- 15/05/2025
‘Under Western Stars’ is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers in his first leading role. The story follows Rogers as a populist singing cowboy who runs for Congress to fight for small ranchers struggling with water shortages during the Dust Bowl. His campaign puts him at odds with corrupt water company executives, leading to political intrigue, action, and musical moments. The film was made during a walkout by Republic Pictures’ original singing cowboy, Gene Autry, giving Rogers his breakthrough role.
Credits:
Director: Joseph Kane
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Maple City Four
Screenplay: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, Betty Burbridge
Cinematography: Jack Marta
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Credits:
Director: Joseph Kane
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Maple City Four
Screenplay: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, Betty Burbridge
Cinematography: Jack Marta
#UnderWesternStars1938 #RoyRogers #ClassicHollywood #WesternFilm
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00:01:54You got the hammer faster. Get going.
00:01:56Yeah, hurry up now. I'm getting hungry.
00:01:57Come on, Roy.
00:02:00Hey, somebody's a-shooting.
00:02:01No.
00:02:02Why, there are two. I hear them.
00:02:06Sounds like it's over to the dam.
00:02:07Let's get going.
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00:02:31Upside?
00:02:33Yes, follow my orders.
00:02:34Use all the forces necessary.
00:02:36I'll have the sheriff over from his ranch right away.
00:02:39Hello, operator.
00:02:40Give me 21, party in.
00:02:48Hello?
00:02:49Hello, sheriff.
00:02:50There's another fight at the dam.
00:02:52Those ranches are broken loose again.
00:02:54Well, why don't you give them some water, then?
00:02:56That's our business.
00:02:57Are you going to do your duty,
00:02:58or do we have to kill some of those fools?
00:03:00All right, I'll get out there as soon as I can.
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00:03:20I'll bet that's Lem and Hank.
00:03:21They wasn't fooling when they said they was going to raid the dam.
00:03:24I guess you're right.
00:03:26Hey, there's a couple more of them company guards.
00:03:29Yeah, well, I'll stop them.
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00:04:15You might as well surrender.
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00:04:32Hold it!
00:04:34All right, keep them up.
00:04:35Hey, you.
00:04:44Come on, let's get to that barrel.
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00:04:52Hey, wait a minute!
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00:04:57There's some horsemen coming down there.
00:04:58It's probably the sheriff.
00:04:59You better go home and take care of that arm.
00:05:01I'll get the water to you.
00:05:02All right, all right.
00:05:04Folks, we've got to work fast.
00:05:05Blow the lock and open that barrel.
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00:05:29You boys turn them guards loose.
00:05:30Wait a minute, Sheriff!
00:05:31Hold it!
00:05:36Don't you point that gun at me, Roy.
00:05:37I don't know how else to keep you waiting, Sheriff.
00:05:39The old-timers that are getting this water need it mighty bad.
00:05:42I'm going to have to take you in.
00:05:43Take it easy.
00:05:44We'll go along to jail peaceably as soon as we get enough water.
00:05:46But not until we do.
00:05:50I said take it easy.
00:05:51That's a fine way for you to act.
00:05:53Roy Rogers, son of a congressman, fighting the water company.
00:05:56If my dad had lived, there wouldn't have been any water company.
00:05:59Just the same, the law's the law.
00:06:00And property's property.
00:06:01And there goes ours, 100 feet a second.
00:06:03Make them turn off that water.
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00:06:27Hey!
00:06:29I dropped the valve wheel!
00:06:32You fellas got any other way of shutting that water off?
00:06:34There ain't another valve wheel like that in the whole county.
00:06:39All right, Roy.
00:06:40There ain't no use you holders here any longer.
00:06:51Don't be downhearted, Sheriff.
00:06:53You won't be so chipper when you get behind bars, Roy.
00:06:55Behind jail bars, huh?
00:06:57Well, Sheriff, that reminds me.
00:06:59Send my mail to the county jail.
00:07:03Send our mail to the county jail.
00:07:07Tell our saddled pals tonight if they've got some news to write.
00:07:11Send our mail to the county jail.
00:07:15Say goodbye to your favorite gal.
00:07:19Say goodbye to your special gal.
00:07:23We're supposed to have a date, but we reckon we'll be late.
00:07:28Say goodbye to your favorite gal.
00:07:32Tonight when coyotes howl and mountain lions growl,
00:07:43I'll be watching the moon and counting the stars.
00:07:48Can't you see me looking through the jail of bars?
00:07:52Pass the hat and collect our bail.
00:07:56Pass the hat and collect our bail.
00:08:00If they ask me where I am, say I've made an awful dent.
00:08:04Send that mail to the county jail.
00:08:22Whoa! Whoa!
00:08:25Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
00:08:28Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
00:08:31Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
00:08:34Whoa, Nelly! Whoa!
00:08:45Stop ringing that bell!
00:08:47What do you want on here?
00:08:49I said stop ringing that bell!
00:08:51Huh?
00:09:08Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
00:09:13I thought you said you were coming along peaceably.
00:09:16Well, I did, but Nelly didn't.
00:09:18Once a fire horse, always a fire horse, Frog.
00:09:20You mean every time that knothead hears a bell,
00:09:22she's going to act like that?
00:09:24That's right.
00:09:25She ain't with me.
00:09:26I'll give her a good selling before anybody
00:09:28finds out about them tricks.
00:09:31Stop this noise.
00:09:32You're disturbing the meeting.
00:09:34Well, Roy, my boy, I'm glad to see you.
00:09:36Well, how are you, Mayor?
00:09:37Fine.
00:09:38Fine.
00:09:39I see you brought all your boys to town for the meeting.
00:09:42Come right in, boys.
00:09:43They can't.
00:09:44They're under arrest.
00:09:46What's the charge?
00:09:47I don't want Roy to miss the meeting.
