In 1940, and probably for several years before and after, the Gene Autry cap pistol was the main industry in Kenton, Ohio, a town of then 7,000.

DVD Information

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

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Released:
September 26, 2006
By Image Entertainment

1935
Running Time:
Approximately 58 minutes
Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
Billed as "a new kind of entertainment with music, thrills and comedy" in 1935, Tumbling Tumbleweeds presented Gene Autry as "radio's silver voice now heard on the talking screen in trills, thrills and spills." Singing cowboy Gene Autry is thrown into the midst of the mysterious killing of his father and to make matters worse, his best friend is accused of the crime. This rip-roaring Western has daring rescues, an old time medicine show, fast riding, hard-hitting fistfights, rib-tickling antics from Smiley Burnette, and the sensational songs of Gene Autry!

Special Features:

Reminiscing with Gene Autry and Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater
Poster and Lobby Card Art
Production and Publicity Stills
Original Press Kit Material
Trivia and Movie Facts
Excerpts from the January 28, 1940 Melody Ranch Radio Show broadcast. In 1935 when Tumbling Tumbleweeds was released, Gene Autry's music was on the radio but he did not yet have his own radio program. For this collection we present a special broadcast from 1940 that features a Tribute to American Music. Gene broadcast from Washington DC with several remote broadcasts of singing groups from across America.

Actors/Artists: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucille Browne, George Hayes, Norma Taylor, Edward Hearn, Eugene Jackson, and Champion
Director: Joseph Kane	Audio Format: Mono
Screen Format: Full Frame	Color: B&W
Original Languages: English	Other Languages: None
Region Code: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)	Running Time: 58 Minutes
Not Rated

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