SHINE ON HARVEST MOON (1938) Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts & Myrtle Wiseman | Drama, Western | B&W

Shine On, Harvest Moon is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Mary Hart. Written by Jack Natteford, the film is about a crazed outlaw who looks up a former partner, who has "gone straight", and tries to blackmail him with his past into resuming a life of crime. When this plan fails, the outlaw and his two psychopathic sons re-establish their gang and begin a wave of violence and rustling in the surrounding area, and arrange evidence that his former partner is the actual criminal. The partner's daughter engages the sympathy of Roy Rogers in bringing the truth to light and the real villains to justice. The supporting cast includes Stanley Andrews and William Farnum, and features Lulu Belle and Scotty in their only film appearance.

SYNOPSIS
The one-time partnership between two men has turned into a full-fledged range war. Roy is the son of one of the former partners, the heroine is daughter to the other. The film featured and debuted the then-popular radio duo Lulubelle and Scotty.

CAST & CREW
Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
Mary Hart as Claire Brower (as Mary Hart)
Myrtle Wiseman as Lulu Belle (as Lulu Belle and Scotty)
Scotty Wiseman as Scotty (as Lulu Belle and Scotty)
Stanley Andrews as Pa Jackson
William Farnum as Milt Brower
Frank Jaquet as Homer Sheldon
Chester Gunnels as Chester
Matty Roubert as Ben Jackson
Pat Henning as Shag Jackson
Jack Rockwell as Foreman Jim Mason
Joe Whitehead as Sheriff Clay

Directed by Joseph Kane
Screenplay by Jack Natteford
Produced by Charles E. Ford
Cinematography William Nobles
Edited by Lester Orlebeck
Music by Cy Feuer
Production company Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date December 30, 1938
Running time 57 minutes
Country United States
Language English