How was Pardners connected to Norman Taurog’s earlier film Rhythm on the Range?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of *Boys Town* (1938).

Norman Taurog’s 1956 film Pardners is connected to his earlier work because it is a remake of his 1936 film Rhythm on the Range. In directing Pardners, Taurog effectively recycled the material from the earlier production, featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their penultimate screen appearance as a comedy team.1