The Old Corral
The Old Corral is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Irene Manning. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a sheriff of a small western town who sings his way into a relationship with a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
After witnessing nightclub owner Tony Pearl murdered by gangster Mike Scarlotti John Bradford, blues singer Eleanor Spenser Irene Manning flees Chicago and heads West on a bus. Soon her picture appears in newspapers across the country. The bus makes a stop in Turquoise City, New Mexico, where Martin Simms Cornelius Keefe, the crooked owner of the Blue Moon saloon, befriends Eleanor. After seeing her picture in the newspapers, Simms, who is hoping to collect a reward from Scarlotti, sends the gangster a telegram revealing Eleanors whereabouts.The bus is held up by the OKeefe Brothers Sons of the Pioneers, a local aspiring singing troupe seeking publicity. Sheriff Gene Autry Gene Autry arrests all of the OKeefe Brothers, except Buck and Tom who escape. Meanwhile Simms sees Eleanor preparing to leave town and is able to convince her to stay. Gene arrives on the scene and recognizes Eleanor from the bus. She introduces herself as Jane Edwards, the new entertainer at his Blue Moon saloon. Sometime later Gene sees Eleanors picture in a newspaper and goes to the Blue Moon saloon to protect her against Simms. Gene and Eleanor end up singing a song together. ........
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