00:09:49He's charged with trespassing on a water company's property,
00:09:52fighting with their guards, and stealing their water.
00:09:54Hooray for Roy!
00:09:55Hooray!
00:09:56Hooray!
00:09:57All right.
00:09:58If that's the case, I'll hold court right here and now.
00:10:02I'm sorry, boys, but I'll have to punish you.
00:10:07I fine you for disturbing the peace.
00:10:09$1 in court costs.
00:10:11No, no, you can pay the clerk later.
00:10:13Come on, you're late already.
00:10:15Before us lies the congressman who has represented us so ravelly
00:10:20for two terms in Washington.
00:10:24Let us remember.
00:10:26Let us remember.
00:10:28Just a moment.
00:10:30Just a moment.
00:10:31Wait a minute.
00:10:32Pardon me, but there happens to be a meeting going on here.
00:10:36Oh, I'm sorry, Richards.
00:10:37Well, as the son of a former congressman,
00:10:40you should have more respect.
00:10:42It seems to me that you should get here in time
00:10:44in order to be posted.
00:10:45Well, I'm already posted.
00:10:47Oh, you are, are you?
00:10:48Sure.
00:10:49Mayor Big started out by talking about high water rates.
00:10:51Then he showed a picture of Congressman Scully
00:10:53and denounced him plenty.
00:10:54Then Mayor Jenkins of Hilton City, founded in 1848,
00:10:58said the water was free then that ought to be free now,
00:11:01and it was time the federal government did something
00:11:03about it, by gosh.
00:11:04Then you, as manager of the water company,
00:11:09said that I'd like to lower the water rates,
00:11:11but we're losing money.
00:11:13Marvelous, Roy.
00:11:14Marvelous.
00:11:15Practically word for word.
00:11:17But how did you know?
00:11:18Well, that's easy.
00:11:19You've all been saying the same thing
00:11:20since my dad was congressman.
00:11:23Wait a minute.
00:11:24Wait a minute.
00:11:25I still have the floor.
00:11:26As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted,
00:11:30let me remind you that Congressman Scully
00:11:33is the only man among us fitted to go to war
00:11:36The only man among us fitted to go to Washington
00:11:39and represent...
00:11:40The Great Western Water and Power Company.
00:11:43The Great Western...
00:11:46I mean...
00:11:49I still say that the best man fitted to represent you
00:11:52in Washington is the man whose face you see on that post.
00:11:57Ha ha ha ha!
00:12:04The people's friend!
00:12:08Folks, I just held court for a man
00:12:10who really deserves that title.
00:12:12He was brought before me for fighting the water company.
00:12:15Now, are we going to send him to jail?
00:12:18No!
00:12:19Shall we send him to Washington like we did his father?
00:12:22Yeah!
00:12:23All right, boys! Let her go!
00:12:28Wait a minute there. This is kind of sudden.
00:12:30Sudden nothing! We've been planning it for weeks.
00:12:36On to the polls, vote for Rogers, ring the bell.
00:12:40On the roads, vote for Rogers, things are swell.
00:12:44This land of yours needs water, and it's water that you'll get.
00:12:48Even makes an oil dry, enjoy a land that's wet.
00:12:51Mr. Rancher, lead your dell, and be sure to ring the bell.
00:12:55With Rogers, for Congress lands.
00:12:59On to the polls, vote for Rogers, ring the bell.
00:13:03On the roads, vote for Rogers, things are swell.
00:13:07Just bolster up your pockets and prepare to keep them full.
00:13:11I come from prairie people, and I never throw the ball.
00:13:14Get behind him, man and boy, ring the bell and vote for Roy.
00:13:18With Rogers, for Congress lands.
00:13:22On to the polls, vote for Rogers, ring the bell.
00:13:26On the roads, vote for Rogers, things are swell.
00:13:30I know this western country, and I promise to the frog.
00:13:34I'll prove to these electors that my kids are never wrong.
00:13:37Let prosperity begin, ring the bell and vote again.
00:13:41With Rogers, for Congress lands.
00:13:48Take a wire.
00:13:51Mr. John B. Fairbanks, president of the Great Western Water and Power Company.
00:13:54Washington, D.C.
00:13:57Look at that, Andrews.
00:14:01Rogers, for Congress lands. He hasn't a chance.
00:14:05What do you know about western politics? You're a Washington attorney.
00:14:08Why, with beating up our men and stealing our water, that boy is a hero.
00:14:12He's a hero.
00:14:15Why, with beating up our men and stealing our water, that boy is a hero to those people out there.
00:14:19Forget all about it before election day. See no cause for alarm.
00:14:23Oh, you don't, eh? Then you'll need glasses.
00:14:26We're leaving for Sageville tonight with Congressman Scully.
00:14:29Oh, but Dad, we can't leave tonight.
00:14:31Oh, we're just mailing out the invitation to our reception.
00:14:33Postpone it.
00:14:34Postpone it?
00:14:38Postpone our reception, just like that.
00:14:40Well, perhaps we'd better, dear. This is rather important.
00:14:44Is it more important than announcing your engagement to me?
00:14:47Well, you may think so, but I don't.
00:14:49Of course not, darling, but...
00:14:51Andrews!
00:14:55Friends and fellow citizens.
00:15:13No.
00:15:14Ladies and gentlemen of Sage County.
00:15:16Yeah, that's it.
00:15:17Ladies and gentlemen of Sage County and, uh, you watercutting people too,
00:15:22this is the first opportunity I've had to tell all you folks on the radio
00:15:25that if I'm elected, I'll not stop until I get better water for this state.
00:15:30And, uh, furthermore...
00:15:31Hold up there, Rogers.
00:15:37I've been waiting a chance to pay you back that token of joy you handed me.
00:15:40You couldn't have picked another time, could you?
00:15:42You were sent to keep me off the air.
