Product Details

• Actors: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Jack La Rue, Katherine DeMille
• Directors: Joseph Kane
• Writers: Gerald Geraghty, Norman Houston
• Producers: Joseph Kane
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067IW5
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,137 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "In Old Caliente" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cowboys will sing, January 21, 2011

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Annette S. Urquhart (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Old Caliente (DVD)

This is quite a good Roy Rogers' film. He's more than adequate and his singing is pleasant. A good story with some exciting moments and good supporting actors.
Annette.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Roy Rogers B-Western Series ... In Old Caliente (1939) ... Republic Pictures ", September 23, 2007

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Old Caliente (DVD)

Republic Pictures present "IN OLD CALIENTE" (19 June 1939) (57 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, aged 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.

Under Joseph Kane (Director / Producer), Gerald Geraghty (Screenwriter), Norman Houston (Screenwriter), William Nobles (Cinematographer), Cy Feuer (Musical Direction/Supervision), Edward Mann (Editor) - - - - - - Our story line and plot, Roy stars as the right-hand man for one of the Spanish aristocrats, Don Miguel (Frank Puglia) --- Another of the original Spanish-Americans, Delgado (Jack LaRue), robs Don Miguel's son of $40,000 and places the blame on the upstart American settlers --- It's up to Roy to settle accounts, which he does in an exciting fight at the edge of the ocean --- In Old Caliente was directed by the always dependable Joseph Kane, who helmed 42 consecutive movies for Roy --- Lots of action and an abundance of music take the stage in this classic Roy Roger's western --- Roy, in the service of a California rancher, becomes mixed up in a conflict between American immigrants to California and native Californians --- Roy and Gabby sing a delightful duet --- some wonderful tunes, "Ride on the Range Line", "Sundown on the Range", by Fred Rose, "The Moon, She Will be Shining Tonight" and, in a duet with George "Gabby" Hayes, "We're Not Coming Out Tonight", the latter two penned by Walter Samuels.

the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers
Trigger ... Trigger, Roy's Horse
Lynne Roberts ... Jean Marshall (as Mary Hart)
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... 'Gabby' Whittaker
Jack La Rue ... Sujarno
Katherine DeMille ... Rita Vargas
Frank Puglia ... Don José Vargas
Harry Woods ... 'Curly' Calkins
Paul Marion ... Carlos Vargas (as Paul Marian)
Ethel Wales ... Aunt Felicia
Merrill McCormick ... Pedro
Ralph Bucko ... Vaquero
Roy Bucko ... Vaquero
Fred Burns ... Settler
Jim Corey ... Curly's Henchman
Anna Demetrio ... The Dueña
Herman Hack ... Settler
Ted Mapes ... Curly's Henchman
George Montgomery ... Curly's Henchman
Al Taylor ... Curly's Henchman

BIOS:
1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye)
Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California

2. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York
Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California

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Total Time: 57 min on DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (5/29/2007)