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Comin' Round the Mountain is a 1940 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Lewis R. Foster, Maxwell Shane and Duke Atteberry. The film stars Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna, Don Wilson, Pat Barrett, Harold Peary and Bill Thompson.
Comin' Round the Mountain: Directed by George Archainbaud. With Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna, Don Wilson. Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve relates to a W.P.A. employment advisor the story of how he lost the mayorship of the town of Monotony and became a forgotten man: Jed Blower returned to his sixteen member hillbilly family with his ...
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- Comedy, Music, Romance
- George Archainbaud
- 1940-08-16
After Gildersleeve thwarts storeowner Lester Smoot's attempt to enter the campaign, Jed decides to run for Mayor when he realizes that this would improve his chance of marrying Belinda Watters, who has been pining for a ballonist since he left town years ago.
- George Archainbaud, Russell Mathews
- Bob Burns
The Blowers refuse a chance to play in Nashville however, when they return to the mountain to feud with the Beagle family. In the meantime, Gildersleeve has been campaigning for mayor and expects to win, although he treats the townspeople and the residents of the poorhouse ruthlessly.
Comin' Round the Mountain was a tailor-made vehicle for bucolic radio humorist Bob "Bazooka" Burns. After striking out in New York, backwoods musician Jed Blower (Burns) and his hillbilly family band return to their native Tennessee.
Comin' Round the Mountain. List. A Tennessee boy (Bob Burns) returns from the big city, runs for mayor and puts his musical kin on the radio. George Archainbaud. Director. Bob 'Bazooka'...
- Musical, Comedy
A Tennessee boy (Bob Burns) returns from the big city, runs for mayor and puts his musical kin on the radio.
