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Musical Monday: San Fernando Valley (1944)

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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:
San Fernando Valley (1944) – Musical #815

Studio:
Republic Pictures

Director:
John English

Starring:
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Andrew Tombes, Charles Smith, Edward Gargan, Dot Farley, LeRoy Mason, Adele Mara (uncredited), Pat Starling (uncredited), Helen Talbot (uncredited), Doodles Weaver (uncredited)
Themselves: Bob Nolan & Sons of the Pioneers, Vernon and Draper, Morrell Trio, Bob Nolan

Plot:
Cyclone Kenyon (Tombes) runs a ranch with his two granddaughters, Dale (Evans) and Betty Lou (Porter). Cyclone and Dale are tired of their lazy ranch hands (Bob Nolan & the Sons of the Pioneers) spend more time singing with Betty Lou than working around the ranch. The hands are fired, and they search for new hands, who are a group of women riders, and then Roy (Rogers) and his friend, Keno (Gargan), are hired on as cooks. Betty Lou hatches a plan to get their old ranch hands rehired.

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Musical Monday: Song of Nevada (1944)

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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:
Song of Nevada (1944) – Musical #777

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Studio:
Republic Pictures

Director:
Joseph Kane

Starring:
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Thurston Hall, John Eldridge, Mary Lee, Lloyd Corrigan, Forrest Taylor, George Meeker, Emmett Vogan, LeRoy Mason, Bob Nolan, Si Jenks (uncredited), Ruth Roman (uncredited)
Themselves: Sons of the Pioneers

Plot:
Wealthy John Barrabee (Hall) is discouraged that his daughter Jennie (Evans) has “left the prairie for Park Avenue,” especially now that she’s engaged to snooty Rollo Bingham (Eldridge). Barrabee leaves New York City to head back out west to Nevada. During the flight, the plane makes an emergency landing and Barrabee wanders off, meeting Roy Rogers (himself) and his friends. He’s having such a good time with Roy, that Barrabee misses his flight which crashes; leading the newspapers and Jennie to believe that he’s dead. As soon as his death is announced Rollo begins liquidating Barrabee’s estate. Barrabee and Roy hatch a plan to keep Jennie out west where she belongs.

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