I'm from Arkansas

I'm from Arkansas
Directed by	Lew Landers
Produced by	E.H. Kleinert Irving Vershel
Written by	Marcy Klauber (screenplay) Joseph Carole (screenplay)
Starring	See below
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Cinematography	Robert Pittack
Edited by	John F. Link Sr.
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release dates	31 October 1944
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I'm from Arkansas is a 1944 American film directed by Lew Landers.

Plot summary

The town of Pitchfork, Arkansas makes national headlines when Esmeralda the sow gives birth to 18 piglets. Among the visitors to Pitchfork are a troupe of showgirls hoping to entertain the visitors and a folk music group returning to their home after their touring is through. In addition to the artists a meat packing company sends two men to investigate what made Esmeralda give birth to so many piglets and to bring the secret back to increase meat production.

Cast

Slim Summerville as Juniper Jenkins aka Pa
El Brendel as Oly
Iris Adrian as Doris
Bruce Bennett as Bob Hamline
Maude Eburne as Matilda Alden Jenkins aka Ma
Cliff Nazarro as Willie Childs
Al St. John as Farmer
Carolina Cotton as Abigail 'Abby' Alden
Danny Jackson as Efus Jenkins
Paul Newlan as Farmer
Harry Harvey as Stowe Packing Company Representative
Arthur Q. Bryan as Commissioner of Agriculture
John Hamilton as Harry Cashin, Vice President of Slowe Packing Company
Douglas Wood as Governor of Arkansas
Walter Baldwin as Packing Company Attorney
Flo Bert as Showgirl
The Pied Pipers as Quartet
The Sunshine Girls (including Mary Ford) as Girl Trio
Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely

Soundtrack

The Pied Pipers - "You're the Hit of the Season"
Jimmy Wakely and The Sunshine Girls - "You Are My Sunshine" (Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell)
Jimmy Wakely - "Don't Turn Me Down Little Darlin'"
Jimmy Wakely and The Sunshine Girls - "Whistlin' (Walkin') Down the Lane With You" (Written by Jimmy Wakely and Oliver Drake)
Carolina Cotton - "I Love to Yodel" (Written by Carolina Cotton), "Yodel Mountain"
The Pied Pipers - "Stay Away from My Heart" (Written by Jimmy Wakely)
The Milo Twins - "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy"
The Pied Pipers - "If you Can't Go Right, Don't Go Wrong"
The Milo Twins - "Pitchfork Polka"

External links

I'm from Arkansas at the American Film Institute Catalog
I'm from Arkansas at the Internet Movie Database
I'm from Arkansas at AllMovie
I'm from Arkansas is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by Lew Landers

The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
The Red Rider (1934)
Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
The Call of the Savage (1935)
The Raven (1935)
Stormy (1935)
Night Waitress (1936)
Border Cafe (1937)
Danger Patrol (1937)
Flight from Glory (1937)
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
Condemned Women (1938)
Law of the Underworld (1938)
Blind Alibi (1938)
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Double Danger (1938)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
Fixer Dugan (1939)
Ski Patrol (1940)
Wagons Westward (1940)
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
Girl from Havana (1940)
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
The Singing Hill (1941)
Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Atlantic Convoy (1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
Power of the Press (1943)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Cowboy Canteen (1944)
Swing in the Saddle (1944)
Black Arrow (1944)
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
The Enchanted Forest (1945)
Follow That Woman (1945)
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
Hot Cargo (1946)
The Truth About Murder (1946)
Danger Street (1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Inner Sanctum (1948)
Jungle Manhunt (1951)
The Magic Carpet (1951)
Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1952)
Arctic Flight (1952)
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
California Conquest (1952)
Man in the Dark (1953)
Tangier Incident (1953)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Hot Rod Gang (1958)

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