Rhythm on the Range

Rhythm on the Range (1936)

A whirlwind round-up of romance, songs and gags, with Bing singin' and Bob Burns tootin' on the old Bazooka!

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters

Date of release
1936-07-01
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Western
Director
Norman Taurog

Casting

Interesting facts

Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and Bob Burns. Based on a story by Mervin J. Houser, the film is about a cowboy who meets a beautiful young woman while returning from a rodeo in the east, and invites her to stay at his California ranch to experience his simple, honest way of life. Rhythm on the Range was Crosby's only Western film and introduced two western songs, "Empty Saddles" by Billy Hill and "I'm an Old Cowhand " by Johnny Mercer, the latter becoming a national hit song for Crosby.

Production

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA

"I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" (Johnny Mercer) performed by Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns, and Louis Prima, accompanied by The Sons of the Pioneers, including Roy Rogers

"I Can't Escape from You" (Richard A. Whiting and Leo Robin) performed by Bing Crosby

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