Lay That Rifle Down (1955), 6

Judy works for a pittance as a char in her aunt's hotel. To add spice to her life she enrols on a charm course but it's a scam. Soon the swindlers show up and plan to use her to con her aunt out of her money.
1h 11min | Comedy, Music, Romance | 7 July 1955 | b/w, fs
Director: Charles Lamont
Stars: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048290/
Watched online, ok print.

3 songs in the Soundtracks, sung by JC. Not much of a musical, and JC did no vocal gymnastics (she can yodel).

Started to skip watching this, then remembered she once made me proud in a feminist way, since she was competent and, although she wanted romance, she didn't linger on the idea, and solved her own problems. It was the same here. She's a wise innocent, trusting people because she chooses to, yet ready to right wrongs when they happen. In this film, she takes verbal abuse from her aunt, and is taking a correspondence course trying to attain charm, but she's maintains a positive attitude throughout. This persona would have been good to have around during the Depression, but (b. '13) she made only 5 films in the 30's (a couple of those credits say specialty singer with her family).

Republic, dir. Lamont; 6