Old Barn Dance - Gene Autry

The Old Barn Dance is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry and his horse Champion, and in lesser roles; Smiley Burnette, Joan Valerie, Earl Dwire and featuring Roy Rogers, The Maple City Four, Jo Stafford and His Sisters and Walt Shrum and his Colorada’ Hillbillies. Yeehaw!

Gene arrives in Ye Old Grainville with a string of horses he expects to sell at auction, and plans to put on a barn dance to attract potential buyers, because we all know people who buy horses also love to dance. The horse business has been affected lately by the invention of the new-fangled “horseless horse,” also known as the tractor. Hearing of Gene’s arrival, a radio station owner named Sally approaches Gene and offers him a “deal” which Gene promptly refuses, being wise enough to put his trust in horses rather than girls. However, Sally is a determined little hussy….