Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
1937 · Feature film · 55 min · dir. Joseph Kane
THRILLS With Your Hard-Ridin', Sweet-Singin' Action Ace!
- Action
- Western
Synopsis
Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work has attracted the interest of a bunch of badguys.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Joseph Kane
- Writer
- Oliver Drake
- Cinematography
- William Nobles
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1937-02-28
- Running time
- 55 minutes
Cast & crew
Joseph Kane Director
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Maxine Doyle
Champion
LeRoy Mason
Earle Hodgins
Dick Wessel- Buddy Williams
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Gene Autry - Goes to South Africa - LOL · Poohbah70 · 2020-01-11
With as stupid and weird a plot as you could hope to find in any western, we find Texas transported to South Africa - the streets, the bars look the same - in a non-action western with loads of singing. The unfortunate racial stereotypes of the day - in the portrayal of Black tribal South Africans - is offensive save for a few scenes that seem to mimic real African dance and drumming - very likely stock footage. The Cabin Kids were a fine vocal group appearied in 3 films and 14 shorts between 1935-38 - from IMDb. Smiley Burnette gets a large role here as "magician" and music teacher to the…
