Singing Cowboys on the Trail

There's plenty of frontier ridin', ropin', and croonin' in this collection of vintage short films with a Wild West theme. Bull riding, calf roping, and Slim Pickens as a rodeo clown are among the highlights of Canada's biggest outdoor event, the "Calgary Cowboy Stampede" (1949); a wildcat hunt is just part of the action for some tenderfoot tourists "On the Trail"; travel back to 1830s Spanish California for a taste of "Rancho Life"; a gang of musically minded cowpokes (among them B-western regular Glenn Strange) belts out some "Songs of the Prairie"; and "The Singing Cowboys" offer up some fancy riding and lasso tricks along with several sagebrush tunes. 58 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.