“The Old Corral” is a Gene Autry vehicle where the Singing Cowboy does plenty of crooning as well as saving a pretty girl from Chicago gangsters, as she was a witness to a murder. Autry’s co-stars include Irene Manning, Smiley Burnett, Lon Chaney Jr., and the Sons of the Pioneers featuring Roy Rogers in one of his early movie appearances. Rogers had his big break-through role in “Under Western Stars” (1938).
Irene Manning sang with Glenn Miller’s band before making her motion picture debut here. She went on to star in a dozen films, the most famous being “Yankee Doodle Dandy” with James Cagney. Smiley Burnett had a four-decade career that started in 1934 and culminated in his most famous role as railroad engineer Charlie Pratt on CBS’s “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres” in the 1960’s.
This was Autry’s and Rogers’ only movie together, except for Roy Roger’s brief appearance in Gene Autry’s “The Big Show” (1936). The watchable 54-minute “The Old Corral” was entertaining escapist entertainment for Depression Era audiences, and popular in theatrical release for director Joseph Kane, producer Nat Levine, and Republic Pictures.
The Old Corral (1936)
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My Review
“The Old Corral” is a Gene Autry vehicle where the Singing Cowboy does plenty of crooning as well as saving a pretty girl from Chicago gangsters, as she was a witness to a murder. Autry’s co-stars include Irene Manning, Smiley Burnett, Lon Chaney Jr., and the Sons of the Pioneers featuring Roy Rogers in one of his early movie appearances. Rogers had his big break-through role in “Under Western Stars” (1938).
Irene Manning sang with Glenn Miller’s band before making her motion picture debut here. She went on to star in a dozen films, the most famous being “Yankee Doodle Dandy” with James Cagney. Smiley Burnett had a four-decade career that started in 1934 and culminated in his most famous role as railroad engineer Charlie Pratt on CBS’s “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres” in the 1960’s.
This was Autry’s and Rogers’ only movie together, except for Roy Roger’s brief appearance in Gene Autry’s “The Big Show” (1936). The watchable 54-minute “The Old Corral” was entertaining escapist entertainment for Depression Era audiences, and popular in theatrical release for director Joseph Kane, producer Nat Levine, and Republic Pictures.