Song of Texas
Cast & Crew
Joseph Kane
Roy Rogers
Sheila Ryan
Barton Maclane
Harry Shannon
Pat Brady
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After visiting with sick children in the hospital, rodeo performer Roy Rogers, his horse "Trigger," and pals Bob, Pat and The Sons of the Pioneers, return to the rodeo camp. There Roy learns from his employers, brothers Jim and Fred Calvert, that he will be driving against Sam Bennett in the rodeo's climactic event, which is a chuckwagon race. Sam, a former rodeo great, has fallen upon hard times and desperately needs the five hundred dollars prize money offered by the Calverts. Roy is thrilled to meet his boyhood hero but soon is infuriated when he learns that the Calverts fixed the race by tampering with the wagon they gave Sam to drive. Sam is injured during the resulting wreck, but is more worried about the upcoming arrival of his daughter Sue, whom he has not seen in many years. Sam has led Sue to believe that he is a prosperous ranch owner, and when Roy learns of the situation, he decides to help him. Finally fed up with the Calverts, Roy and the Pioneers quit the rodeo and buy a ranch, which they intend to run while starting their own rodeo. Roy takes Sam along and promises that they will convince Sue that he is the owner of their ranch. Sue, who is a New York City accountant, arrives with her friend Hildegarde and is pleased to see her father apparently doing so well. While Roy and the Pioneers try to convince Sue that they work for Sam, they also contend with the Calverts, who want to take over their ranch and force them to return to the rodeo before they establish their own. After Roy foils the Calverts' attempt to rustle his horses, Sam is forced to tell another lie to Sue, stating that he is Roy's partner and not the sole owner of the ranch, and she demands that they draft a partnership agreement. Roy and Sam agree and have the document prepared, although they intend to tear it up after Sue leaves. Their plan goes awry, however, when Sue, believing that she is helping her father, sells Sam's half of the ranch to Jim Calvert. When Roy and Sam learn of the situation, they try to force Jim to take back his check, but he refuses. He instead offers to hold another chuckwagon race, with the ranch as the prize. Despite the tricks Fred and the other Calvert driver try to pull, Roy wins the race and regains sole ownership of the ranch. Soon after, Roy and the Pioneers receive word that their rodeo has been booked throughout the upcoming season, and Sam happily agrees to act as ranch foreman while they are gone.
Director
Joseph Kane
Cast
Roy Rogers
Sheila Ryan
Barton Maclane
Harry Shannon
Pat Brady
Arline Judge
William Haade
Eve March
Hal Taliaferro
Alex Nahera Dancers
Bob Nolan And The Sons Of The Pioneers:
Hugh Farr
Karl Farr
Lloyd Perryman
Tim Spencer
Trigger
Fred Burns
Tom London
Forrest Taylor
Horace Murphy
Sam Hayes
Lolita Del Rocio
Carmen Lopez
Enrique Valadez
Raquel Flores
Rena Rio Villon
Yvette Duguay
Harry Mckim
Peter Caldwell
Dickie Dillon
Kelly Flint
Hank Bell
Bud Brown
George Fiske
Ed Jauregui
Fox O'callahan
Cliff Parkinson
Ted Wells
Crew
Ben Black
Harry Grey
Russell Kimball
Reggie Lanning
Edwin H. Lemare
Tony Martinelli
Winston Miller
Neil Moret
Bob Nolan
Morton Scott
Art Siteman
Glenn Spencer
Tim Spencer
Fred Stahl
Helen Stone
Jack B. Tenney
Charles Thompson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Most of the songs were missing from the print viewed. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, Republic "imported eleven specialty dancers from Mexico City and Guadalajara" to appear in a number to be staged by Alex Nahera. Actress Sheila Ryan was borrowed from Twentieth Century-Fox for the production. Some scenes were shot on location in Lone Pine, CA. Modern sources include Yakima Canutt, Maxine Doyle and Jack O'Shea in the cast.
