Kentucky Moonshine
{{short description|1938 film by David Butler}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = File:Kentucky Moonshine.jpg
| name = Kentucky Moonshine
| director = David Butler
| producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
| screenplay = {{plainlist|
- M. M. Musselman
- Jack Lait Jr.
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| starring = {{plainlist|
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| cinematography = Robert H. Planck
| editing = Irene Morra
| color_process = Black and white
| studio = 20th Century Fox
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = {{film date|1938|5|20|}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Kentucky Moonshine is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by David Butler and released by 20th Century Fox.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7525|title=Kentucky Moonshine|website=afi.com|access-date=2024-02-05}}
Plot
Radio star Jerry Wade's program ratings are falling and he suggests to his sponsors a show that is different and he goes to Kentucky to find an idea. Caroline, a Kentucky girl in New York trying to crash into radio, learns of Wade's quest and takes her three friends, Harry, Jimmy and Al Ritz, also aspiring to show-business fame, to Kentucky with her, where Wade discovers them in beards, guns, feuds, moonshine and every cliché that fits the hillbillies lifestyle. He stages a broadcast from the hills, which is not heard because of technical difficulties. He takes the whole troupe back to New York with him.
Cast
- Ritz Brothers as Themselves
- Tony Martin as Jerry Wade
- Marjorie Weaver as Caroline
- Slim Summerville as Hank Hatfield
- John Carradine as Reef Hatfield
- Wally Vernon as Gus Bryce
- Berton Churchill as J.B.
- Eddie Collins as 'Spats' Swenson
- Cecil Cunningham as Landlady
- Paul Stanton as Mortimer Hilton
- Mary Treen as 'Sugar' Hatfield
- Francis Ford as Grandpa Hatfield
- The Brian Sisters as Specialty
- Clarence Hummel Wilson as Attorney
- Frank McGlynn, Jr. as Clem Hatfield
- Jan Duggan as Nurse
- Si Jenks as Buckboard Driver
- Irving Bacon as Hotel
- Olin Howland as Tom Slack
- John Hiestand as Radio Announcer
- Carroll Nye as Radio Announcer
- Tom Hanlon as Radio Announcer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0030318|title=Kentucky Moonshine}}
{{David Butler}}
{{Darryl F. Zanuck}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by David Butler
Category:Films set in Kentucky
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:1930s English-language films
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