What genre was the 1940 film starring an American film actor known for portaying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy?
Stagecoach War Stagecoach War is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Harry F. Olmsted. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Britt Wood and Rad Robinson. The film was released on July 12, 1940, by Paramount Pictures.
Melody Ranch Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the frontier town. In 2002, the film was added to the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board and selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."