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{{short description|1939 film by George Sherman}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Colorado Sunset
| name = Colorado Sunset
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| producer = Harry Grey (uncredited)
| producer = Harry Grey (uncredited)
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
* Betty Burbridge
* [[Betty Burbridge]]
* Stanley Roberts
* Stanley Roberts
}}
}}
| story = {{Plainlist|
| story = {{Plainlist|
* Luci Ward
* [[Luci Ward]]
* Jack Natteford
* [[Jack Natteford]]
}}
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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* [[June Storey]]
* [[June Storey]]
}}
}}
| music = Raoul Kraushaar (uncredited)
| music = [[Raoul Kraushaar]] (supervisor)
| cinematography = William Nobles
| cinematography = William Nobles
| editing = Lester Orlebeck
| editing = Lester Orlebeck
| studio = [[Republic Pictures]]
| studio = [[Republic Pictures]]
| distributor = Republic Pictures
| distributor = Republic Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1939|07|31|USA}}
| released = {{Film date|1939|07|31|U.S.}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| runtime = 65 minutes<ref name="magers-139">Magers, p. 139.</ref>
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
}}
}}
'''''Colorado Sunset''''' is a 1939 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[George Sherman]] and starring [[Gene Autry]], [[Smiley Burnette]], and [[June Storey]]. Based on a story by Luci Ward and Jack Natteford, the film is about a singing cowboy and his buddies who discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm—and worse, it's subject to intimidation from a protection racket that prevents dairy products from safely reaching the market.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Colorado Sunset |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031168/ |accessdate=June 10, 2012}}</ref>
'''''Colorado Sunset''''' is a 1939 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[George Sherman]] and starring [[Gene Autry]], [[Smiley Burnette]], and [[June Storey]]. Written by [[Betty Burbridge]] and Stanley Roberts, based on a story by [[Luci Ward]] and [[Jack Natteford]], the film is about a singing cowboy and his buddies who discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm—and worse, it's subject to intimidation from a protection racket that prevents dairy products from safely reaching the market.<ref name="magers-138-139">Magers, pp. 138–139.</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Soon they find themselves in the middle of a dairy war in which various farmers' trucks are being hijacked and destroyed in an attempt to drive them out of business. The town veterinarian, Dr. Rodney Blair ([[Robert Barrat]]), suggests that the Hall Trucking Company is behind the raids and proposes the establishment of a protective association. No one suspects that Blair and deputy sheriff Dave Haines ([[Buster Crabbe]]) are in fact the real masterminds behind the sabotage. When Gene vetoes Blair's idea of a protective association, the doctor directs his men to attack Gene's ranch, sending a secret code over the radio station owned by Haines's unsuspecting sister Carol ([[June Storey]]).
Soon they find themselves in the middle of a dairy war in which various farmers' trucks are being hijacked and destroyed in an attempt to drive them out of business. The town veterinarian, Dr. Rodney Blair ([[Robert Barrat]]), suggests that the Hall Trucking Company is behind the raids and proposes the establishment of a protective association. No one suspects that Blair and deputy sheriff Dave Haines ([[Buster Crabbe]]) are in fact the real masterminds behind the sabotage. When Gene vetoes Blair's idea of a protective association, the doctor directs his men to attack Gene's ranch, sending a secret code over the radio station owned by Haines's unsuspecting sister Carol ([[June Storey]]).


