I'm from Arkansas

I'm from Arkansas
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	Marcy Klauber (screenplay) Joseph Carole (screenplay)
Produced by	E.H. Kleinert Irving Vershel
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Robert Pittack
Edited by	John F. Link Sr.
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	31 October 1944 (1944-10-31)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I'm from Arkansas is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Lew Landers.

Plot summary

The town of Pitchfork, Arkansas makes national headlines when Esmeralda the sow gives birth to 18 piglets. Among the visitors to Pitchfork are a troupe of showgirls hoping to entertain the visitors and a folk music group returning to their home after their touring is through. In addition to the artists a meat packing company sends two men to investigate what made Esmeralda give birth to so many piglets and to bring the secret back to increase meat production.

Cast

• Slim Summerville as Juniper Jenkins aka Pa
• El Brendel as Oly
• Iris Adrian as Doris
• Bruce Bennett as Bob Hamline
• Maude Eburne as Matilda Alden Jenkins aka Ma
• Cliff Nazarro as Willie Childs
• Al St. John as Farmer
• Carolina Cotton as Abigail 'Abby' Alden
• Danny Jackson as Efus Jenkins
• Paul Newlan as Stowe Packing Company Representative
• Harry Harvey as Stowe Packing Company Representative
• Arthur Q. Bryan as Commissioner of Agriculture
• John Hamilton as Harry Cashin, Vice President of Slowe Packing Company
• Douglas Wood as Governor of Arkansas
• Walter Baldwin as Packing Company Attorney
• Flo Bert as Showgirl
• The Pied Pipers as Quartet
• The Sunshine Girls (including Mary Ford) as Girl Trio
• Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely

Soundtrack

• The Pied Pipers – "You're the Hit of the Season"
• Jimmy Wakely and The Sunshine Girls – "You Are My Sunshine" (Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell)
• Jimmy Wakely – "Don't Turn Me Down Little Darlin'"
• Jimmy Wakely and The Sunshine Girls – "Whistlin' (Walkin') Down the Lane with You" (Written by Jimmy Wakely and Oliver Drake)
• Carolina Cotton – "I Love to Yodel" (Written by Carolina Cotton), "Yodel Mountain"
• The Pied Pipers – "Stay Away from My Heart" (Written by Jimmy Wakely)
• The Milo Twins – "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy"
• The Pied Pipers – "If You Can't Go Right, Don't Go Wrong"
• The Milo Twins – "Pitchfork Polka"

External links

• I'm from Arkansas at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• I'm from Arkansas at IMDb
• I'm from Arkansas at the TCM Movie Database
• I'm from Arkansas is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive