Paradise Valley
Cast & Crew
Sam Pierce
Jean Chatbourne
Wheeler Oakman
Arthur Loft
Jimmy Aubrey
Si Jenks
Film Details
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Synopsis
Famous radio singer "Wing" Bonner wearies of his fast-paced life and is fired after he repeatedly takes solace in a gin bottle. Happy to get a new start, Wing heads West to a valley community, where he finds and frees a German shepherd dog caught in a steel trap. The local sheepherders are suspicious of Wing and the dog, whom they suspect is killing their sheep, but Wing and his furry friend, now named Gandhi, receive a warmer welcome from Peggy Crawford and her young brother Jimmy. Peggy explains to Wing that there is a terrible rivalry in the valley between the sheep and cattle men, and that her own father, a sheepman, was killed by cattle ranchers. Wing is warned by Sanches, a sheepman who is in cahoots with cattle boss "Smiley" Mason, to leave the valley. Wing, who wishes to help Peggy, refuses to go, and Sanches attempts to shoot him. Gandhi saves Wing, however, and although Gandhi is shot, Wing assures the Crawfords that he will recover. The next day, Peggy reluctantly tells Wing that for his own safety he should be moving on, but Wing assures her that he can achieve a peaceful solution to the rivalries by getting the warring factions to sing together. That night, Sanches murders Smiley outside of the Crawford home and frames Wing. Peggy hides Wing in a nearby ravine before he is lynched, and attempts to send food to him via Gandhi the next day. Gandhi is followed by Smiley's men, however, and they search for Wing while Jimmy runs to find the sheriff. Meanwhile, Sanches discovers that Peggy has hidden the murder weapon, and he is just about to kill her when Jimmy arrives with the sheriff. As the sheriff chases Sanches, Wing comes out of hiding when he hears a group of sheepmen harmonizing around a campfire. He praises their talent and forestalls their attempt to lynch him by revealing his identity. Gandhi succeeds in capturing Sanches while his master succeeds in teaching the men some new songs, and soon Wing is able to get the cattlemen and sheepmen singing together. Wing's former sponsor agrees to broadcast a show starring his new discoveries from Peggy's ranch, and peace is achieved as the singers forget their quarrels.
Cast
Sam Pierce
Jean Chatbourne
Wheeler Oakman
Arthur Loft
Jimmy Aubrey
Si Jenks
Donny Baker
Speed Hanson
Walter Brennan
Don Paul
Zandra
Beverly Hill Billies
Crew
Henry Adams
Ira Anson
Baydon Baker
Nathan Cy Braunstein
Walter Cameron
George Dunham
Herbert Eicke
Vic Fishe
Harris Heyman
James P. Hogan
Harry Lygum
Clyde Mcclavy
Snyder Miller
William M. Pizor
Francis Wheeler
Beth Whitney
Joe Wilson
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Notes
No reviews for this film were located. Although the "companies product" section of the 1935-36 Motion Picture Almanac lists a February 1934 issue date, a 1936 Motion Picture Herald release chart gives the release date as February 19, 1936. The title is included in the 1934 Film Daily Product Guide as part of the 1934-35 Imperial production lineup. The film was submitted to the New York State Censor Board in 1936, but was listed at only 3,709 feet. It is unclear whether the film was re-issued in 1936, or if it received its initial distribution in 1936 and was never released in 1934. The onscreen credit for the Beverly Hill Billies read, "songs of the West by the famous Beverly Hill Billies." As the Beverly Hill Billies was a singing group, it is presumed that they performed, rather than composed, the unidentified numbers.
