Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 film
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Moonlight on the Prairie is a 1935 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman.[1] It was the first of a Warner Bros. singing cowboy film series with Dick Foran and his Palomino Smoke. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[2]
| Moonlight on the Prairie | |
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| Directed by | D. Ross Lederman |
| Written by | William Jacobs |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Dick Foran |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Cast
- Dick Foran as Ace Andrews (as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)
- Smoke as Smoke - Ace Andrews' Horse (as Smoky)
- Sheila Bromley as Barbara Roberts (as Sheila Mannors)
- George E. Stone as Small Change
- Joe Sawyer as Luke Thomas
- Joe King as Sheriff Jim (as Joseph King)
- Robert Barrat as Buck Cantrell
- Dickie Jones as Dickie Roberts
- Bill Elliott as Jeff Holt (as Gordon Elliott)
- Herbert Heywood as Pop Powell
- Raymond Brown as Stage agent
- Richard Carle as Colonel Gowdy (scenes deleted)
- Milton Kibbee as Henchman Pete (as Milt Kibbee)
Critical reception
Motion Picture Herald wrote that the film offered "little more than a further presentation of the often tried tooting, rooting, shooting, wild riding western formula ... there being only one departure from standard specifications — that of having the action pause a bit while the star sings."[3]
