Guests include kenny roberts, the candy mountain girls, salty holmes, johnny bond, cousin alvin, patsy montana, bob schaefer, and johnny carlson and his national champion square dancers. The old barn dance was gene autrys final film before walking out on his contract with. The old barn dance by joseph kane gene autry, smiley burnette. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Barn dance, the film the fourth mickey mouse cartoon. Overview of the old barn dance, 1938, directed by joe kane, with gene autry, smiley burnette, helen valkis, at turner classic movies. Barn dances were held to celebrate the raising of a new barn, a holiday, birthday or wedding. The barn dance is a mickey mouse short animated film first released on march 15, 1929, as part of the mickey mouse film series. A nostalgic homage to a time when chicago was the unlikely capital of country music. The old american barn dance is an american country music television series carried by the dumont television network from july 5 to september, 1953.
It was part of twentieth century foxs jones family series. Oct 23, 2007 this is video from an old time barn dance held in the obrien farms beautifully refurbished barn in brooklyn, wi. Inside the theatre, murals depicting rolling hills and farmland gives one the feeling of being at a true outside. Gene autry, with smiley burnette and sammy mckim playing sweet potatoes, perform the lovely song roamin around the range from the republic pictures 1938 film the old barn. This is video from an oldtime barn dance held in the obrien farms beautifully refurbished barn in brooklyn, wi. Gene autry and his friends run a horseselling business that is threatened by a new tractor company thats selling their equipment to the local farmers by touting the virtues of tractors over. The farm is fragile, the band is old, the barn is beaten, and randy, with no kids of his own and little faith the younger. Part of a wave of local, postwwii barn dancestyle, country music shows, the tennessee jamboree radio program was modeled on earlier, nationally popular programs like nashvilles grand ole opry and chicagos national barn dance. Checking availability for buy online, pick up in store. May 21, 2016 autry even made a film in 1938 called the old barn dance. Thornton ivan miller, the wealthy owner of an exploitative tractor company, drives horse breeder gene autry gene autry and his faithful sidekick, frog millhouse. Nov 20, 2008 part of a wave of local, postwwii barn dance style, country music shows, the tennessee jamboree radio program was modeled on earlier, nationally popular programs like nashvilles grand ole opry and chicagos national barn dance. Reminiscent of the grand ole opry, the barn dance is decorated with country music memorabilia and antiques. Barn dance definition is an american social dance originally held in a barn and featuring several dance forms such as square dancing.
The barn dance is nestled in the farmland of southeast guilford county and at first glance, it appears to be a large workshop or horse stable. Grand finale at country heritage park, milton oct 2001 the barn dance master of ceremonies, jim swan, has a special way of opening the barn dance shows to link. Randy lewis knows that losing his dairy business would mean losing his livelihood his farm is limping along through an economy that has decimated most other family farms in alamance county but randy is most worried about losing his way of life and ending a family heritage that has hosted nearly 50 years worth of barn dances. The barn dance is a smokefree, alcoholfree theatre for family style entertainment every saturday night. Imdb says valkis was in 49 mostly b movies and a tv series between 193553. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A smokefree, alcoholfree theatre for family style entertainment. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Or at least tractors manufactured by greedy thornton farming equipment. A motley collection of guests and regulars at a country hotel are anxious one dark. Most of their series was live, with this being among the few produced on film in advance.
In fact, since the pop arts in america have replaced. Gene autry was one of the most popular of stars in the 1930s and 1940s, in the movies,on radio, and on record. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for the old barn dance 1938. Barn dance definition of barn dance by merriamwebster. The old barn dance is a 1938 american western film directed by joseph kane and starring gene autry, smiley burnette, and joan valerie.
The rhythm and rhymes mostly work well in this fanciful tale about a fiddle playing scarecrow and a barn full of dancing animals. Faced with letters of repossession if payment is not made on the tractors, the farmers immediately go after gene. Host bill bailey sings the western swing number no supper tonight. The old barn dance western 1938 gene autry youtube. When mickey continually stomps on minnies feet during a dance, she. As i danced, i could imagine the dances of yesteryear, hayloft empty of loose hay, eager young men and anxious young women eyeing each other from opposite sides of the loft. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Sep 30, 2015 theres something about a barn dance that roots to the rural past in a way that no museum can. As republics singing cowboy he was replaced in his next scheduled feature, under western stars 1938, by the young singer dick weston, whom the studio renamed roy rogers. The old barn is a 1929 american comedy film directed by mack sennett.
