Film Info
Melody Ranch
1940
Republic Pictures
Production #: 1005
84 minutes
Synopsis:
Popular radio entertainer Gene Autry visits his hometown of Torpedo, as guest of honor at the town's Frontier Days Celebration. He encounters the Wildhack brothers, his childhood enemies and now the local gangsters who beat up Gene and stop his broadcast. Humiliated because life in Hollywood has softened him, Gene decides to stay and clean up the town.
Melody Ranch was selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry in 2002.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Cornie | Jimmy Durante |
| Julie | Ann Miller |
| Mark Wildhack | Barton MacLane |
| Veronica Whipple | Barbara Allen (Vera Vague) |
| Pop | George "Gabby" Hayes |
| Tommy Summerville | Jerome Cowan |
| Penny | Mary Lee |
| Jasper Wildack | Joseph Sawyer |
| Bud Wildhack | Horace MacMahon |
| Judge Henderson | Clarence Wilson |
| Slim | William Benedict |
| Champion | Champion |
Songs:
| MELODY RANCH | Gene Autry |
| RODEO ROSE | Gene Autry |
| WELCOME TO YOU | Mary Lee, Children |
| TORPEDO JOE | Mary Lee |
| WE NEVER DREAM THE SAME DREAM TWICE | Gene Autry, Ann Miller |
| MY GAL SAL | Ann Miller |
| BACK TO THE CITY AGAIN (Parody of BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN) | Joseph Sawyer, Horace MacMahon |
| CALL OF THE CANYON | Gene Autry |
| WHAT ARE COWBOYS MADE OF | Joseph Sawyer, Horace MacMahon |
| VOTE FOR AUTRY | Jimmy Durante and Mary Lee |
| MELODY RANCH | Gene Autry, Ann Miller |
Crew:
| Director | Joseph Sant0ley |
| Associate Producer | Sol C. Siegel |
| Original Screenplay | Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, Betty Burbridge |
| Special Comedy Sequences | Sid Kuller, Ray Golden |
| Production Manager | Al Wilson |
| Photography | Joseph August |
| Supervising Editor | Murray Seldeen |
| Film Editor | Lester Orlebeck |
| Art Director | John Victor Mackay |
| Musical Director | Raoul Kraushaar |
| Special Music and Lyrics | Jule Styne, Eddie Cherkose |
| Wardrobe | Adele Palmer |
