Arizona Days (1937 film)

Arizona Days is a 1937 American Western film directed by John English and starring Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor. It is the third Western singing cowboy Ritter made for producer Edward Finney for Grand National Pictures. Many public domain prints are missing sequences from the original release.

Arizona Days
Film poster
Directed by	John English
Written by	Lindsley Parsons (story) Sherman L. Lowe (screenplay)
Produced by	Edward Finney
Starring	Tex Ritter Eleanor Stewart Syd Saylor
Cinematography	Gus Peterson
Edited by	Frederick Bain
Music by	Frank Sanucci
Production companies	Boots and Saddles Pictures
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	January 30, 1937 (1937-01-30)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Tex and his sidekick "Grass" Hopper are delighted to join a travelling music show. When a group of cowboys come in without paying, Tex steps down from the stage, pulls his six gun and holds the audience up until the manager points out the men who did not pay their admission fee. After seeing the way Tex gathers revenue from cheats, the County commissioner offers Tex a job as a tax collector.

Cast

• Tex Ritter as Tex Malinson
• Syd Saylor as Claude "Grass" Hopper
• William Faversham as Professor McGill
• Eleanor Stewart as Marge Workman
• Forrest Taylor as Harry Price
• Snub Pollard as Cookie
• Tommy Bupp as Billy Workman
• Glenn Strange as Henchman Pete
• Budd Buster as Sheriff Ed Higginbotham
• Salty Holmes as Harmonica Player

Soundtrack

• High, Wide and Handsome
  • Written by Tex Ritter and Ted Choate
  • Sung by Tex Ritter
• Tombstone, Arizona
  • Written by Tex Ritter and Jack C. Smith
  • Sung by Tex Ritter
• Arizona Days
  • Written by Tex Ritter and Jack C. Smith
  • Sung by Tex Ritter
• If Love Were Mine
  • Written by Frank Sanucci
  • Sung by Tex Ritter

External links

• Arizona Days at IMDb
• Arizona Days available for free download at Internet Archive