Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his sidekick Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) decide to leave Gene's ranch in order to pursue cattle rustlers who have been terrorizing the range. The men they are following, the Apache Kid (Max Hoffman Jr.) and Black Jim (Charles King), kill two lawmen and exchange clothes with them. When Gene and Frog discover the bodies, they decide to take their clothes and, disguised as wanted outlaws, head for the border.

Gene discovers that Joe Stafford (Monte Blue), a supposed upstanding head of the cattlemen's association, is the boss behind the rustling gang. When Stafford's niece, Rosa Montero (Armida), and his stepdaughter Mary Ellen (Ann Pendleton) mistake Gene and Frog for the Apache Kid and Black Jim, they turn them in to the deputies, who turn out to be the real outlaws in disguise.

Gene and Frog are able to escape, and with the help of Gene's partner, Buffalo Bradey (Hal Taliaferro), and a group of singing cowhands, who eventually reveal themselves to be Texas Rangers, the rustlers are captured. After Stafford is killed, Gene and Frog return to Gene's ranch.

• Gene Autry as Gene Autry
• Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
• Armida as Rosa Montero
• Monte Blue as Joe Stafford
• Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws as Singing Cowhands
• Champion as Champion, Gene's Horse
• Hal Taliaferro as Buffalo Brady
• Ann Pendleton as Mary Ellen Stafford, Joe's step-daughter
• Max Hoffman Jr. as Jed, the Apache Kid
• Charles King as Jim Black
• Frankie Marvin as Hank
• Nina Campana as Ynez
• Gonzalo Meroño as Richard Steward
• Charles Meyers as Charlie{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029498/fullcredits#cast |accessdate=June 2, 2012}}

Mexican-born actress Armida was paid significantly more than Autry's past female co-stars, $750, for her appearance in Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm. According to Autry, she helped him to sing Spanish lyrics to film songs.Magers 2007, pp. 85–86.

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm was filmed March 10–20, 1937. The film had an operating budget of $23,500 (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|23500|1937}}}} today), and a negative cost of $33,034.

• Yakima Canutt
• Ken Cooper (Gene Autry's stunt double)
• Augie Gomex (Armida's stunt double)
• Buck Spencer (Smiley Burnette's stunt double)

• Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
• Victorville, California, USA{{cite web|title=Locations for Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029498/locations |accessdate=June 2, 2012}}

• "The Old Home Place" (Fleming Allen, Jack Natteford) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hal Taliaferro, Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws and guests at the party
• "Little Black Bronc" (Al Clauser, Tex Hoepner) by Smiley Burnette at the party
• "Untitled Composition" an instrumental played at the party
• "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry and Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
• "Mexicali Rose" (Jack Tenney, Helen Stone) by Gene Autry
• "Mexicali Rose" (Jack Tenney, Helen Stone) by Gene Autry with Armida
• "Untitled Dance Music" by Smiley Burnette (accordion) and Armida and Nina Campana in dance
• "Trail of the Mountain Rose" (Al Clauser, Tex Hoepner) by Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
• "The Dying Cowgirl" (Gene Autry) by Smiley BurnetteMagers 2007, pp. 84–85.{{cite web|title=Soundtracks for Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029498/soundtrack |accessdate=June 2, 2012}}

• Bartender: What'll it be, strangers?

:Frog Millhouse: I'd like a glass of milk.

:Gene Autry: [elbows Frog] Aw, he's always kidding. We'll drink whiskey straight and wash it down with lye.

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• {{cite book |last=George-Warren |first=Holly |title=Public Cowboy no. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2007 |isbn=978-0195177466 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195177466 }}
• {{cite book|last=Green |first=Douglas B. |title=Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy |url=https://archive.org/details/singinginsaddleh0000gree |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |location=Nashville |year=2002 |isbn=978-0826514127}}
• {{cite book|last=Magers |first=Boyd |title=Gene Autry Westerns |publisher=Empire Publishing, Inc. |location=Madison, NC |year=2007 |isbn=978-0944019498}}{{refend}}

• {{IMDb title|0029498|Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm}}
• {{TCMDb title|5859|Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm}}

Category:1937 films

Category:American Western (genre) films

Category:1937 Western (genre) films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films shot in Lone Pine, California

Category:Films directed by Mack V. Wright

Category:Republic Pictures films

Category:Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar

Category:Films based on works by Johnston McCulley

Category:1930s English-language films

Category:1930s American films

Category:English-language Western (genre) films