- 5/27/2025
Arizona Days is a 1937 Western musical starring Tex Ritter, a popular singing cowboy of the era. The film features Tex as a rancher who battles outlaws while delivering classic country songs. It blends action, drama, and musical performances typical of the singing cowboy genre, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1930s Western entertainment.
Main Cast:
• Tex Ritter
• Rosina Lawrence
• Fuzzy Knight
• Horace Murphy
Genre: Western, Musical
#Tags: #ArizonaDays #TexRitter #WesternMusical #1937Film #SingingCowboy #ClassicWestern #OldMovies #PublicDomain
Main Cast:
• Tex Ritter
• Rosina Lawrence
• Fuzzy Knight
• Horace Murphy
Genre: Western, Musical
#Tags: #ArizonaDays #TexRitter #WesternMusical #1937Film #SingingCowboy #ClassicWestern #OldMovies #PublicDomain
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Short filmTranscript
01:00I'm a-travelin' on the prairie, I can hear the coyote howl
01:04I can hear the creaking of the wagon train and the hootin' of the owls
01:09I'm on the road to Tombstone with my six-gun-tapped fire
01:13I ought to be there by sundown with my elbows on the bar
01:17Tombstone, Arizona, soon I'm gonna see
01:21I'm pretty tight-roped, but if I don't choke
01:23I'll sing and joke till I fill my poke
01:25In Tombstone, Arizona
01:30I left my gal in Tucson just to shop around a while
01:40I hope no one will yell, I'll captivate her with a smile
01:44If a thing like that should happen, I reckon I've dropped in
01:48But before I die, I'll fill the diesel pump full of lead
01:52Tombstone, Arizona, soon I'm gonna see
01:56I'm pretty tight-roped, but if I don't choke
01:58I'll sing and joke till I fill my poke
02:00In Tombstone, Arizona
02:28There's nothing wrong with wanting to see a show more than once
02:30More than once? Seven towns in eight nights, not including Sundays
02:34That's the life
02:37What are you talking about?
02:39Well, what's the use of spending your life chasing doggies over hills?
02:43You sure are an arbitrary critter
02:46Singing will never make you a living
02:48Maybe not, but I sure get a lot of fun out of trying
02:54Hey
02:56There's the show up ahead there
03:02Something must be wrong
03:04You owe the liver stable a seven dollar feed bill
03:07And you owe the town hall two dollars for coal oil
03:09That's the life
03:11And you owe a twelve dollar board bill at Jim Carter's Eaton House
03:14And you owe a ten dollar fee for making me ride out here to get you
03:19Well, that seems to amount to about twelve dollars, doesn't it?
03:23Yes, about twelve
03:25Your calculation is just a little bit off, ain't it?
03:28It amounts to exactly thirty-one dollars
03:31Well, now we've done such bad business the last week or two, Sheriff
03:34It's sort of eaten up all our ready cash
03:37Now, I think if you let us get on to Tombstone, we'll be able to pay the bill in full
03:42You ain't gonna get to Tombstone
03:44On his damn team, John
03:46I reckon they're more than up to cover what you owe
03:50Oh
03:52Howdy, Professor
04:06What's the trouble, Sheriff?
04:08This here show here has got a lot of unpaid bills
04:11That amount to exactly thirty-one dollars
04:13And I'm impounding them their teams until McGill pays up
04:17Until McGill pays up?
04:18Well, you can't do that
04:20Are you trying to tell me what I can do and what I can't?
04:24Well, I'm mighty sorry that business has been so bad, sir
04:28But they'll do all right in Tombstone
04:30You ain't gonna get to Tombstone
04:31I'm afraid the Sheriff's right, my boy
04:34Well, maybe I could square things with the Sheriff, that is, if you wouldn't mind
04:39Why, but I...
04:40You know, I've always had a hankering to be in a show
04:44I was just wondering if I'd pay the Sheriff off
04:48Maybe you could find a place for me in your troupe
04:51You know, I play the guitar a little
04:55I don't know if you'd like my voice or not, but I'd sure appreciate a chance
04:59I'd be glad to see what you could do, but I couldn't allow you to...
05:04Oh, that's all right, don't worry about it
05:07What are you doing?
05:09Sheriff, if you just mark that bill paid now
05:12I'll be mighty pleased to
05:14Ida, I'd like things to be changing
05:18Poor fellow, he's just throwing his money away
05:26I'm sorry to cause you any trouble like this
05:29But the law is the law
05:31Come on, John, let's get going
05:34I'm mighty grateful to you, young man
05:37Don't mention it
05:38My name's Mallinson, Tex Mallinson
05:41This is Mr. Hopper, but you can call him Grass for short
05:44Oh, Tex
05:45How do you do, Mr. Hopper?
