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Home on the Range film premieres in Kansas city
A Kansas made made for TV film titled Home on the Range debuts with Buck Taylor and Rance Howard portraying key figures in the song history. Filmed around Wichita with scenes at Old Cow Town and Sedgwick County locations, the 48 minute documentary traces the Kansas state song from its origins to national fame aided by a 1934 lawsuit. The project cost about 125 thousand dollars and benefited from Kansas Humanities Council and local foundations funding. Premieres at the Orpheum Theatre on January 13 with subsequent showings in Smith Center and Kansas City.
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