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Sioux City Sue
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Champion (II), Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Richard Lane, Sterling Holloway DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0 Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Restored Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 68 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-07-29 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Sioux City SueMovie Review: "Gene Autry B-Western Series ... Sioux City Sue (1946) ... Image Ent." Summary: 5 Stars
Republic Pictures present "SIOUX CITY SUE" (21 November 1946) (68 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 Frank McDonald (Director), Armand Schaefer (Producer), Olive Cooper (Screenwriter), Reggie Lanning (Cinematographer), R. Dale Butts (Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott (Musical Direction/Supervision), Fred Allen (Editor), Gano Chittenden (Art Director), Adele Palmer (Costume Designer), Howard Lydecker (Special Effects), Theodore Lydecker (Special Effects) - - - - - - Gene Autry's screen return following his WW II Army Air Corps service, "Sioux City Sue" --- with an unusual story line that has talent scout Sue Warner (Lynne Roberts) taking Gene to Hollywood to play the voice of a singing donkey in a musical --- embarrassed and ridiculed when he learns of the deception, he returns home to find outlaws plan to blow up the dam and drown his cattle --- Sue has fallen in love with Gene and follows him back to his ranch --- in the final scenes everyone back in Hollywood is behind Gene and America's Favorite Singing Cowboy triumphs once again, as the badmen are headed for the local calaboose --- The "Ding Dong Donkey" cartoon work was done by Walter Lantz studio. creators of Woody Woodpecker and other cartoon characters --- Sterling Holloway was the comic relief in this post-war western, made five appearances with Gene in his films ----- some wonderful tunes, SIOUX CITY SUE (Studio Singers), OKLAHOMA HILLS (Gene Autry), GREAT GRAND DAD (Cass County Boys and Extras), SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU (Ken Lundy and Gene Autry), RED RIVER VALLEY (Ralph Sanford), SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU (Ken Lundy and Gene Autry), SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU (Gene Autry), SIOUX CITY SUE (Gene Autry and Cass County Boys), OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL (Gene Autry), RIDIN' DOUBLE (Gene Autry), YOURS (Gene Autry and Cass County Boys), SIOUX CITY SUE (Gene Autry and Cass County Boys) - - - - - - some Autry fun facts, In 1950, The official publication of the original Gene Autry Fan Club was "Autry's Aces."
the cast includes
Gene Autry ... Gene Autry
Champion ... Champion, Gene's Horse (as Champion - Wonder Horse of the West)
Lynne Roberts ... Sue Warner
Sterling Holloway ... Nelson 'Nellie' Bly
Richard Lane ... Jefferson Lang, Paragon Pictures
Ralph Sanford ... Big Gulliver aka Dogface
Ken Lundy ... Jody
Helen Wallace ... Miss Price, Lang's Secretary
Pierre Watkin ... G.W. Rhodes, Paragon's Owner
The Cass County Boys ... Musicians (as Cass County Boys)
Tristram Coffin ... Rhodes' Assistant
Kenne Duncan ... Steve Crawley, Gulliver Henchman
Sam Flint ... Doctor
LeRoy Mason ... Jim Dudley, Movie Director
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: 68 min on DVD ~ Image Entertainment ~ (7/29/2003)
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