05:47How do you do?
05:48Boys, meet Mr. Tex Mallinson and Mr. Grass Hopper
05:51Nice to meet you
05:52How do you do?
05:53They're joining up with us
05:54Glad to have you with us, boys
05:55Thank you
05:56Let's get going, men
06:05Well, let's be on our way
06:08Thank you
06:10I'm a howlin' fool from Texas
06:14With a six-gun in my pack
06:16I eat rattlesnakes for breakfast
06:18McCormick's on my back
06:20Got a bucket for a parker
06:22And we get along so black
06:24I sharpen my teeth on tombstones
06:26Just to pass away the time
06:28Tombstone, Arizona
06:30Soon I'm gonna see
06:32Pretty knife look, but if I don't choke
06:34Joke of a film I'm posting in
06:36Tombstone, Arizona
06:47You're laying it on kind of thick, ain't you, Professor?
06:51Them are pretty big letters
06:53You think I can live up to all that?
06:55A mere bagatelle, my boy
06:57With myself as impresario
06:59Your success is assured
07:02Well, them's mighty big words, Professor
07:04But you know, in Texas, he's a cowhand
07:06He ain't no actor
07:08My good man, I am a thespian
07:10And to one who has trodden the boards
07:12With the immortal boon
07:14Nothing is impossible
07:16Well, maybe you could do something for me, then
07:18Now listen to this
07:31Well, I...
07:33I guess these horses don't appreciate good music
07:36You shouldn't have frightened them
07:37You might have killed Billy
07:38I don't get some, right?
07:39It was fine
07:42I think you need a little more practice, my good man
07:45Just a little more practice
07:50Say, mister, are you a play actor?
07:52Well, uh, sort of
07:54Well, what do you do?
07:56Well, I...
07:58I play a guitar and, uh...
08:01I make funny noises with my mouth
08:03Oh, you mean you're a singer
08:05Well, uh, some people call it that
08:08If you don't sing any better than you play the trombone
08:10I don't think we'll go to the show
08:12Oh, but Marge, we've been counting on this
08:14We gotta go
08:16Well, son, if you're, uh...
08:19If your mother won't take you
08:21I'll see what I can do
08:23Oh, she ain't my mother
08:24She's only my sister
08:26And if she won't take me, I'll tell on her
08:29Where is your father?
08:31Oh, he's down at the lip saloon
08:33Billy, you might explain to the man that father's there on business
08:36Oh, yeah, I'd like to ask the county commissioner
08:38He has a whole lot of business
08:42Well, if you'll pardon me, I seem to have some business of my own
08:45I'll see you later
08:48Hey, hey, hey!
08:50Haven't you done enough damage with that horn?
08:52Oh, well, Tess, it slipped that time
08:54I can do much better
08:55Now listen to this
08:59Come on, Billy
09:10All right, great
09:12All right, great
09:13Uh, splendid
09:14Well, I was just getting warmed up
09:15I haven't started yet
09:16I just wanted enough to attract their attention
09:19Not frighten them away
09:21Well, Tess, I was just gonna play them a tune
09:23Uh, not now, Rex
09:25Later
09:26Ladies and gentlemen
09:28Uh, step in closer, please
09:30Don't be afraid
09:31Just a little closer
09:32That's fine
09:33Now, ladies and gentlemen
09:35Tonight you're gonna see one of the greatest shows ever presented in Tombstone
09:40One of the finest aggregations of talent ever presented on any stage
09:46Brought together by that famous impresario
09:50Professor McGill
09:53Flanked by one of the finest troops of entertainers ever seen west of Dodge City
09:59Not now
10:00Uh, not now, Rex
10:02Later
10:04Step right up, ladies and gentlemen
10:06The line forms to the left
10:08Have your money ready
10:10And Professor McGill himself will greet you
10:13Step right up, ladies and gentlemen
10:14Fifty cents, one half of a dollar
10:16Don't be bashful
10:18That's right, everybody go in tonight
10:20Not now, Tex
10:21Uh, not now, Grace
10:23Wait till we get this bunch on the inside
10:25Step right up, ladies and gentlemen
10:27Come right in
10:28Fifty cents
10:29Have your money ready
10:30One half
10:32One, please
10:35Uh, good evening, miss
10:37I've been expecting you
10:39I couldn't disappoint Billy
10:41He has such, uh, peculiar taste
10:43Has he gone in yet?
