Melody Ranch (1940) - Gene Autry - Jimmy Durante - Ann Miller - 16mm Original

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This is a 16mm Original print of the Gene Autry Western, Melody Ranch (1940). I would describe it as a very good condition Original print on Kodak film stock. I believe I might have detected a vinegar odor, however, the film played fine on my Bell & Howell projector without a sign of warpage. It is on a 2300' reel and has a running time of approximately 53 minutes.
Melody Ranch (1940) Directed by Joseph Santley. Cast: Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Barbara Jo Allen, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Jerome Cowan, Mary Lee, Joe Sawyer, Horace McMahon, Clarence Wilson, William 'Billy' Benedict, The Kidoodlers, Maxine Ardell, Chuck Baldra, Billy Bletcher, Priscilla Bonner, Veda Ann Borg, Rudy Bowman, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Bob Card, Burr Caruth, Jess Cavin, George Chandler, George Chesebro, Edmund Cobb, Kaye Connor, Spade Cooley, Tex Cooper, Jim Corey, Carl Cotner, Jack Deery, Art Dillard, Curley Dresden, Dick Elliott, Bob Folkerson, O.K. Ford, Jimmie Fox, Joe Garcio, Ruth Gifford, Herman Hack, Frank Hagney, Donald Haines, Chick Hannan, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Ingram, Ray Jones, Tiny Jones, Jane Keckley, Jack Kirk, Marie Leon, Tom London, Harley Luse, Frankie Marvin, Frank McCarroll, Merrill McCormick, John Merton, Art Mix, Jack Montgomery, Horace Murphy, Bill Nestell, Jack O'Shea, Post Park, Pascale Perry, Francis Sayles, Gerald Oliver Smith, Tom Smith, Dub Taylor, Ray Teal, Ted Wells, Wally West, Slim Whitaker, Bob Woodward, Joe Yrigoyen and Mary Louise Zeyen.
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) returns to his hometown of Torpedo as guest of honor at the Frontier Days Celebration, where he meets his childhood enemies, the Wildhack brothers—Mark (Barton MacLane), Jasper (Joe Sawyer), and Bud (Horace McMahon)—who are now local gangsters. The Wildhacks own a saloon next door to the school, and when their shooting and brawling endangers the safety of the children, Gene protests and threatens to expose them during his next radio broadcast.
Gene decides to remain in Torpedo, and with the encouragement of his friends Cornelius J. "Corney" Courtney (Jimmy Durante) and Pop Laramie (George "Gabby" Hayes),  Gene runs for sheriff so he will be in position to clean up the Wildhack political machine for good.
Julie Sheldon (Ann Miller), a debutante with theatrical aspirations, sees Gene in his natural setting and begins to take an interest in the cowboy she formerly scorned.