00:15:44Don't argue. Hand over that gun.
00:15:47I'm handing it.
00:15:48I wouldn't think of arguing a three-to-one against me.
00:15:51Get him, boys!
00:16:49Oh, hello, Richard.
00:16:50How do you do, Mr. Fairbairn?
00:16:51You know my daughter.
00:16:52How do you do?
00:16:53Mr. Andrews.
00:16:54Glad to see you, Andrews.
00:16:55And Congressman Scully, of course.
00:16:56Richard.
00:16:57Welcome home, Congressman.
00:16:58Your campaign is on full blast.
00:16:59Campaign my foot.
00:17:00Folks have never elected anybody.
00:17:02What else are you doing?
00:17:03Well, it won't be necessary to do much of anything else.
00:17:06Rogers is going to disappoint a large audience on the radio this afternoon.
00:17:10I fixed him.
00:17:11I hope so.
00:17:16Come on.
00:17:32Ladies and gentlemen, and you water company people, too, this is Roy Rogers speaking.
00:17:37So you fixed him, huh?
00:17:39And what's this, a recording?
00:17:40Well, I...
00:17:41You remember my father, the finest congressman you ever had.
00:17:44Well, he used to say the best speech was the short one.
00:17:47But you all know what we're fighting for, so I'll not make a speech.
00:17:50I'll just sing you a song.
00:17:53Somewhere out there on the prairie of old, my guardian angel divine is there at rest.
00:18:19Somewhere in the west, that kind dear mother of mine, I'd give all I own today if someone could guide my way.
00:18:45To that hallowed spot where she's sleeping, that kind dear mother of mine.
00:19:01Somewhere out there on the prairie of old, my guardian angel divine is there at rest.
00:19:29Somewhere in the west.
00:19:39A lot of votes he'll get that way.
00:19:40You bet your life he will.
00:19:42Don't forget there's plenty of women voters.
00:19:44What do you think, Eleanor?
00:19:46Would you vote for him?
00:19:48He has a nice voice.
00:19:50And that's all he's got.
00:19:51You can't campaign without advertising.
00:19:52He has no money for that.
00:19:53I know this western country and I promise to the throne, I'll prove when he's elected that my steers are never wrong.
00:20:17Let prosperity begin.
00:20:18Ring the bell and vote him in.
00:20:20It's Rogers for Congress class.
00:20:24On to the polls, vote for Rogers, ring the bell.
00:20:28On to your goals, vote for Rogers, sing as well.
00:20:32I know this western country and I promise to the throne, I'll prove when he's elected that my steers are never wrong.
00:20:40Let prosperity begin.
00:20:42Ring the bell and vote him in.
00:20:44It's Rogers for Congress class.
00:20:58You don't need money for advertising if you have brains.
00:21:01Brains?
00:21:02Yes, brains.
00:21:03Get a hold of Rogers, tell him I want to see him at my hotel.
00:21:06It's important to have personal business.
00:21:08Yes, sir.
00:21:15My boy, you're doing fine.
00:21:16Thanks.
00:21:17Well, how's the campaign manager?
00:21:19Well, everything's under control.
00:21:20Hello, ma'am.
00:21:21Hi.
00:21:22Hello, Rogers.
00:21:23Can I speak to you privately for a minute?
00:21:25Anything you have to say to me is all right for my friends to hear.
00:21:28Hello, boys.
00:21:29Hello.
00:21:30Hello, Frog.
00:21:31Hi.
00:21:36Very funny, boys.
00:21:38Very funny.
00:21:42Mr. Fairbanks would like to see you over at his hotel.
00:21:44He said it was very important and personal.
00:21:47Sure, why not?
00:21:48Tell him I'll be over tomorrow.
00:21:50Okay.
00:21:55I bet that guy Fairbanks is scared and he's going to talk turkey, you see.
00:21:59Maybe.
00:22:03Anyway, it'll give me a chance to tell him what I think of him.
00:22:06And that'll be plenty.
00:22:08Fifty percent cut on water rates.
00:22:10Don't make me laugh, Mr. Fairbanks.
00:22:12Let me tell you something, you coot.
00:22:14You've run this country into the ground long enough.
00:22:17Sixty percent.
00:22:19Now, I didn't come here to haggle, Mr. Fairbanks.
00:22:21It's 75 percent or nothing.
00:22:24So I'm driving a hard bargain, am I?
00:22:26Well, that's too bad.
00:22:28But here's my last word.
00:22:29If you don't knuckle down, we'll run you and your cutthroat crowd right out of business.
00:22:32Bravo!
00:22:33Provisimo!
00:22:35Keep going, partner.
00:22:36You got him on the ropes.
00:22:38Hello.
00:22:39I don't generally talk to myself like this.
00:22:41I was just sort of rehearsing.
00:22:43Oh, I'm doing very well, too.
00:22:45But how about putting a little more emphasis on your exit line?
00:22:50Because I presume it is your exit line.
00:22:52Probably.
00:22:53Old man Fairbanks is apt to kick me out when I get that far.
00:22:56I gather you're not exactly an admirer of John Fairbanks.
00:22:59He's plenty tough.
00:23:00Probably the kind of a man who beats his wife.
00:23:03He does.
00:23:05I heard he shall axe his daughter on occasion.
00:23:08Then she probably deserves it, so...
00:23:10No doubt she does.
00:23:12If I'm elected, I'll get better water for this state if I have to hog-tie every politician in Washington.
00:23:16Good for you.
00:23:18I hope you're elected.
00:23:19Thanks.
00:23:20Well, I guess we'll be going.
00:23:22Well, I'm going that way, too.
00:23:23We could ride along together.
00:23:24Sweat.
00:23:39What is your daughter doing with Rogers?
00:23:41Huh?
00:23:43How do I know?
00:23:45Well, I don't like it.
