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Melody Comes to Town (1941)
50 min | Drama

Melody Comes to Town (1941)

50 min | Drama

In Deere's 1941 production, "Melody Comes to Town," the farm community makes efforts to raise money for an injured high school football player's operation. Melody, a home-town-girl-made-good-in-the-city, brings her all-girl orchestra home ...See moreIn Deere's 1941 production, "Melody Comes to Town," the farm community makes efforts to raise money for an injured high school football player's operation. Melody, a home-town-girl-made-good-in-the-city, brings her all-girl orchestra home for the concert. Playing to the SRO crowd, Melody tells the home folks that they are the life blood of America. As Old Glory blows in the wind, the film ends. (1941) The Following is an excerpt from the Evergreen Courant (Evergreen, Alabama) on January 16, 1941: "Melody Comes to Town' Features John Deere Movie Program Jean Parker, who had played leading roles in many movies the last years, heads the cast of 'Melody Comes to Town,' feature picture to be shown in Esther High School Auditorium at Esther on January 27. This movies, fifty minutes in length, headlines the John Deere Day entertainment and educational program to be sponsored by R. E. Larkin. Admission will be by ticket only, but tickets may be obtained free of charge at the Larkin store. "Melody Comes to Town" is an appealing story of a small-town girl who makes good as the youthful leader of a famous orchestra-but who comes back to help when her home folks are in trouble. It's the story of a 'Scattergood Baines' newspaper editor who joins forces with a couple of high school boys to help a widowed mother and her injured son ... of a football coach and the Ladies' Aid Society ... of 'Old Lady Dunham,' who really is a charming young teacher. Included in the cast are lovely Jean Parker, Jackie Moran, Joe Brown, Jr., Frank Faylen, Natalie Moorhead and stuttering Roscoe Ates. See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Jean Parker Melody Parker Melody Parker See fewer	Little Women (1933)
Frank Faylen Don Hastings Don Hastings See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jackie Moran Cortney Jones Cortney Jones See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Roscoe Ates Janitor Janitor See fewer	Freaks (1932)
Natalie Moorhead Miss Dunham Miss Dunham See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Edward McWade Rufe Jennings Rufe Jennings See fewer	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Jay Ward Bud Willoughby Bud Willoughby See fewer	Reducing (1931)
Sarah Padden Mrs. Willouhhby Mrs. Willouhhby See fewer	A Woman's Face (1941)
Joseph Crehan Principal Principal See fewer	Black Magic (1944)
Joe Brown Jr. Red Red See fewer	Naval Academy (1941)