During the raid, Gene captures Clanton ([[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]]), one of Blair's men, and turns him over to Sheriff George Glenn ([[William Farnum]]). Soonafter, Blair arrives at the jail, kills the sheriff, and frees his henchman. Suspecting that Blair and Haines are involved in the raids, Gene accepts decides to run for sheriff against Haines, and he wins. Gene then convinces the ranchers to contract with the Hall Trucking Company. When he discovers Blair's secret radio messages, he tricks Dr. Blair and his men into an ambush in which the milk trucks are overturned, and the hijackers are caught. Gene and his men emerge victorious in the dairy war.
During the raid, Gene captures Clanton ([[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]]), one of Blair's men, and turns him over to Sheriff George Glenn ([[William Farnum]]). Soon after, Blair arrives at the jail, kills the sheriff, and frees his henchman. Suspecting that Blair and Haines are involved in the raids, Gene accepts decides to run for sheriff against Haines, and he wins. Gene then convinces the ranchers to contract with the Hall Trucking Company. When he discovers Blair's secret radio messages, he tricks Dr. Blair and his men into an ambush in which the milk trucks are overturned, and the hijackers are caught. Gene and his men emerge victorious in the dairy war.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Robert Barrat]] as Dr. Rodney Blair
* [[Robert Barrat]] as Dr. Rodney Blair
* [[Patsy Montana]] as Patsy
* [[Patsy Montana]] as Patsy
* The Texas Rangers as Texas Troubadors (as The CBS-KMBC Texas Rangers)
* The Texas Rangers as Texas Troubadors
* [[Purnell Pratt]] as Mr. Hall
* [[Purnell Pratt]] as Mr. Hall
* [[William Farnum]] as Sheriff George Glenn
* [[William Farnum]] as Sheriff George Glenn
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* Frankie Marvin as Ranch Hand
* Frankie Marvin as Ranch Hand
* [[Slim Whitaker]] as Exploding Cigar Recipient (uncredited)
* [[Slim Whitaker]] as Exploding Cigar Recipient (uncredited)
* Champion as Gene's Horse (uncredited)<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for Colorado Sunset |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031168/fullcredits#cast |accessdate=June 10, 2012}}</ref>
* Champion as Gene's Horse (uncredited)<ref name="magers-139"/>


==Production==
==Production==

===Stuntwork===
===Stuntwork===
* Bill Yrigoyen (stunt double for Gene Autry)<ref name="imdbcast"/>
* Joe Yrigoyen (Gene's double)
* Jack Kirk (Smiley's double)
* Jimmy Van Horn
* Clem Fuller
* Vernon Harrington
* Jack Shannon
* Ted Wells
* Willard Willingham
* Buell Bryant
* Nick Nichols
* Bill Yrigoyen<ref name="magers-139"/>


===Filming locations===
===Filming locations===
* Keen Camp, State Highway 74, Mountain Center, San Jacinto Mountains, California, USA
* Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
* Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
* Morrison Ranch
* Keen Camp, State Highway 74, Mountain Center, San Jacinto Mountains, California, USA<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Filming locations for Colorado Sunset |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031168/locations |accessdate=June 10, 2012}}</ref>
* Garner Ranch, Mountain Center, California, USA


===Soundtrack===
===Soundtrack===
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* "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) by Patsy Montana and The Texas Rangers
* "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) by Patsy Montana and The Texas Rangers
* "Poor Little Dogie" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)
* "Poor Little Dogie" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)
* "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" (John S. Fearis, Jessie B. Pounds) by Gene Autry and Townsfolk at the funeral
* "[[Beautiful Isle of Somewhere]]" (John S. Fearis, Jessie B. Pounds) by Gene Autry and Townsfolk at the funeral
* "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" by Smiley Burnette and The Texas Rangers during electioneering
* "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" by Smiley Burnette and The Texas Rangers during electioneering
* "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" (Reprise) by Smiley Burnette and townsfolk after the election
* "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" (Reprise) by Smiley Burnette and townsfolk after the election
* "Seven Years with the Wrong Woman" (Bob Miller) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)<ref name="imdbsoundtracks">{{cite web|title=Soundtracks for |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031168/soundtrack |accessdate=June 10, 2012}}</ref>
* "Seven Years with the Wrong Woman" (Bob Miller) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)<ref name="magers-138-139"/>


==References==
==References==
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;Bibliography
;Bibliography
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=George-Warren |first=Holly |title=Public Cowboy no. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2007 |isbn=978-0195177466}}
* {{cite book |last=George-Warren |first=Holly |title=Public Cowboy no. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2007 |isbn=978-0195177466 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195177466 }}
* {{cite book|last=Green |first=Douglas B. |title=Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |location=Nashville |year=2002 |isbn=978-0826514127}}
* {{cite book|last=Green |first=Douglas B. |title=Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy |url=https://archive.org/details/singinginsaddleh0000gree |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |location=Nashville |year=2002 |isbn=978-0826514127}}
* {{cite book|last=Magers |first=Boyd |title=Gene Autry Westerns |publisher=Empire Publishing, Inc. |location=Madison, NC |year=2007 |isbn=978-0944019498}}{{refend}}
* {{cite book|last=Magers |first=Boyd |title=Gene Autry Westerns |publisher=Empire Publishing, Inc. |location=Madison, NC |year=2007 |isbn=978-0944019498}}{{refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb title|0031168|Colorado Sunset}}
* {{IMDb title|0031168|Colorado Sunset}}
* {{tcmdb title|71247|Colorado Sunset}}
* {{tcmdb title|71247|Colorado Sunset}}
* {{allmovie title|87602|Colorado Sunset}}
* {{allmovie title|87602|Colorado Sunset}}

