Gene Autry - Valley of Fire
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Actor: Gail Davis, Gene Autry, Gregg Barton, Pat Buttram, Wade CrosbyBrand: IMAGE ENT.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 64 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: ID2316UQDV
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Gene Autry - Valley of Fire
Movie Review: "Gene Autry B-Western Series ... Valley of Fire (1951) ... Image Ent. (2005)"
Summary: 5 Stars
Columbia Pictures present "VALLEY OF FIRE" (Released: 20 November 1951) (64 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 Autry's B-Western Adventures --- The sale of this DVD will further the educational and cultural mission of the renowned "Autry National Center in Los Angeles".
Under Jon English (Director), Armand Schaefer (Producer), Gerald Geraghty (Screenwriter), Earle Snell (Short Story Author), William Bradford (Cinematographer), Mischa Bakaleinikoff (Musical Direction/Supervision), James Sweeney (Editor), Charles Clague (Art Director), George Cooper (Sound/Sound Designer) - - - - - our story line and plot, a gambler Tod Rawlings (Harry Lauter) is trying to gain control of Quartz Creek and the newly elected Mayor Gene Autry has imported a wagon load of women as prospective brides to be --- Rawlings and Steve Guilford (Russell Hayden) have other plans, which include hijacking the train --- will the local baddies succeed, only the final the finale of a humorous gun battle can tell --- Miss Clean Cut Gail Davis is cast as a spoiled gold digger on the hunt for a rich westerner bringing out the bad girl in her --- Gene's singing of "On Top of Old Smokey" is the highlight of this musical oater --- special footnote, Oriental actor Victor Sen Yung is best remembered as Charlie Chan's number two son, Jimmy Chan in several 20th Century Fox features - - - - some wonderful tunes, OH! SUSANNA (Pat Buttram), HERE'S TO THE LADIES (Gene Autry and Extras), ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (Gene Autry, Cass County Boys, and Extras) - - - - some Autry fun facts, Gene always preferred his sponsor's product, Wrigley's Doublemint Gum, to smoking.
the cast includes
Gene Autry ... Gene Autry
Champion ... Champion (as Champion, World's Wonder Horse)
Pat Buttram ... Breezie
Gail Davis ... Laurie
Russell Hayden ... Steve Guilford
Christine Larsen ... Bee Laverne (as Christine Larson)
Harry Lauter ... Tod Rawlings
Terry Frost ... Grady McKean
Barbara Stanley ... Laurie's Friend
Teddy Infuhr ... Virgil
Margie Liszt ... Virgil's Mother (as Marjorie Liszt)
Gregg Barton ... Henchman Blackie
Victor Cox ... Miner
Wade Crosby ... Window Washer
Bert Dodson ... Bass Player
William Fawcett ... Storekeeper Bundy
Al Haskell ... Mexican
Riley Hill ... Henchman Colorado
Ethan Laidlaw ... Townsman
James Magill ... Bartender Tom
Fred S. Martin ... Concertina Player
Frankie Marvin ... Cowhand
John 'Skins' Miller ... Miner
Pat O'Malley ... Civic Leader
Bud Osborne ... Banjo's Cohort
Sandy Sanders ... Banjo
Syd Saylor ... Drunk Miner
Jerry Scoggins ... Guitar Player
Fred Sherman ... Panhandle Jones
Blackie Whiteford ... Henchman
Duke York ... Piano
Victor Sen Yung ... Laundryman Ching
BIOS:
1. Gene Autry
Date of Birth: 29 September 1907 - Near Tioga, Texas
Date of Death: 2 October 1998 - Studio City, Los Angeles, California
Special footnote, Orvon Gene Autry was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television --- Discovered by film producer Nat Levine in 1934, he and Burnette made their film debut for Mascot Pictures Corp. "In Old Santa Fe" as part of a singing cowboy quartet; he was then given the starring role by Levine in 1935 in the 12-part serial "The Phantom Empire" --- Shortly thereafter, Mascot was absorbed by the formation of Republic Pictures Corp. and Autry went along to make a further 44 films up to 1940, all B westerns in which he played under his own name, rode his horse Champion, had Burnette as his regular sidekick and had many opportunities to sing in each film --- Autry became the top Western star at the box-office by 1937, reaching his national peak of popularity from 1940 to 1942. His Gene Autry Flying "A" Ranch Rodeo show debuted in 1940 --- Gene Autry is the only celebrity to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one in each of the five categories maintained by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce --- Radio, Films, Recordings, Television and Live Theater.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
1. Reminiscing with Gene Autry and Pat Buttram at the "Melody Ranch Theater"
2. "Don't Touch That Dial", Gene Autry is on the air - excerpts from the Original "Melody Ranch Radio Show"
3. Production and Publicity Stills
4. Horseplay
5. Poster and lobby Card Art
6. Trivia and Movie Facts
7. Original Press Kit Material
Check out a new book from Empire Publishing - "GENE AUTRY WESTERNS" (Hardcover) - by author Boyd Magers, like no other book on Gene Autry --- all of Gene's Mascot, Republic and Columbia westerns included, as well as his half-hour TV Episodes --- each segment contains the release date on each film ... major production credits ... complete cast (including character played) ... all songs included, songwriter and who performed them in the film ... running time of each film ... dates of the filming ... bios on the cast and major players (Smiley, Pat Buttram, Cass County Boys, Herbert J. Yates, directors, leading ladies, songwriters and various heavies, etc.) ... locations that were used ... budgets and negative cost ... stunt people involved ... analysis and synopsis on each film ... notes and comments (including film and cast background info, salaries paid, working titles, etc) ... comments from Gene and many other cast members on each film ... theater exhibitors comments at the time of the films release ...this tribute was written from the heart and it shows.
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with musical songs and adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Image Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 64 min on DVD ~ Image Entertainment ~ (2/22/2005)
Summary of Gene Autry - Valley of Fire
Gene Autry is the newly elected mayor of a lawless California boomtown in 1850. His first official acts are to rid the town of its gambling king and to import a caravan of beautiful gals to help settle the wild and wooly towns-men. With the help of his marshal, Gene must then out-gun the nefarious renegades who want to kidnap the brides-to-be for a rival mining camp and take over the town. Featuring Gail Davis as one of the lovely ladies, Pat Buttram as Gene#s trustworthy deputy, and Champion, the World#s Wonder Horse.Similar DVD Movies
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