00:23:48Tell that to Eleanor and see what happens.
00:23:52Hi, gentlemen.
00:23:53May I present Mr. Rogers.
00:23:55This is Tom Andrews.
00:23:57Mr. Richards.
00:23:58Your worthy opponent, Congressman Scully.
00:24:00How are you?
00:24:01And my father, Mr. Fairbanks.
00:24:04Your father?
00:24:05Yes.
00:24:07Oh, by the way, Dad, Mr. Rogers considers you a skinflint, a penny-pinching pirate, and a...
00:24:12What was that?
00:24:13Oh, yes.
00:24:14A coon.
00:24:16And furthermore, if you don't do something about excessive water rates, he's going to put you out of business.
00:24:21Have you lost your mind?
00:24:23Oh, no, J.B.
00:24:24Just doing a little groundwork for the family.
00:24:26Sounds to me like you've just about covered the territory.
00:24:29Beat it, brat.
00:24:30We want to talk business.
00:24:31Come on.
00:24:32Oh, that reminds me, Fairbanks.
00:24:35Is it true you beat your daughter?
00:24:37No.
00:24:39But it's a darn good idea.
00:24:44Sit down.
00:24:46You seem to have a lot of common sense, Rogers.
00:24:49I think you're the man I need to look after some of my business interests.
00:24:52That doesn't mean you've given up my daughter.
00:24:54Well, yes, it would.
00:24:56But your salary would be three times as much as you'd make as a congressman.
00:24:59Thanks, but I have a family weakness for going to Washington.
00:25:02I'd like to see some of the places my dad told me about.
00:25:05Would, dear?
00:25:07Four times as much money interests you.
00:25:09No, or ten times as much.
00:25:11You might regret passing up a mighty good proposition, young man.
00:25:14Now I'll make you one.
00:25:16Either your company cuts water rates to the minimum, or I'll make you one.
00:25:21Now I'll make you one.
00:25:23Either your company cuts water rates to the minimum,
00:25:25or I'll get federal control of water in this state when I go to Washington.
00:25:28When you go to Washington?
00:25:30Well, you're not there yet, Mr. Rogers.
00:25:43Imagine a congressman dressed like that.
00:25:46Take off those clothes.
00:25:47Why, what's the matter with them?
00:25:48Well, this for one thing.
00:25:50Hey!
00:25:51And this.
00:25:52Why, what is...
00:25:53And those pretty spats.
00:25:55The voters want a man to represent them, not a city dude.
00:25:58You're going to be a man of the people.
00:26:00You're going to wear western clothes and ride a horse.
00:26:02A horse?
00:26:03Yes.
00:26:04I can't ride.
00:26:05But you will ride.
00:26:06Why?
00:26:07Yes.
00:26:15Oh, what a bone he has.
00:26:30And just now, crazy people, are giving Congressman Scully a grand ovation.
00:26:39Just listen to all those cheers.
00:26:41You know, crazy, a few days ago, I thought that Rogers was their choice.
00:26:45But now, it looks like a landslide for Scully.
00:26:50And now, ladies and gentlemen, you will hear from your candidate for re-election, William P. Scully.
00:27:03Friends, my friends, it's great to get into these clothes again and to feel a horse beneath me once more.
00:27:15As you know, my dear friends, I was born in this glorious country.
00:27:23At heart, I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:27:29I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:27:39I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:27:49I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:27:57I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:28:07I'm still a man of the soil, a son of the saddle.
00:28:15Ladies and gentlemen, here's a round-by-round description.
00:28:17The son of the saddle's horse has just run away with him, and Congressman Roy Rogers has rescued him from the horse trough.
00:28:27Congressman Roy Rogers has just run away with him, and Congressman Roy Rogers has rescued him from the horse trough.
00:28:35♪
00:28:54Why mess we're in now with Rogers elected?
00:28:56Letting a hick rancher outsmart us?
00:28:58You insisted that I ride a horse.
00:29:00I told you I...
00:29:01Oh, shut up and get out of here.
00:29:02Well now, that's the way you feel about it?
00:29:04Get out before I lose my temper.
00:29:06No, you don't.
00:29:08♪
00:29:11Whipped.
00:29:13By a smart aleck yokel.
00:29:15How does it feel to take a licking, Dad?
00:29:16Licking?
00:29:17Yeah, this is only round one.
00:29:19We're leaving for Washington too.
00:29:21They'll block him there at every turn.
00:29:23♪
00:29:36Here's a letter for you, Roy.
00:29:37Thanks.
00:29:38♪
00:29:50Do you know any cowhands that uses perfume?
00:29:53♪
00:29:56Thanks for the send-off, folks, and don't worry.
00:29:58I'm going to see if that water bill goes through pronto.
00:30:00I figure I'll be back in about a week.
00:30:02♪
00:30:06Now me, being Congressman Roy Rogers,
00:30:09is here personal executive and secretary,
00:30:11and I promise that...
00:30:13♪
00:30:20Hey, wait for me!
00:30:21Wait for me!
00:30:23♪
00:30:25♪
00:30:32Congressman Marlowe's office, please.
00:30:35Good morning.
00:30:37Congressman Rogers calling Congressman Marlowe again.
00:30:40Oh.
00:30:41Well, when do you expect him?
00:30:44Yes, please have him call me back.
00:30:48I don't know what Marlowe has an office for.
00:30:49He's never in it.
00:30:51Well, he's got to have some place
00:30:52where you can find out that he ain't in.
00:30:55Anything important?
00:30:56Oh, no, just the usual 411 Constitution.
00:30:59He's wanting to know where that federal water is,
00:31:01you promised.
00:31:02Well, so do I.
00:31:04Ain't there nobody else you can see about that water bill?
00:31:07No, sir. Marlowe's the money man,
00:31:08and he has to be seen.
00:31:10Hmm.
