Comin' Round the Mountain
Cast & Crew
George Archainbaud
Bob Burns
Una Merkel
Jerry Colonna
Don Wilson
Pat Barrett
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve relates to a W.P.A. employment advisor the story of how he lost the mayorship of the town of Monotony and became a forgotten man: Jed Blower returned to his sixteen member hillbilly family with his business partner Gusty Mann, who convinces the family that they should play their mountain music on the radio. The family moves down the hill to Monotony, where their radio show brings in tourists and improves business for everyone. The Blowers refuse a chance to play in Nashville however, when they return to the mountain to feud with the Beagle family. In the meantime, Gildersleeve has been campaigning for mayor and expects to win, although he treats the townpeople and the residents of the poorhouse ruthlessly. After Gildersleeve thwarts storeowner Lester Smoot's attempt to enter the campaign, Jed decides to run for Mayor when he realizes that this would improve his chance of marrying Belinda Watters, who has been pining for a ballonist since he left town years ago. The balloonist returns but does not remember Brenda, and when Jed ousts him, Belinda falls in love with him. The Blowers and the Beagles then call a truce so they can vote for Jed, and he wins by a landslide. The employment advisor decides to give Gildersleeve a job that he believes is perfect for him: as butler at the Monotony poorhouse, where Jed and Belinda marry.
Director
George Archainbaud
Cast
Bob Burns
Una Merkel
Jerry Colonna
Don Wilson
Pat Barrett
Harold Peary
Bill Thompson
Olin Howland
Brenda Fowler
Richard Carle
Leona Roberts
Zeffie Tilbury
Cliff Arquette
William Demarest
Walter Catlett
Mirandy
Luke Cosgrove
Raymond Hatton
Si Jenks
Esther Howard
Crew
Duke Atteberry
Hans Dreier
George Dutton
Lewis R. Foster
Lewis R. Foster
Gene Garvin
Stuart Gilmore
Howard J. Green
Earl Hedrick
Louis S. Kaye
William Lebaron
Russell Mathews
William Mellor
Maxwell Shane
William C. Thomas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
News items in Hollywood Reporter note that Louis S. Kaye worked on comedy construction and Howard J. Greene was hired to write additional material after the film's preview. Neither men are credited in Screen Achievements Bulletin, reviews or onscreen credits, however. According to a news item in Los Angeles Times, Paramount also wanted Lum and Abner and Kate Smith to appear in this film. The film was partially filmed on location at Lake Arrowhead, CA. Pat Barrett, Jerry Colonna, Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Cliff Arquette, Don Wilson and Mirandy were all popular radio characters featured on backwoods programs. Harold Peary, who played Mayor Throckmorton Gildersleeve on the radio during the 1930s and 1940s, starred in a "Gildersleeve" series for RKO from 1943-44.