An enjoyably silly gene autry romp, this music western had an early ecological message. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The image of the singing cowboy hero dressed in fancy clothes for the big barn dance mixed elements of reality and hollywood show biz in an appealing way. Starring barbara stanwyck, herbert marshall and ian hunter. As republics singing cowboy he was replaced in his next scheduled feature, under western stars 1938, by the young singer dick weston, whom the. Nov 11, 2015 program was filmed in chicago for the dumont network. Gene autry temporarily left republic pictures in a contract after this film. Reupload of two episodes of the country and western series the old american barn dance, which aired on dumont from july to september 1953. Royal, the film is about a cowboy and his buddies whose horse selling business is threatened by a tractor company that claims horses are out of date. The farm is fragile, the band is old, the barn is beaten, and randy, with no kids of his own and little faith the younger generation will. Voir the old barn dance en streaming gratuit, 1938 regarder the old barn dance film streamiz. A live country and bluegrass music show held at the. Aug 12, 2012 starring barbara stanwyck, herbert marshall and ian hunter.
Square dancing, downbeat ballad, catchy instrumental, comic. When mickey continually stomps on minnies feet during a dance, she spurns him for the better dancer, pete. The barn dance was originated in scotland in the 1860s. Barn dances, western swing enlivened south bay nightlife in the 1940s. This type of film stands as an eternal witness to the idea that filmsmusicart doesnt have to be edgy to be good. With that kind of plot, can you take this film seriously. Down on the farm is a 1938 american comedy film directed by malcolm st. By the way, the old barn dance was a popular radio show at the time that featured country and western music and gene made his start there. Sep, 20 the screenplay, by albert hackett, frances goodrich, and dorothy kingsley, is based on the short story the sobbin women, by stephen vincent benet. The annual general meeting of the barn dance society for 2020 has been postponed indefinitely. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Mar 30, 2009 gene autry and his friends run a horseselling business that is threatened by a new tractor company thats selling their equipment to the local farmers by touting the virtues of tractors over.
Roy rogers comics nov dell for sale online vintage comic books, vintage comics. Bill bailey is your host for this country music program that featured many top county music artists of the day. Often, the entire town was invited to attend the barn dance. Program was filmed in chicago for the dumont network. A motley collection of guests and regulars at a country hotel are anxious one dark and stormy night when they hear by a radio news bulletin that a dangerous criminal has just broke jail and is headed their way. Bill bailey is your host for this country music program that featured many top county music artists of. Barn raising dance 7 brides for 7 brothers mgm studio. When local farmers believe that gene is endorsing the product, sales dramatically increase. The tennessee jamboree reimagined and reshaped the genre into a platform for local cultural expression. The old barn dance 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. A barn dance is any kind of dance involving traditional or folk music with traditional dancing, occasionally held in a barn, but, these days, much more likely to be in any suitable building the term barn dance is usually associated with familyoriented or communityoriented events, usually for.
Barn dances, western swing enlivened south bay nightlife in. The old barn dance 1938 passed 1h action, music, romance 29 january 1938 usa autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date. The title is written as barn dance on the poster, while the full title is used on the title screen. The old barn dance 1938 gene autry is a respected horse trader that is pursued by a large tractor company to promote their tractors. Gene autry, smiley burnette, joan valerie, sammy mckim, walt shrum and his colorado hillbillies, the stafford sisters, maple city. John and debbie are celebrating the 100th birthday of their barn with an oldfashioned barn dance. A yearandahalf later, hay moved to nashville, tennessee and brought in an old time fiddler to launch the wsm barn dance. It was directed by walt disney with ub iwerks as the head animator. Starting in 1924, the national barn dance hit the airwaves and became the most popular music show in the nation thanks to wls and its 50,000 watts of broadcasting power.