10:45Uh, well, yes, uh, about ten minutes ago
10:48Perhaps I'd better join him
10:49He must be lonely there all by himself
10:55Well, how we doing, Professor?
10:56Business is excellent, my boy
10:58We've already taken in over two hundred dollars
11:02Well, I guess they're about all in
11:04Time to start
11:05I'll see you backstage
11:08All right, Grace
11:10Now
11:12Hey
11:18But, but, but, Tex
11:19There ain't anybody around here to hear it
11:21That's the idea
11:33One moment, please
11:34The entrance is fifty cents each
11:37If we like your show, we'll pay you
11:39On our way out
11:41All right
12:12Thank you
12:24Well, what's the matter, Professor?
12:25Why, a bunch of ruffians
12:26Walk in without paying
12:27I tried to stop them
12:28But they threw me on one side
12:30Oh, it's lucky you weren't hurt
12:35Well, I'll attend to that later
12:36Let's go on with the show
12:38Hey, Hopper
12:39You make the introductions
12:41Oh, gee, that's swell, folks!
12:53Uh, la...
12:56Ladies and gentlemen, uh, the, the, the, the first number on the program...
13:01The, the, the, the first number on the program tonight will, will, will be Mr., uh, Mr. Tex
13:11Mollison, the, the, the, the world's greatest, uh, vocalist, uh, vocalist and, and, uh, vocalist
13:18and guitarist, uh, guitarist, the world's greatest vocalist and guitarist.
13:25Anyway, he sings.
13:32Tex?
13:42Gee, you went over great.
13:45Let's do that appall.
13:46That's the finest introduction I ever had.
14:01I'm a wild Texas cowboy, I'm ready and I'm rough.
14:08I hail from way out yonder, where they always call your bluff.
14:14I've never settled down, I'm always on the go.
14:21I'm a wild Texas cowboy from down here, Mexico.
14:31I ride high, I ride wide, I ride handsome.
14:38I rope true, when I rope true and handsome.
14:45I'm a lone buckaroo and I'm wild and woolly too.
14:51I ride high, wide and handsome.
14:57I ride high, I ride wide, I ride handsome.
15:04I'm alone and on my own, never lonesome.
15:10Oh, the gals like my smile and my easy going style.
15:16I ride high, wide and handsome.
15:22Oh, I rope and I run and I roam and I ramble.
15:27And I swing and I roll high and I sometimes gamble.
15:33Let me ride my own horse and as long as I'm the boss.
15:39I'll ride high, wide and handsome.
15:53Thank you very much folks.
15:55It's mighty encouraging to a performer, especially to a new one like I am.
16:00And just to show you how much I appreciate it,
16:04I'd like to do something for you that's a little different from what you usually see in a theater.
16:08But I'm going to need the cooperation of every one of you.
16:12But I promise that if you do cooperate, you're going to be highly entertained.
16:18All right cowboy, let's have it.
16:20All right.
16:22Now every one of you keep your eyes straight to the front.
16:25While I walk to the back of the theater and play a few notes on my guitar.
16:31And when I play those notes,
16:34something very peculiar is going to happen.
16:38Shall I do it?
16:40Yeah, go ahead.
17:00All right now folks.
17:02Everybody turn and look at the stage.
17:08Are you ready?
17:10Yeah.
17:12Now every man in the audience raise his hands over his head.
17:33I may not be so easy on the next man that reaches for his gun.
17:39Now everybody face the stage again.
17:43Professor McGill, will you step down here please?
18:03Professor, will you point out the men that walked into this show without paying?
18:09Yes, these are the men.
18:13Now all you folks except these men back here can put down your hands.
18:22I'm sorry to trouble you, but these men came into this show without paying.
18:29Now that's not fair to you and it ain't fair to us.
18:33All right professor, collect 50 cents each from these gentlemen.
18:39Wait a minute Mallinson, we were just having a little fun.
18:44I'll pay for all of us.
18:46Well I'm sure that everybody found your little joke quite amusing.
18:51All right professor, take the gentleman's money and we'll go on with the show.
18:59Let's run him out.
19:00Yeah.
19:01If you and your partner are not on your horses and ride away from here by the time I count five,
19:05you'll be dead men.
19:06Well that's fair enough.
19:08But I just want to say a few words.
19:10Fine.
19:11Then it's up to you.
19:12I'm not paying out any money to feed a lot of thieving politicians up in Tombstone.
19:16Is that clear?
19:17That's right.
19:18That's the way I feel about it.
19:19Well Harry, that's pretty clear.
19:22But there's another matter.
19:23And what's that?
19:25A few minutes ago you gave us a count of five to get on our horses and get out of here.