00:31:12Who's that from, Marlowe?
00:31:13No, it's not even signed.
00:31:15But say, listen to this.
00:31:18If you want to meet Congressman Marlowe,
00:31:19join the foxhunting near his country estate next Saturday.
00:31:24That smells like that billy duck
00:31:26you got back there in Sageville.
00:31:27You hit it right on the nose, Frog.
00:31:29I guess we go foxhunting.
00:31:31Is that guy foxhunting?
00:31:33Well, I don't recollect ever having done any foxhunting.
00:31:36What do you use, a bow and arrow?
00:31:39The fox we want to bag is named Marlowe,
00:31:41and we're going to use her head.
00:31:43Do we have to dress like that?
00:31:44Exactly like that.
00:31:45Boy, these Washington foxes must be mighty particular.
00:31:53If that fox ever sees me in this monkey suit,
00:31:55he's going to laugh himself to death.
00:31:58What are you doing with that six-shooter?
00:32:00Well, who ever hurt anybody going hunting without a gun?
00:32:03It's the boys!
00:32:05We have to get this thing under control!
00:32:07Yes, sir!
00:32:08Speaking of under control,
00:32:10there's a big scene at the front of the town.
00:32:11We'll make sure to have a man into the town
00:32:14that's got the foxhunting at hand.
00:32:16Oh, you'll make better money than the whole town!
00:32:18Can't I say the same, Mr. Marlowe?
00:32:21Get him there, and make sure it's done right.
00:32:22Well, we'll see about that, Mr. Marlowe!
00:32:25All right, folks.
00:32:28This is no time to be fooling around.
00:32:29Let's get going, now.
00:32:30Quick, get going!
00:32:31Oh, ho, ho, ho!
00:32:32Hey, it sounds like a jailbreak.
00:32:34We better get out of here, them bloodhounds is vicious.
00:32:37The hunt's started, come on.
00:32:39♪♪
00:32:44All them hound dogs is against one poor little fox, there ain't no justice.
00:33:14Hey, that horse is on the way with her.
00:33:21Down we go!
00:33:26Down we go!
00:33:34Down we go!
00:33:51Are you all right?
00:33:52What in the world do you think you're doing?
00:33:55I thought your horse was running away.
00:33:56No, but the fox is.
00:33:58Why would one of us brush another hundred yards if you hadn't played lock and bar?
00:34:02I'm awful sorry.
00:34:05Well, it doesn't matter.
00:34:10Say, tell me, how's the singing congressman making out in Washington?
00:34:14Not so good.
00:34:15The only luck I've had so far is meeting you again.
00:34:18I've tried to follow your advice about singing congressman Marlowe,
00:34:21but he dodged me like a wild mustang.
00:34:24My advice?
00:34:25Nobody else I know uses perfume writing paper.
00:34:28It's mighty nice of you to show me the ropes,
00:34:30even if Marlowe is too busy crashing society.
00:34:32He's not crashing society.
00:34:34Congressman Marlowe gave this fox hunt
00:34:36because he wanted a political favor from one of his guests.
00:34:39Well, like a medicine man putting on a show to get his customers in line to buy.
00:34:42Yes, that's it.
00:34:44You see, here in Washington,
00:34:46that's the trick to get to the ear of the right person.
00:34:49Well, I couldn't very well give a fox hunt.
00:34:52No.
00:34:53No, but you could give a party.
00:34:55Well, who'd come?
00:34:57Oh, look.
00:35:03Get these hound dogs out of here.
00:35:05Wild away.
00:35:07Hey, what's happened?
00:35:08Oh, no.
00:35:11Wild away.
00:35:12Get out of here.
00:35:16Shoot.
00:35:17Get on away from here.
00:35:18Get out of here.
00:35:19Get these hound dogs out of here.
00:35:23Oh, Dad, you remember Mr. Rogers, don't you?
00:35:26What?
00:35:27Oh, yes, yes.
00:35:28How do you do?
00:35:29Oh, Congressman Marlowe, this is Congressman Rogers.
00:35:33Glad to know you, Mr. Rogers.
00:35:35How do you do, Congressman?
00:35:36I'd like a few words with you.
00:35:37I want to ask you to...
00:35:38Oh, to be a guest next Tuesday evening
00:35:41at the Fairview Country Club.
00:35:43Oh, all of you.
00:35:44Mr. Rogers is giving a surprise party.
00:35:46Doesn't that sound exciting?
00:35:48Oh, you'll be there, won't you, Senator Wilson?
00:35:51Certainly, Miss Fairbanks.
00:35:53And no party would be complete without you
00:35:55and Mrs. Marlowe, Congressman.
00:35:57I adore surprise parties.
00:35:59Of course they come, won't we, Edward?
00:36:01Well, I think it's perfectly sweet of Mr. Rogers
00:36:03to invite all.
00:36:04Don't you, dear?
00:36:06I don't know anything about these Eastern parties.
00:36:09Well, make it wet, then.
00:36:11Swell.
00:36:12I'll send a wire to Larry and the boys.
00:36:16Oh, join hands and circle down south
00:36:18and let a little moon shine in your mouth
00:36:20and lose your hope in the grand trail
00:36:22back to the lady in the lead.
00:36:23Now, the men to your left and to your right,
00:36:25your partner right to the left.
00:36:26Now, hurry up, boys, and don't be slow.
00:36:28There's chicken in the bread pan,
00:36:29picking up dough, and to meet your partner,
00:36:30the wall's floor.
00:36:31Get your honey in a patter on the head
00:36:32if she don't like biscuits, petercorn bread,
00:36:34and chewed mutterbacker and squirrels on the wall
00:36:36and swings that gavel if she eats too tall.
00:36:38Rogers certainly has a peculiar idea of entertainment.
00:36:41Yes, isn't he great?
00:36:43I don't know when I've had such a good time.
