowboy" Gene Autry took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time ... the Gene Autry series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s --- The Following Segments are from the "Melody Ranch Theater", which originally aired on the Nashville Network in 1987 --- Hosted by Gene and longtime sidekick Pat Buttram the program showcased many of Gene's classic motion pictures and featured personal anecdotes about how the films were made --- Information on costars and significant happenings in Gene's personal life and career. --- don't miss any of the Singing Cowboy's features loaded with action and songs that will leave you wanting more of Gene ... Read More
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