19:30Now I still have a little self-respect left, even if I have been talking to a few men who have.
19:37And I don't aim to be run out of here like a coyote.
19:41Well you're going to be.
19:43Shut him up Harry.
19:44Is that all you have to say?
19:46No.
19:48I understand that you're the fastest man on the draw in this county.
19:53Now I don't have that big a reputation.
19:56But I'm willing to take my chances at ten paces with you.
20:01Well.
20:03Shall I oblige the gentleman, boys?
20:06Sure, go ahead.
20:07Yeah.
20:08Let him have it.
20:09I'm a little out of practice.
20:11Well I'll take a chance.
20:12Fine, fine.
20:13But there's just one other matter.
20:15Yeah?
20:16Of course if you win they'll be getting a new deputy county treasurer.
20:22But if I win they'll get their back taxes from every one of you.
20:27Is that fair?
20:29Yeah.
20:31Do you want to gamble?
20:33Sure.
20:34Yeah.
20:35Go ahead.
20:37We'll stand back to back, walk ten paces, turn and fire.
20:42All right.
20:44Pete, you count.
20:48Well, maybe you better let Joe do it.
20:52All right.
21:01This all right?
21:04Suits me.
21:08Ready?
21:09Right.
21:11One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
21:42Thanks.
21:48I want to thank you boys for agreeing to pay your taxes.
21:58Are you going to pay them?
22:04Yeah.
22:07Are you going to pay them?
22:09Yeah.
22:10You know I'm a man of my word.
22:13Come on.
22:25Be around to see you in a few days.
22:29Yes, thanks.
22:30You've done pretty well since you started out.
22:32Well, I think I've done pretty good.
22:35Of course, some of the boys took a little persuading, but we got them all except Price,
22:40and I think we're going after him next.
22:42What happened to Hopper?
22:44Oh, he's down at the corral playing a lullaby to the cows.
22:50Well, if you young folks will excuse me, I think I'll turn in.
22:54Come along, Billy.
22:55Aw, gee, Pop.
22:56Can't I stay out a little while?
22:58Tex is going to give me a lesson.
22:59All right.
23:00Don't you stay out too late.
23:02Good night.
23:03Good night, Mr. Wakefield.
23:04Tex, let's go see my hideout.
23:05Your hideout?
23:06Sure, come on.
23:08Well, shall we invite the lady?
23:11Well, all right if you want to.
23:18Yes, sir.
23:19It takes years of practice to become an accomplished trombone player.
23:23Now you take this piece, for instance.
23:35There you go.
23:36You're just like all the rest of them.
23:38No appreciation.
23:45No trespassing, huh, Billy?
23:47Nope.
23:48Nobody's allowed in here but me, except on special occasions like this.
23:54Well.
23:59Your first lesson goes like this.
24:05There's a long, long trail of winding
24:14I've often heard it through
24:23But now I've found my lucky trail
24:33It's the trail that leads to you
24:42Arizona days, Arizona ways
24:51I happen to meet my chance
25:00Arizona life, Arizona life
25:09Won my heart at a glance
25:18Nature unfolds all its beauty here
25:28To make it comfy, you must always be near
25:39Arizona days, Arizona nights
25:49Are made for love and romance
26:16You all right, Mark?
26:18Yes, I'm all right.
26:21It looks as if we have visitors.
26:23You and Billy better get out of here.
26:24I'm going to have a look around.
26:25Come on, Billy.
26:28Billy!
26:35Jack, it...
26:38It hurt.
26:41Billy! Billy!
26:48Billy!
27:06That fellow, Mallinson.
27:08He's been doing pretty good for Taxi.
27:12I understand he's heading down this way next.
27:15I'm really not expecting a visit from Mr. Mallinson.
27:19He's done all the tax collecting he can ever do.
27:22They don't?
27:24Yeah.
27:26I've paid off.
27:40I just saw Mallinson coming into town.
27:45Mallinson.
27:48Good boy.
27:50Pete, get the boys out of here.
27:53I'm handling this alone.
28:16This is Price's layout.
28:27Hey, perhaps you'd better stay here and look after the horses.
28:31All this tax business before somebody gets hurt.
28:33It's going to give me the most genuine pleasure to collect from Mr. Price.
28:38They'll probably be laying for you.
28:40I have a hunch that he'll be a little surprised to see me.
28:45Tax, you're just one of those guys that don't know when he's well off.
28:52Don't you worry about me, now.
28:59Yeah, there's another thing.
29:00If...
29:04If you don't mind me asking,
29:06there's another thing. If...
29:15All right, Price.
29:17I came to collect.