00:36:54And now, I regret to announce
00:36:56that one of my best friends is leaving us,
00:36:58Mr. Frog Millhouse, my secretary.
00:37:04I'm gonna pack and go back to the backwoods
00:37:10and walk to the little front gate.
00:37:13Say, there's a shack in the back of the backwoods
00:37:18where somebody promised me to wait.
00:37:22I'm a comin'.
00:37:23He's a goin'.
00:37:24I'm a goin'.
00:37:25He's a goin'.
00:37:26Once I'm home, gonna roam no more, no more.
00:37:30So help me pack and go back to the backwoods
00:37:34to the side of someone I adore.
00:37:38I'm gonna pack and go back to the backwoods
00:37:42and I'll walk to the little front gate.
00:37:46Say, there's a shack in the back of the backwoods
00:37:50where somebody promised me to wait.
00:37:54Well, I'm a comin'.
00:37:56He's a goin'.
00:37:57And I'm a goin'.
00:37:58He's a goin'.
00:37:59Once I'm home, I'm gonna roam no more.
00:38:02No more.
00:38:03No more.
00:38:04No more.
00:38:05No more.
00:38:06No more.
00:38:07No more.
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00:38:33No more.
00:38:34No more.
00:38:35No more.
00:38:36Once I'm home, I'm gonna roam no more.
00:38:38No more.
00:38:39No more.
00:38:40No more.
00:38:41So help me pack and go back to the backwoods.
00:38:44To the side.
00:38:45To the side.
00:38:46Of someone.
00:38:47Of someone.
00:38:48I adore.
00:38:49He adores.
00:38:50I adore.
00:38:52So far, folks, all you've seen of ranch life has been a lot of fun.
00:39:17But there's another side I want you to see, and that's a surprise, I promise.
00:39:25These first scenes are the way our ranches used to look.
00:39:28Every range had grass like that in the summer.
00:39:31One winter covered it with snow, we had plenty of that good alfalfa for feed.
00:39:35We fattened our beef on that grain.
00:39:37Every valley and every canyon had a stream of running water.
00:39:41Then nature took a hand.
00:39:43Every year we had less and less rain.
00:39:45This is what happened.
00:39:47Dry spells, drought, and dust storms.
00:39:50After the dust storm, this is what is left.
00:39:53That's Glenn Saunders' house.
00:39:55He lost his two children from dust pneumonia.
00:39:58That's Luke Chalmers' place.
00:40:00He just gave up and moved away, never even stopped to dig up his equipment.
00:40:05Those cattle are Dave Peter's.
00:40:07He lost 150 head, which meant every cent he owned.
00:40:10All of this tragedy and ruin, ladies and gentlemen, because of lack of water.
00:40:15In times like these, folks just naturally turn to prayer.
00:40:20Dust, dust, dust in the skies.
00:40:25Dust on the trail, dust in my eyes.
00:40:30Dust, dust.
00:40:32Can't see the sun, can't find my way.
00:40:37Can't see the dust as one.
00:40:40The cattle and the sheep that are down the stream
00:40:45seem to realize their pain.
00:40:49The vultures in the sky know the time is nigh.
00:40:54Will they fly away or wait?
00:40:58Oh Lord, please ease my pain.
00:41:07Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine?
00:41:17Dust, dust, must it be?
00:41:22Can it be eternity?
00:41:28Here was the home where the buffalo run,
00:41:32where the deer and the antelope play.
00:41:37Here was the place where the cattle would graze,
00:41:42the corn and alfalfa once swayed.
00:41:47Where are the ranchers, the cow-punching crowd,
00:41:51what has become of the rain?
00:41:56Out of the blue came a threatening cloud,
00:42:02causing this awful change.
00:42:07Oh Lord, please ease my pain.
00:42:16Oh Lord, where is your rain and sunshine?
00:42:26Dust, dust, must it be?
00:42:31Can this be eternity?
00:42:36Oh Lord, have mercy on poor me.
00:42:45It's outrageous to think of people suffering like that.
00:42:50I intend to do something about it.
00:42:52Pardon me, dear.
00:42:54Edward, if you don't help that young man
00:42:56put his water bill through, I'll divorce you.
00:43:00Well, that's quite a temptation, dear,
00:43:01but I'll help him anyway.
00:43:03We've got to get busy on that bill, Marlowe.
00:43:06I agree with you.
00:43:12Rather unethical, but very effective.
00:43:15I'm going west in about 10 days,
00:43:17and I'll get you relief if I find those conditions existing.
00:43:21You have my support on that water bill too, Rogers.
00:43:24Well, Dad, it looks as though you've lost round two.
00:43:27Well, you needn't rub it in.
00:43:29Think it's funny, do you?
00:43:31Fairbanks, I had no idea that conditions in your state
00:43:34were so serious.
00:43:35They aren't, and I'll take you up on that.
00:43:38Well, I hope you're right for your own good.
00:43:40After all, it's your water company that's on the spot,
00:43:43you know.
00:43:46Young woman, you helped stage this entertainment.
00:43:49Do you realize it might ruin my water company?
00:43:52Oh, one of your water companies.
00:43:56Are you in love with this cowboy?
00:43:59Oh.
00:44:01Oh, I don't know.
00:44:05Well, you tell him for me that he's in
00:44:07for the doggonest licking he ever had.
00:44:09Oh, yes, I'll tell him.
00:44:11But he won't believe me.
00:44:16Say, that was swell.
00:44:18And the way you was calling them ranchers out by their names,
00:44:21you even had me food.
00:44:22You'd think they was neighbors of ours.
00:44:24Oh, weren't they?
00:44:29No, those ranchers aren't our neighbors.
00:44:32No.
00:44:33Those pictures were taken in another state, Eleanor.
00:44:36I couldn't get a newsreel of her own dust storms.
