Sunset Serenade (1942)

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Robert Yost (story)
Earl Felton (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 September 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Writing A New Chapter In Western Screen History!... Roy Rogers' Sensational Rise To Fame!... Here He Is... In Reply To YOUR Demands!

Plot:

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Land Swindle

Cast

Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
George 'Gabby' Hayes	...	Gabby
Bob Nolan	...	Bob
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Ranch hands / Musicians
Helen Parrish	...	Sylvia Clark
Onslow Stevens	...	Gregg Jackson
Joan Woodbury	...	Vera Martin
Frank M. Thomas	...	Clifford Sheldon
Roy Barcroft	...	Henchman Bart Reynolds
Jack Kirk	...	Sheriff Praskins

Runtime:

58 min (original version) | 54 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8691) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Republic Pictures

Trivia:

Note that the Alpha DVD is the cut version, not the complete version.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gabby pulls the tablecloth off the table, there is a large bowl with a serving spoon in it that stops near the edge. When the camera angle changes the spoon is gone.

Quotes:

Sylvia Clark: You look like a man.
Gabby: Who? Me?
Sylvia Clark: 'Course, it's kind of dark and I can't be sure.

Soundtrack:

I'm A Cowboy Rockefeller

Sunrise Sunset

Roy Rogers (as Roy), George "Gabby" Hayes (as Gabby), and "The Sons of the Pioneers" help guardian Helen Parrish (as Sylvia Clark) claim and manage the land inherited by her ward, Baby Rodney. Bagley Ranch keeper Joan Woodbury (as Vera Martin) and cohort Onslow Stevens (as Jackson) want to swindle the ranch out of the infant's little hands. The pervasive bright-as-sunlight moonlight is more distracting than usual, since the incorrect time of day referred to several times in succession. Having a baby around to serenade ups the cuteness level considerably. "Sunrise Serenade" ends as Rogers and Trigger struggle to save Frank M. Thomas (as Sheldon) from an approaching water rapid; but, it isn't enough to lift the film.

** Sunset Serenade (1942) Joseph Kane ~ Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Helen Parrish