- Title: F-0973
- Summary: HILLBILLY WEDDING SHORT: 1930s HILLBILLY WEDDING & COUNTRY MUSIC. FEUDING HILLBILLIES MARRY. HILLBILLY BANDS PLAY COUNTRY MUSIC. HILLBILLY STEREOTYPES. FILM CONTAINS FIRST KNOWN FOOTAGE OF EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND ELTON BRITT PRIMIER YODELER
- Description:00:14:45 - HILLBILLY BAND PLAYS IN BARN "OPEN UP THEM PEARLY GATES" 00:14:53 - GROUP OF GUN-TOTIN' HILLBILLIES LISTEN TO THEIR LEADER "IT'LL BE A GOOD LESSON TO 'EM", WALK AWAY INTO THE DARK 00:14:58 - COUNTRY BAND PLAYS, MAN POLISHES HIS SHOTGUN 00:15:07 - GROUP OF HILLBILLIES WALKING AT NIGHT FALL INTO AMBUSH, SURPRISE ATTACK, MEN SHOOT AT THEM OUT BARN DOOR. CLICHE "THAT'S JUST A WARNING" FEUDING HILLBILLIES COME FACE-TO-FACE. HILLBILLY TELLS ANOTHER HIS SON HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIS DAUGHTER & THAT "TONIGHT HE'S TAKING HER IN WEDLOCK" . 00:15:40 - HILLBILLY GIVES ANOTHER MONEY TO GET HIM A BOX OF CIGARS 00:15:57 - COUNTRY BAND PLAYS "FROGGY WENT A-COURTIN" WHILE TOOTHLESS OLD MAN POLISHES HIS SHOTGUN 00:16:46 - HILLBILLY HOLDS UP EMPTY BANDOLEER "THEY'VE STOLEN OUR AMMUNITION". HILLBILLY FILLING SHOTGUN WITH GUN POWDER AND FORKS WHILE BAND PLAYS "I'M A METHODIST 'TIL I DIE". YODELING IN SONG 00:18:10 - BRIDE IN WEDDING DRESS ENTERS, TALKS TO HER "PAPPY", EVERYBODY LEAVES 00:18:28 - BAND PLAYS "MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN HOME" AS WEDDING PARTY ENTERS. 00:19:47 - BAND PLAYS "BLUE EYES" 00:21:21 - PARSON MARRIES COUPLE. BAND PLAYS "MY DARLING WILL YOU PROMISE ME" PASSING OUT BOX OF CIGARS. EXPLODING CIGARS. GAG CIGARS. HICKS GIGGLE OVER JOKES. 00:22:50 - PEOPLE RUN SCREAMING OUT OF BARN. 00:23:09 - ANGRY HILLBILLY PICKS UP HIS SHOTGUN, AIMS & SHOOTS FORKS & KNIVES OUT OF GUN, STUCK ALL OVER "VICTIM". FORCES PARSON TO CONTINUE THE WEDDING CEREMONY. BAND CONTINUES PLAYING, GROOM KISSES BRIDE. 00:23:47 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-0973