Deep Blues (1991), Gypsy Caravan (2006), Latcho Drom (1994), Genghis Blues (1999), A Tuba to Cuba (2018), Down From the Mountain (2001), Djam (2017), Songcatcher (2001) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Traditional Music movies.
Storyline: Hendricks is smuggling furs across the border. Gene's partner sees them and is murdered. But before he died he wrote the initials HH. So Gene and Frog head to the HH dude ranch to investigate. They eventually get wise to Hendricks game but as soon as they find the furs they are made prisoners.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, country music, romance, adventure, comedy, montana ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rancher Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is the leader of the valley ranchers being ruined by the stripping of nearby mountain area of the precious timber. The ranchers face flood devastation unless reforestation is adopted by the Wentworth Lumber Company. Gene and Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnettte) appeal directly to Asa Wentworth (George Clevand), the owner of the company but find him dominated by his impertinent granddaughter Billie Wentworth (Maris Wrixon) who is in love with the ruthless general manager of the company Larry Drew (Robert Kent.) Old Asa doesn't approve of Drew's logging tactics and secretly helps Gene and Frog concoct an elaborate plot to have Mount Warner declared a state park and wildlife refuge. A severe storm washes her grandfather into a mountain torrent and nearly drowned before Billie sees for herself the devastation caused by the over-logging of the mountain and is won over to the plight of the ranchers.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, romance, musical, country music, singing, dancing, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The free grazing land that the local ranchers have used for years is about to be sold to John R. Ramsey (George Meeker), a greedy, grasping cattle broker. Gene Autry (Gene Autry), as foreman of the Circle R Ranch and head of the Cattleman's Association, tries to make Jo Adams (Virginia Dale), the youthful owner of the ranch, understand that the future of all the ranchers hinges on the sale of her property. But Jo, a frivolous, extravagant heiress to whom sentiment means little, stubbornly refuses to stop the sale. Gene goes to court and has Jo declared incompetent and has himself appointed her guardian. Ramsey has already made a $25,000 down payment to clinch his option to buy within sixty days, and Jo has already spent the money on the debts she owed. Gene's problem is to figure out how to raise the $25,000 to return to Ramsey in order to cancel the sale. He and the other cattleman agree to poll their herds for sale to raise the cash, but Ramsey hires some gunmen to stampede the cattle and also flood the valley, killing kindly old Pop Sloan (Wade Borteler) in the process..—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, western, romance, comedy, country music, romantic comedy, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her late son. Punctuated with song-filled interludes.—Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, family, music, dog, orphan, country music, american south ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.—Lisa Grable <grable@unity.ncsu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, jazz, american film, black and white, 1940s, paramount pictures ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Texas Ranger Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his pal, Pecos Bates (Pat Buttram), save from eviction the family of Nancy Carter (Gail Davis), whose father (Harry Tyler) has purchased fake Mexican lottery tickets. Gene suspects that Tracy Wyatt (Tom Keene as Richard Powers) heads the lottery counterfeit gang, but has no proof. The paper for the tickets is furnished by newspaper publisher Frank Bagley (Roy Gordon) who uses his daughter Rita (Mary Castle) as the courier. Fearing that Gene is getting too close in uncovering their racket, the gang sends for a hired gunman, Steve Diamond (Russell Hayden as Russ Hayden) to murder Gene.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, comedy, texas, rural life, 1950s, black and white, traditional values ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his true love Rose Donovan and stage star Lillian Russell, who wants to make him a star.—Daniel Bubbeo
Plot Keywords: musical, biography, romance, classic hollywood, song and dance film, historical, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young boy wants to become a big shot but after seeing the bad things involved he instead chooses to pursue his passion that is singing, similar to his father.
Plot Keywords: musical, coming of age, inspirational, dreams, family conflict, self-discovery, bollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young arrogant Indian prince and his girl decide to hunt animals in the forbidden jungle for a zoo. A local boy helps the captured animals and confronts the prince.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, romance, music, musical, india, exotic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Parker steals cattle from the cattlemen and blames it on the turpentiners. Then he incites the cattlemen to burn down the turpentiners trees. When Gene finds the rustled cattle he tries to kill him. Failing, he kills both Gene's father and Bayliss Baynam and has Gene arrested for Baynum's murder.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, country music, 1930s, black and white, classic film, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jane Colwell, an associate professor at an agricultural college, thinks that a trained mule she has been working with needs a rest and takes him to her farm. There she finds a film company shooting on location. After many complications, the mule is featured in the film, and Jane wins the heart of Mike Burton, the film's producer.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, country music, song and dance, american south, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sally Dawson gets Gene to sign a contract to sing on her struggling radio station. Gene is selling horses and unknown to him the sponsor of his program is the tractor company he is competing against. When the ranchers that bought tractors can't make their payments and Maxwell forecloses, the ranchers blame Autry.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, country music, musical film, comedy, romance, nostalgia, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gene and Frog head for South Africa where Gene's brother Tex has found diamonds. Arriving they find Tex missing. Heading into the jungle, they are captured by a local tribe. Frog's magic gets Gene's release and Gene finds Tex. But Tex is a prisoner and Gene quickly finds himself a prisoner also.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, comedy, musical, song and dance, country music, american west, traditional values ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A traditional music competition rekindles a rivalry between two estranged brothers (Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill) from Ireland.
Plot Keywords: music, ireland, brotherhood, competition, family, rural life, cultural conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This documentary focuses on William Howard Taft Armstrong, (better known as Louie Bluie), a Tennessee blues musician and folk artist known for his ability to play just about every stringed instrument known to man. He recounts the old days of the '30s and '40s, engaging in lively reminiscences with his friends and fellow musicians. When words are not enough, Louie pulls out his sketchpad and illustrates his thoughts with quickly executed drawings.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, art, musician biography, independent film, american south, cultural heritage ...
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