The National Barn Dance (1944)

Directors

Hugh Bennett

Cast

Jean Heather

The story

The story presents a fictionalized origin of the popular radio series National Barn Dance, which aired from 1924 to 1968. In Chicago, Johnny Burke pitches an idea to the Mitcham Advertising Agency: use a hillbilly group from Midvale to promote Garvey Soup on the radio. Mitcham throws Johnny out, but the determined promoter travels south to Midvale to recruit talent.

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