Man from Music Mountain is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Written by Betty Burbridge and Luci Ward, based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a singing cowboy who fights corrupt land developers who try to cheat honest ranchers who are unaware of the gold lying beneath their land.
Cast
Gene Autry as Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
Carol Hughes as Helen Foster
Sally Payne as Patsy
Ivan Miller as John Scanlon
Ed Cassidy as William Brady
Lew Kelly as Bowdie Bill
Howard Chase as Abbott
Al Terr as Buddy Harmon
Frankie Marvin as Larry Higgins
Earl Dwire as Lew Martin
Lloyd Ingraham as George Harmon
Lillian Drew as Mrs. Chris
Al Taylor as Henchman Hank
Joe Yrigoyen as Henchman Pete
Polly Jenkins and Her Plowboys as a Musical Group
Champion as Gene's Horse (uncredited)
Production
Soundtracks
"There's a Little Deserted Town on the Prairie" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry and Cowboys "The Man from Music Mountain" (Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence, Eddie Cherkose) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Cowboys "Love, Burning Love" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin, and an unidentified guitarist "All Nice People" (Smiley Burnette) by Smiley Burnette and an unidentified female quartet "I'm Beginning to Care" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry "She Works Third Tub at the Laundry" (Smiley Burnette) by Smiley Burnette and Sally Payne "Untitled Instrumental" by Polly Jenkins and Her Plowboys "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Haynes Bayly) by Polly Jenkins and Her Plowboys "William Tell Overture" (Gioachino Rossini) by Polly Jenkins and Her Plowboys "Good Bye, Pinto" (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin, Fred Rose) by Gene Autry and Musicians "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" (Traditional)