Down in Arkansaw (1938)
The cornpone comedy of the Weaver Brothers & Elviry permeates this ramshackle Republic musical. The plot gets under way when the government tries to buy up some of the Weavers' property for a dam project. The hillbilly family wants nothing to do with the "furriners", but eventually they change their minds when construction engineer John (Ralph Byrd) falls in love with the Weavers' pretty daughter Mary (June Storey). Featured as John's sidekick is bespectacled crooner Pinky Tomlin, whose principal vocal contribution is a musical nursery rhyme. Down in Arkansaw wasn't aimed at the New York intelligentsia: its target audience was rural, and by delivering exactly what its fans wanted the film succeeded spectacluarly. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nick Grnder, Nick Grinde, (more)
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Synopsis of Down in Arkansaw
The cornpone comedy of the Weaver Brothers & Elviry permeates this ramshackle Republic musical. The plot gets under way when the government tries to buy up some of the Weavers' property for a dam project. The hillbilly family wants nothing to do with the "furriners", but eventually they change their minds when construction engineer John (Ralph Byrd) falls in love with the Weavers' pretty daughter Mary (June Storey). Featured as John's sidekick is bespectacled crooner Pinky Tomlin, whose principal vocal contribution is a musical nursery rhyme. Down in Arkansaw wasn't aimed at the New York intelligentsia: its target audience was rural, and by delivering exactly what its fans wanted the film succeeded spectacluarly. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Down in Arkansaw
- Leon Weaver - Abner
- Ralph Byrd - John
- Pinky Tomlin - Pinky
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - Juble
- Gertrude Green - Elsie
- Arthur Loft - Turner
- John Dilson - Graves
- Karl Hackett - Wilkins
- Frank Weaver - Cicero
- June Storey - Mary
- Berton Churchill - Judge
- Walter Miller - Marks
- Selmar Jackson - Edwards
- Ivan Miller - Lewis
- Al Bridge - Jake
- June Weaver - Elviry
- Director(s):
- Nick Grinde, Nick Grnder
- Writer(s):
- Stuart E. McGowan, Dorrell McGowan
- Producer(s):
- Armand Schaefer
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