This article is about the 1940 film. For the radio show, see Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. For the actual ranch, see Movie ranch § Monogram Ranch/Melody Ranch.
1940 American film
Melody Ranch
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Joseph Santley
Screenplay by
Jack Moffitt
F. Hugh Herbert
Bradford Ropes
Betty Burbridge
Produced by
Sol C. Siegel
Starring
Gene Autry
Jimmy Durante
Ann Miller
Cinematography
Joseph H. August
Edited by
Lester Orlebeck
Music by
Raoul Kraushaar (supervisor)
Production company
Republic Pictures
Distributed by
Republic Pictures
Release date
November 15, 1940 (1940-11-15) (U.S.)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$181.275[1]
Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the frontier town.[2] In 2002, the film was added to the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board and selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
MelodyRanch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt...
the original Monogram Ranch/MelodyRanch and Republic Pictures Ranch/Disney Golden Oak Ranch, a number of other movie ranches have been established in...
Studio and Melody Ranch Studios on 22 acres. The ranch has the MelodyRanch Museum open year-round; and one weekend a year, the entire ranch is open to the...
Roan in 1948. In the late 1940s, Buttram joined Autry on his radio show MelodyRanch and then on television with The Gene Autry Show. During the first television...
renaming it after his film MelodyRanch. As of 2010, it was operated as the MelodyRanch Motion Picture Studio and MelodyRanch Studios. After fire damage...
near several movie ranches, all historic and active, including the Monogram Movie Ranch—MelodyRanch and the Disney—Golden Oak Ranch. The "Oak of the Golden...
Shepard and some friends formed an all-female country music band named the MelodyRanch Girls. Shepard played the upright bass in the group. Her parents pawned...
garment. Miller made two films for Republic, Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) and MelodyRanch (1940) with Gene Autry. In 1941, Miller signed with Columbia Pictures...
supporting roles. Durante went on to appear in the Gene Autry musical western MelodyRanch (1940), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942, playing Banjo, a character...
at both Universal Studios and Warner Bros., the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, the MelodyRanch in Santa Clarita, the Skirball Cultural Center and the Los...
Debra Kalman as Lucy, ranch hand foreman and supervisor David Lascher as Ted McGriff, senior staff Christine Taylor as Melody Hanson, lifeguard and dance...
series. In late 1953, Alyce, Yvonne, and Marilyn joined Gene Autry's MelodyRanch on CBS Radio as the Gene Autry Blue Jeans, replacing the Pinafores (Eunice...
from apparent heart attack while Gene was in the army. He was buried at MelodyRanch by Autry's horse trainer John Agee, who had previously worked for 14...
Nellie Kelly Love Thy Neighbor Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me Melody and Moonlight MelodyRanch Music in My Heart New Moon A Night at Earl Carroll's One Night...
on Tonight at Hoagy's.: 337 She is heard as Raindrop on Gene Autry's MelodyRanch (August 1949 - April 1951). For one season (1961–1962), Dandridge played...
November 16, 1939), and introduced it as his theme song for Gene Autry's MelodyRanch, which premiered over the CBS Radio Network on January 7, 1940, on which...
Producers Darin Spillman Marta M. Mobley (co-producer) Production locations MelodyRanch – 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California Santa Clarita, California...
California. Autry felt the group might be a good addition to his new MelodyRanch radio show, which debuted on CBS in January 1940. The Wakely Trio joined...
western adventures. Gene's role changed almost weekly from rancher, to ranch hand, to sheriff, to border agent, etc. Gene's usual comic relief and sidekick...
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