In Old Santa Fe
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Theatrical re-release poster featuring Autry | |
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| Produced by | Nat Levine (uncredited) |
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| Edited by | Thomas Scott |
| Music by | Harold Lewis |
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| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
In Old Santa Fe is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Howard, starring Ken Maynard, George "Gabby" Hayes and Evalyn Knapp and featuring the first screen appearance of Gene Autry, singing a bluegrass rendition of "Wyoming Waltz" accompanied by his own acoustic guitar with Smiley Burnette on accordion. Autry and Burnette were uncredited, but the scene served as a screen test for the duo for subsequent singing cowboy films, beginning with The Phantom Empire (1935), in which Autry had his first leading role.
Based on a story by Wallace MacDonald and John Rathmell, the film is about a cowboy who loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver. The film was shot on location in Kentucky and Keystone Studios in California.