Smoky Mountain Melody

Name: Smoky Mountain Melody
Director: Ray Nazarro
Genre: Music, Western
Released: 1948-12-16
Duration: 1 h 1 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Roy Acuff, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt, Tommy Ivo

“SWING YOUR SWEETIE to the...SMOKY MOUNTAIN MELODY”

1948

1h 1m

Music Western

Director: Ray Nazarro

Writer: Barry Shipman

Overview

Country-western favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical western Smoky Mountain Melody. Not much happens plotwise: Acuff, playing "himself," is a tenderfoot who somehow manages to come out on top when he heads westward. The villains (who aren't all that villainous) try to promote a phony stock deal, but Roy and his pals foils their plans. The comedy honors go to Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as a blowhard sheriff. Smoky Mountain Melody was scripted by Barry Shipman, the son of pioneering female filmmaker Nell Shipman.