October 12, 1938

Variety published a review for the film Down in “Arkansaw.” B-movie studio Republic Pictures shot hillbilly situation comedy Down in “Arkansaw” (1938) in California. The only Arkansan in the film was Pinky Tomlin, who was born in Eros (Marion County) but raised in Oklahoma. The reviewer dismissed Nick Grinde’s direction as “slow and unimaginative” and said the Weaver Brothers “aren’t half as funny on the screen as they are on the stage.”