00:44:39Tell me, my friend.
00:44:40Did your middle name Barnum by any chance?
00:44:43Oh, no.
00:44:44His middle name is James.
00:44:46Oh, I see.
00:44:48Oh, no.
00:44:50Leaving so soon, Mr. Fairbank?
00:44:52Yes.
00:44:53And I'll wipe that grin off your face yet.
00:44:58Never mind.
00:44:59You were grand.
00:45:00With your help.
00:45:01When will I see you?
00:45:02I'm leaving for the West pretty soon.
00:45:04Now, what a coincidence.
00:45:06So are we.
00:45:07Eleanor.
00:45:08Oh, yes, Daddy.
00:45:09I'm coming.
00:45:23And so I take great pleasure in introducing to you
00:45:26the most important man who ever hit Old Sage County
00:45:29and the only man who can give us federal controlled water,
00:45:33Congressman Marley.
00:45:48Fellow citizens,
00:45:50as chairman of the Appropriations Committee,
00:45:52I'm authorized to announce that we are here
00:45:55to make a study of the drought conditions in this section.
00:45:59Better cover up fast, Congressman,
00:46:01before the newspapers get wind of this.
00:46:05However,
00:46:06we have already learned that conditions are not as bad
00:46:09as we were led to believe,
00:46:10and we find that existing utilities
00:46:13are quite adequate for the present.
00:46:15Now, that is all.
00:46:16Thank you for your kind welcome.
00:46:29I said your methods were unethical,
00:46:31but I underrated you.
00:46:32You're nothing but a cheap trickster.
00:46:34I admit the film I showed you wasn't taken in this state,
00:46:37but conditions here are just as bad if not worse.
00:46:39As far as I'm concerned, young man,
00:46:41that bill never will be passed.
00:46:43I'll back you up on that, Marlow.
00:46:45I had a right to trick you
00:46:46when the lives of these folks depend on water.
00:46:48If you don't think this country's dry,
00:46:49just look it over and see for yourself.
00:46:51Sorry, but I'm not interested.
00:46:53But I came all this way to see the government.
00:46:56Don't be silly, dear.
00:46:57There aren't any.
00:47:04I told you I'd wipe that smile off your face.
00:47:07You have very capable health.
00:47:09I should have known better
00:47:10than to trust a woman with a secret.
00:47:17If Marlow won't give us water, we'll take it.
00:47:21Rip off the water company's dam.
00:47:24Rip off the water company's dam.
00:47:27You can't do that.
00:47:28Who says we can't?
00:47:33You're acting like a bunch of fools.
00:47:34If you blow up that dam,
00:47:35you'll never get government help.
00:47:36We'll never get it anyway.
00:47:37When you elected me to Congress,
00:47:38I promised to put that bill through,
00:47:40and I'll still do it.
00:47:41We want water, not promises.
00:47:43I'm getting tired of this guy.
00:47:47Just give me 24 hours,
00:47:48and I'll swing Marlow our way yet.
00:47:50What do you say, Rankin?
00:47:53That's fair enough.
00:47:54Let's give Roy another day.
00:47:57All right, but no more.
00:48:00Meet here tomorrow afternoon, man.
00:48:06I tried to reason with him, Roy.
00:48:08That's all right, Mayor.
00:48:09I've got an ace I haven't played yet.
00:48:11Edward!
00:48:12I'm so hot and dusty.
00:48:14Perhaps we'd better not go any farther after all.
00:48:17Sorry, dear, but it's too late now.
00:48:19You wanted to go,
00:48:20so I promised Mr. Fairbanks I'd meet him at the dam.
00:48:23But Edward!
00:48:28Oh!
00:48:29Get out, all of you!
00:48:30Set the drivers.
00:48:31We're taking the car.
00:48:32We're taking the car.
00:48:33We're taking the car.
00:48:34We're taking the car.
00:48:35We're taking the car.
00:48:36We're taking the car.
00:48:37We're taking the car.
00:48:38We're taking the car.
00:48:39We're taking the car.
00:48:40Set the drivers.
00:48:41We're taking the car.
00:48:42This is an outrage.
00:48:43I'm Congressman Barlow.
00:48:44You can't leave us out here afoot.
00:48:46You can use our horses.
00:49:02Well, there's only one thing to do.
00:49:04Take the horses and ride back to Sageville.
00:49:11My!
00:49:12Mercy!
00:49:13What a dry country!
00:49:15I don't see how people live here.
00:49:18It wasn't always like this.
00:49:20It wouldn't be now if the farmers had water.
00:49:23Evidently, you still believe in motion pictures.
00:49:27Listen.
00:49:29There must be a camp ahead.
00:49:31And that means a drink of water.
00:49:34And that means a drink of water.
00:50:04Howdy, yolo, dee, yolo, dee, yolo, dee, yolo, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee
00:50:34Rock and rollin' rhythm you can't change The old chuckwagon's rhythm starts about noon Then you'll hear those cowhands sippin' soup very soon
00:50:44And there's music to the rhythm, music to the rhythm, music to the rhythm of the range
00:50:51Howdy, yodel-di-yodel-di-yodel-di-yodel-di-dey
00:50:55Yodel-di-dee-yoledo-di-dey
00:50:58Yodel-dee-yodel-dee-yodel-dee
00:51:01Howdy, yodel-di-yodel-di-yodel-dee-yodel-di-dey
00:51:09Well howdy folks, nice of you to drop in.
00:51:10Hello, Congressman!
00:51:12Don't tell me you're making an official tour of the drought section after all?
00:51:15We're making a tour, all right, but not an official one.
00:51:17Why, we were held up by bandits, and they took our cars away from us and made us ride these horrible, bumpy horses.
00:51:23We'll tell you about that later. Right now, we're too thirsty to talk.
00:51:26That's too bad.
00:51:27Yeah, and ain't that tough? We only got about a pint of water left. We done give it to the horse.
00:51:31You see, we didn't expect to have any visitors.
00:51:34You mean you can't even give us a drink?
00:51:36Well, we might find enough for the ladies, but the men will have to wait till we reach Larkin's place tomorrow.
00:51:41Get the canteen, Frog. You folks just make yourselves at home.
00:51:45Boys, unsaddle the horses and fix them a bite to eat.
00:52:16That's all there is.
00:52:21Hey, you!
00:52:32I'll meet you right here in about an hour. I'll have a full canteen for you.
00:52:37You can see a dale and a winding trail when a cowboy sings a song.
00:53:04You see grazing herds and the prairie birds when a cowboy sings a song.
00:53:24When he sings, get along, little doggie, get along, you can see an old corral.
00:53:34When you hear yodeling, you see him riding to his gal, and you see the ways and the place to rest
00:53:55when a cowboy sings a song.
00:54:10Say, you blame me for telling you about the fake newsreel, don't you?
00:54:13Blame you? Not a bit.
00:54:15Why shouldn't you help your dad?
00:54:17I blame myself for trusting you.
00:54:19Oh, the narrow-minded, irritating young...
00:54:22Oh, what's the use?
00:54:49Is it much farther to this Larkin Ranch?
00:55:06Not so much, just the other side of the river.
00:55:08River? Did you say river? Where?
00:55:10Right there. It used to run bank full when everybody got the water from it.
00:55:13But what happened?
00:55:15Your company built a dam and dried it up.
00:55:17Dried it up? Well, everything seems dried up in this country.
00:55:20That's what I tried to tell you.
00:55:25Hey, that looks like a water wagon.
00:55:27Hey! Stop!
00:55:35Can we have some water?
00:55:36I reckon you can, mister.
00:55:37Right around behind. Come on.
00:55:50For Mrs. Marlowe.
00:55:52Marlowe?
00:55:53Ain't you the congressman that was gonna do so much for us ranchers,
00:55:56and then change your mind?
00:55:57Yes, but then conditions were misrepresented.
00:56:00You sure fixed it so I got to haul water 20 miles.
00:56:04None of you get a drop.
00:56:05Oh, wait a minute. Hold on.
00:56:11Hey, wait a minute. Listen. That's not right.
00:56:13We've got to have water.
00:56:26Didn't you help me stop him?
00:56:27He has no right to refuse us.
00:56:29As much right as your company had to refuse the ranchers water.
00:56:48Look!
00:56:51What is it? A cyclone?
00:56:52No, it's a dust storm, and it's coming our way.
00:56:54Dust storm? What'll we do?
00:56:56You saw pictures of one, Mr. Marlowe.
00:56:58Now you're gonna see the real thing.
00:56:59We've got to find shelter. Come on!
00:57:26Put the horses in the shed.
00:57:55Howdy, Roy.
00:57:56Where's your husband, Mrs. Larkin?
00:57:57He's gone to town for grub. He ought to be back pretty soon.
00:58:00Have you any water?
00:58:01We have some now, mister,
00:58:03but the cistern will be full of dust after this storm.
00:58:06Cistern?
00:58:07I thought you said the Great Western Pipeline ran through here.
00:58:10Well, I'd been informed.
00:58:12Of course the water company wouldn't misinform anybody, would it, Andrew?
00:58:15The pump's in the corner right over there.
00:58:17Help yourselves. Anything we've got here, you're welcome to.
00:58:26Do you have dust and ammonia out here, Rogers?
00:58:28No.
00:58:29You needn't worry.
00:58:30We don't even have dust storms here.
00:58:32They have them in another state, and you needn't rub it in.
00:58:37I can't stand much more of this.
00:58:39I thought you were the one who wanted to see the dust storm.
00:59:09Folks, the dust storm's over.
00:59:24What do we owe you, Mrs. Larkin?
00:59:26For heaven's sakes, mister, you don't owe me nothing.
00:59:29Roy paid me yesterday.
00:59:31But we weren't here yesterday.
00:59:33So the whole thing was a frame-up, eh?
00:59:36Everything but the dust storm.
00:59:38That was an added attraction.
00:59:40You mean the hold-up and the water wagon were planned?
00:59:43That's right.
00:59:52I see nothing to laugh at.
00:59:55Young man, I want to shake you by the hand.
00:59:57Your methods are not only unethical, they're phenomenal.
01:00:00But don't you worry.
01:00:02I'll okay that water bill.
01:00:04Thanks.
01:00:14Roy, the Rangers are headed to blow up the dam.
01:00:16Rogers, if they blast that dam, they'll lose government support.
01:00:20I'll stop them.
01:00:37I'm Congressman Marlow. Head for the dam and step on it.
01:01:06All right, Bridget. Thanks for the warning.
01:01:36There they are.
01:01:51Miss Martin, take cover.
01:02:21Run back! Get behind that hill!
01:02:30Did that stop them?
01:02:31We better stay here a while and make sure.
01:02:46Did you see them?
01:02:47Yes, we turned them back. They've gone over the hill.
01:02:49Come on, get back here and get down.
01:02:57We'll never get to the dam now.
01:02:58Unhook them horses.
01:03:03All we gotta do is to turn that dynamite wagon loose down that hill.
01:03:06Blast the ditch and the water can't get to the dam.
01:03:09Get that wagon to roll.
01:03:16That's the dynamite wagon.
01:03:23We better get out of here.
01:03:25No, wait.
01:03:43On to the polls, vote for Rogers, ring the bell.
01:03:46On to your goals, vote for Rogers, fingers swell.
01:03:50He's won the fight for water, what does the man want now?
01:03:54I'm out to win a bigger stake and you can show me how.
01:03:57If you want a happy life, just say yes and be the wife
01:04:01of Rogers, the Congress man.
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