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Musical Monday: Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951)

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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951) – Musical #849

Studio:
Republic Pictures

Director:
Phillip Ford

Starring:
Themselves: Rex Allen, Koko the Horse
Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen, Bonnie DeSimone, Roy Barcroft, Don Beddoe, Jonathan Hale, Buff Brady

Plot:
Rex Allen (as himself) is set to take over as star in a rodeo, when Pablo Morales (Brady), dies. Steve Lacey (Barcroft), is angered as he anticipated making himself the star. Allen also takes over caring for Pablo’s daughter, Juanita Morales (DeSimone). Meanwhile, Juanita comes to love Allen’s horse, Koko. When Allen has a similar riding accident to what killed Pablo, he begins to wonder if he was murdered and if Steve is behind it.

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Musical Monday: Sweethearts on Parade (1953)

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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
Sweethearts on Parade (1953) – Musical #844

Studio:
Republic Pictures

Director:
Allan Dwan

Starring:
Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman, Eileen Christy, Bill Shirley, Estelita Rodriguez (billed as Estelita),
Clinton Sundberg, Harry Carey Jr., Irving Bacon, Leon Tyler, Marjorie Wood, Mara Corday, Elinor Donahue (uncredited), Mimi Gibson (uncredited)

Plot:
Kathleen Townsend (Norman) and her daughter, Sylvia (Christy), live a quiet and peaceful life in Kokomo, Indiana in the late 1800s. Sylvia misses having a father, Cam Ellerby (Middleton), who Kathleen left when Sylvia was a baby due his philandering ways. Years later, Cam and his traveling medicine show comes to Kokomo, the three are reunited.

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