29:26Well, don't you think you'd better fly on away?
29:29Might go off.
29:31You weren't expecting to see me, were you?
29:35Why, sure.
29:37We made a bargain, didn't we?
29:40Now, what's the matter?
29:42Not nervous, are you?
29:44You know, I'm just here to see that you pay your taxes.
29:47Why, certainly.
29:49How much do I owe you?
29:50$780.47.
29:54By the way,
29:55what proof have I that I've paid my taxes
29:58if you don't happen to turn them in?
30:02When I hand you a receipt, you're in the clear.
30:06It's up to me to get into Tombstone with the cash.
30:10Oh.
30:11Joe!
30:14Give me the cash back.
30:16Joe!
30:18Give me the cash back.
30:46Oh.
30:58Here comes Pete now.
31:05Get left and work for the ranch.
31:07All right, boys. Let's get going.
31:15Take your positions, men.
31:21Here they come.
31:30Wait till they get directly below us.
31:45Let's go.
32:00Hey, looks like we're half-destroyed.
32:02Yeah, I wonder who invited them.
32:08Keep your eye on that pet barrel.
32:10I'll take care of Mallinson.
32:15Let's go.
32:46Let's go.
33:12Hey, Tex.
33:13Looks like we haven't got enough ammunition to last much longer.
33:15I'm going to try and make it back to the ranch.
33:17Don't be a fool, Greg.
33:18They'll pick you up before you can hit the saddle.
33:43Greg, I won't let him have it.
34:13I won't let him have it.
34:44Looks like we got them, boys.
34:46Come on.
35:05This place is jammed.
35:06We've got Tex ambushed.
35:07We've got to get out of here.
35:08Come on.
35:09Come on.
35:10Come on.
35:11Crisis, gang.
35:12We've got Tex ambushed up at the pass.
35:19Come on, boys.
35:20We're arriving.
35:21Come on.
35:40We don't need to worry any more about him.
35:42Now, we'll do a little tax collection.
35:45Open those bags.
35:52Hey, this thing's light as a feather.
35:55It's $20,000 in those packs.
35:57Open them up.
36:01It's fake.
36:02It can't be.
36:03Now, it's on a trick cart.
36:05That's right.
36:06How'd you get it?
36:07Bleach for the sky.
36:13Toss your guns on the ground.
36:16You first.
36:21Now, you.
36:24And you.
36:32You.
36:36All right, Fife.
36:39Horton.
36:51Come on.
37:16Here they come.
37:17Split up.
37:21Come on.
37:51Come on.
38:05You boys cut Crisis' men off at the low road.
38:07Hopper and I'll go after Tex.
38:22You.
38:28You.
38:32You.
38:51You.
39:10Hey, you certainly can't handle that gun of yours.
39:12Did they get any of the money?
39:14I don't see how they could.
39:15What do you mean?
39:16I put it in his barn.
39:18That's me.
39:19Always using my hat.
39:21Well, what do we do with him?
39:23You and Hopper take him into Sheriff Higginbotham.
39:25While I go back to your ranch and get the money.
39:29Oh, by the way,
39:31there's a rather important question I'd like to ask your daughter.
39:35Do you mind?
39:37Not at all, my boy.
39:39You have my pleasure.
39:41See you later, Hopper.
39:46Well, guess that makes me an orphan.
39:50I've owned ten thousand doggies and one old mangy mule.
39:58I've blowed a million paces like a crazy ornery fool.
40:02I've seen the finest gals on earth from silk to crinoline.
40:06I've had delirium femens, but there's nothing I ain't seen.
40:10Houston, Arizona, soon I'm gonna see.
40:14I'm pretty knife broke, but if I don't choke,
40:16I'll sing and joke till I fill my pocket.
40:18Houston, Arizona.
40:25Oh, I've had my troubles in tombstones,
40:31but I found it worth the while.
40:33For sitting right beside me is what won me with a smile.
40:37We'll ride this dear old bugboard down the trail of married life.
40:41I'm sworn in to love and honor and to play my wife.
40:44Houston, Arizona.
40:46You've been kind to me.
40:48You gave me a bride.
40:49She's my pride.
40:50We will ride side by side.
40:52Houston, Arizona.
41:00Oh, I've had my troubles in tombstones,
41:05but I found it worth the while.
41:07For sitting right beside me is what won me with a smile.
41:10We'll ride this dear old bugboard down the trail of married life.
41:14I'm sworn in to love and honor and to play my wife.
41:18Houston, Arizona.
41:20You've been kind to me.
41:22You gave me a bride.
41:23She's my pride.
41:24We will ride side by side.
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