I have no idea why, but this short film was made twice....both very similar. In fact, on YouTube, Geno's House of Rare Films posted BOTH versions side by side. If you are curious, watch both...though they are very similar....in fact they are practically the same!
As for the 1929 original version, not surprisingly, the sound quality is not great...and in fact it's worse than you'd expect even for 1929. This is a real shame, as the film is the only Jimmie Rogers film appearance, and since he was a legendary country singer, it's sad to watch because of this.
The film consists of Jimmie supposedly sitting down with family and singing three tunes....while dressed in his Singing Brakeman outfit. There really isn't much more to it than this...and because of this, it's very hard to rate. However, I assume Rogers' yodeling country sound isn't something that would play very well today.
Overall, while not a great film, it's extremely important to our history. Well worth seeing to see where country music started back in the day.
