Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
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| Directed by | Ray Taylor |
| Written by | Edmond Kelso Lindsley Parsons |
| Produced by | Edward Finney |
| Starring | Tex Ritter Marjorie Reynolds |
| Cinematography | Gus Peterson |
| Edited by | Frederick Bain |
| Distributed by | Grand National Pictures |
Release date | Nov 1937 |
Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Song of the Gringo is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor. The film stars singing cowboy Tex Ritter and Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America. The film was shot in Old Kernville,[1] California[2] and premiered on Broadway in November 1937.[3]
Plot
The film opens with a tribute to the Boy Scouts of America with footage of their first Jamboree in Washington D.C. and an appearance by Robert Baden-Powell. The scene switches to the robbery of a train carrying $1,000,000 in gold by a gang of outlaws hiding out at an abandoned mine. Tex Ritter and his two sidekicks are driven from the mine but are allowed to stay in the camp of a troop of Boy Scouts who are impressed when Tex informs them that he too was a Boy Scout and shows them his Silver Beaver Award. Tex and his sidekicks investigate the robbery, then use the Scouts to recover the gold and bring the gang to justice.
Cast
- Tex Ritter ... Tex Collins
- Forrest Taylor ... Dorman
- Marjorie Reynolds ... Norma Willis
- Horace Murphy ... Stubby
- Snub Pollard ... Pee Wee
- Tommy Bupp ... Buzzy Willis
- Charles King ... Bert Stark
- Karl Hackett ... Newt Kemp
- Lynton Brent ... Pete
- Philip Ahn ... Sing Fung
- The Beverly Hillbillies ... Themselves
- Members of Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America ... Themselves
Soundtrack
Performed by the Beverly Hillbillies
- I'm Headin' For My Texas Home
Sung by Tex Ritter
Sung by Tex Ritter with the Beverly Hillbillies
See also
Notes
- ^ http://www.filmkern.com/sites/filmkern.localhost/files/pdfs/film_credits.pdf
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/24/local/me-then24
- ^ p.19 West, Dr. James E. The Scout World Scouts Star in Film Boys' Life Nov 1937
External links
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