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Revision as of 20:55, 11 December 2023

Colorado Sunset
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Sherman
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced byHarry Grey (uncredited)
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Nobles
Edited byLester Orlebeck
Music byRaoul Kraushaar (supervisor)
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • July 31, 1939 (1939-07-31) (U.S.)
Running time
65 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Colorado Sunset is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Betty Burbridge and Stanley Roberts, based on a story by Luci Ward and Jack Natteford, the film is about a singing cowboy and his buddies who discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm—and worse, it's subject to intimidation from a protection racket that prevents dairy products from safely reaching the market.[2]

Plot

Tired of traveling around the country performing their music, singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his Texas Troubadors decide to purchase a cattle ranch and settle down. When they arrive at the ranch purchased for them by Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), they cannot believe that the herd consists of milkcows rather than the cattle they had anticipated.

Soon they find themselves in the middle of a dairy war in which various farmers' trucks are being hijacked and destroyed in an attempt to drive them out of business. The town veterinarian, Dr. Rodney Blair (Robert Barrat), suggests that the Hall Trucking Company is behind the raids and proposes the establishment of a protective association. No one suspects that Blair and deputy sheriff Dave Haines (Buster Crabbe) are in fact the real masterminds behind the sabotage. When Gene vetoes Blair's idea of a protective association, the doctor directs his men to attack Gene's ranch, sending a secret code over the radio station owned by Haines's unsuspecting sister Carol (June Storey).

During the raid, Gene captures Clanton (Jack Ingram), one of Blair's men, and turns him over to Sheriff George Glenn (William Farnum). Soon after, Blair arrives at the jail, kills the sheriff, and frees his henchman. Suspecting that Blair and Haines are involved in the raids, Gene accepts decides to run for sheriff against Haines, and he wins. Gene then convinces the ranchers to contract with the Hall Trucking Company. When he discovers Blair's secret radio messages, he tricks Dr. Blair and his men into an ambush in which the milk trucks are overturned, and the hijackers are caught. Gene and his men emerge victorious in the dairy war.

Cast

Production

Stuntwork

  • Joe Yrigoyen (Gene's double)
  • Jack Kirk (Smiley's double)
  • Jimmy Van Horn
  • Clem Fuller
  • Vernon Harrington
  • Jack Shannon
  • Ted Wells
  • Willard Willingham
  • Buell Bryant
  • Nick Nichols
  • Bill Yrigoyen[1]

Filming locations

  • Keen Camp, State Highway 74, Mountain Center, San Jacinto Mountains, California, USA
  • Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
  • Morrison Ranch
  • Garner Ranch, Mountain Center, California, USA

Soundtrack

  • "Colorado Sunset" (Con Conrad, L. Wolfe Gilbert) by Gene Autry, June Storey, and Cowboys at the end
  • "On the Merry Old Way Back Home" (Walter G. Samuels) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and The Texas Rangers
  • "Cowboys Don't Milk Cows" (Smiley Burnette) by Smiley Burnette and The Texas Rangers
  • "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) by Patsy Montana and The Texas Rangers
  • "Poor Little Dogie" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)
  • "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" (John S. Fearis, Jessie B. Pounds) by Gene Autry and Townsfolk at the funeral
  • "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" by Smiley Burnette and The Texas Rangers during electioneering
  • "Autry's the Man – Vote for Autry" (Reprise) by Smiley Burnette and townsfolk after the election
  • "Seven Years with the Wrong Woman" (Bob Miller) by Gene Autry (guitar and vocal)[2]

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b c Magers, p. 139.
  2. ^ a b Magers, pp. 138–139.
Bibliography
  • George-Warren, Holly (2007). Public Cowboy no. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195177466.
  • Green, Douglas B. (2002). Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 978-0826514127.
  • Magers, Boyd (2007). Gene Autry Westerns. Madison, NC: Empire Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0944019498.
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