Search - Singing in the Saddle 4 Movie Pack on DVD

But first... I'm gonna sing a song...

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 01/10/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The SINGING IN THE SADDLE 4 Movie Pack consists of hour-length cowboy/musicals once popular at Saturday afternoon matinees back in the 1930s and '40s.



CONTENTS:



BELLS OF ROSARITA-- Dale Evans inherits a circus but the partner she also inherited wants it all for himself. Roy Rogers and other western stars are making a movie at the circus and they all come to Dale's aid by staging a show AND catching the bad guys. Included in an enormous cast is Allan Lane, whose last role was the voice of Mr. Ed, the talking horse of 1960s TV.



OH, SUSANNA!-- A bad guy throws Gene Autry off a train, assumes his identity and murders Gene's friend. After Gene is jailed, Frog and the Professor help him escape, and the three set out to prove that he's innocent.



SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES-- College girl intends to raise sheep on her inherited cattle country ranch. Foreman Gene Autry must deal with hassles from local cattlemen and stop one of them from tricking his new boss into selling the spread. Watch for George Montgomery in only his second screen appearance, as a cowboy at the dance.



THREE IN THE SADDLE-- One of the "Texas Rangers" series. An outlaw gang wants to take over the Tin Cup Ranch, and Tex Ritter (as Tex Haines) is willing to use illegal means to stop them.





More singing cowboy fun is available on the GENE AUTRY 10 Movie Pack, THE TEX RITTER ROUNDUP (15 films) and the ROY ROGERS 20 Movie Pack.





BRENTWOOD's 4-fers are nicely priced movie bundles. Video and sound quality of these digitally unrestored public domain films is generally fine. Discs are dual-side recorded.



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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.



(6.5) Bells of Rosarita (1945) - Roy Rogers/George 'Gabby' Hayes/Dale Evans/Grant Withers/Sons of the Pioneers/Allan 'Rocky' Lane/Don 'Red' Barry (uncredited: Rex Lease)



(5.6) Oh, Susanna! (1936) - Gene Autry/Smiley Burnette/Frances Grant/The Light Crust Doughboys/Fred 'Snowflake' Toones



(6.0) Springtime in the Rockies (1937) - Gene Autry/Smiley Burnette/Polly Rowles/Ula Love/Ruth Bacon/Jimmy's Saddle Pals (uncredited: George Montgomery)



(5.2) Three in the Saddle (1945) - Tex Ritter/Dave O'Brien/Guy Wilkerson/Lorraine Miller/Bud Osbourne"