Shooting High (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Alfred E. Green |
| Producer(s) | John Stone (associate), Sol M. Wurtzel (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Comedy, Western |
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Shooting High (1940) was a Action - Comedy Film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by John Stone and Sol M. Wurtzel.
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Musical Monday: Shooting High (1940)
on Jul 21, 2025 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical:Shooting High(1940) ? Musical ... Read full article
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[first lines]
[Jane brings flowers to Wild Bill Carson's grave]
Jane Pritchard: Gosh, I wish I'da known Wild Bill.
Will Carson: You know, Janey, you're the first and only Pritchard to honor Granddad.
Jane Pritchard: Oh, why shouldn't I - he deserves it. Besides, I think it's just about time all this feuding stopped... and you could stop it if you were only half the man your Granddad was!
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[Jane brings flowers to Wild Bill Carson's grave]
Jane Pritchard: Gosh, I wish I'da known Wild Bill.
Will Carson: You know, Janey, you're the first and only Pritchard to honor Granddad.
Jane Pritchard: Oh, why shouldn't I - he deserves it. Besides, I think it's just about time all this feuding stopped... and you could stop it if you were only half the man your Granddad was!
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Facts about
The original script had Autry kissing Marjorie Weaver at the end, but that ending was dropped when his fans objected.
Jane Withers admired Gene Autry and asked her studio if she could appear in a movie with him. Withers was under contract to 20th Century Fox, and would not be allowed to work on a Republic picture. She was able to convince the studio to work out a deal so she could appear with Gene Autry, and this movie was the result.
This was the first movie Gene Autry made in which his character name was not Gene.
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Jane Withers admired Gene Autry and asked her studio if she could appear in a movie with him. Withers was under contract to 20th Century Fox, and would not be allowed to work on a Republic picture. She was able to convince the studio to work out a deal so she could appear with Gene Autry, and this movie was the result.
This was the first movie Gene Autry made in which his character name was not Gene.
read more facts about Shooting High...
