Come on, Cowboy! explained

Come On, Cowboy! is a 1948 American Western film starring Mantan Moreland and Mauryne Brent. Goldmax Productions produced the film, and Toddy Pictures distributed it.

The Library of Congress has two posters for the film.^[1] Getty Images has a photo from the film.^[2] An advertisement that ran in the Indianapolis Recorder in 1950 touted the film as a "Riot of songs and laffs in this roaring musical Western!".^[3]

Plot

In the film Moreland and a friend head west to prepare a ranch for a wedding. It has been deserted for years and outlaws are using it as a hideout.^[4]

Cast

The film was advertised as having "An All Negro Cast".^[5]

• Mantan Moreland
• Mauryne Brent^[6]
• Johnny Lee^[7]
• F. E. Miller^[8]

Songs

The film features songs:^[9]

• "I can't get him off my mind"
• "Do that thing"
• "Boll weevil"^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Come On Cowboy!. January 26, 1948. www.loc.gov.
2. Web site: Mantan Moreland and Mauryne Brent, all colored cast in a scene from.... Getty Images.
3. Web site: Indianapolis Recorder 7 October 1950 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program .
4. Book: Afi: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States : Feature Films 1941-1950 Indexes. Patricia King. Hanson. American Film. Institute. January 26, 1999. University of California Press. 9780520215214. Google Books.
5. News: Come On, Cowboy (1948). Talladega Daily Home and Our Mountain Home. June 21, 1949. 4. newspapers.com.
6. Book: Jones, George William. Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found. January 26, 1991. University of North Texas. 9780929398266. Google Books.
7. News: Come On, Cowboy (1948). The South Bend Tribune. February 4, 1951. 36. newspapers.com.
8. Web site: Come on, Cowboy!. www.tcm.com.
9. Book: Ravage, John W.. Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier. January 26, 2008. University of Utah Press. 9780874809411. Google Books.