In Old Santa Fe

In Old Santa Fe
Theatrical re-release poster featuring Autry
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Colbert Clark
  • James Gruen
Story by
  • Wallace MacDonald
  • John Rathmell
Produced byNat Levine (uncredited)
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byThomas Scott
Music byHarold Lewis
Production
company
Distributed byMascot Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1934 (1934-11-15) (U.S.)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

In Old Santa Fe is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Howard, starring Ken Maynard, George "Gabby" Hayes and Evalyn Knapp and featuring the first screen appearance of Gene Autry, singing a bluegrass rendition of "Wyoming Waltz" accompanied by his own acoustic guitar with Smiley Burnette on accordion. Autry and Burnette were uncredited, but the scene served as a screen test for the duo for subsequent singing cowboy films, beginning with The Phantom Empire (1935), in which Autry had his first leading role.[1]

Based on a story by Wallace MacDonald and John Rathmell, the film is about a cowboy who loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.[2] The film was shot on location in Kentucky and Keystone Studios in California.[3]

  1. ^ George-Warren 2007, pp. 124–129.
  2. ^ "In Old Santa Fe". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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