gwtwbooklover Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I have a friend who was born in 1933. When she was in highschool, they would show the old films they had of Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. If you had the 10 cents you could go and this was the setting of one of my friend's first dates when someone paid her way in. She regals me with the story of how they would all laugh when the action showed said cowboy chasing bad guys or riding like heck and in the next scene he is singing to a sweetheart-he is not out of breath,sweaty and suddenly he has a guitar which you didn't see before. They summurized it must have been behind the tree. Just thought I'd share her story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 gwtw, I was born in 1934.I was ,and still am,a big fan of B westerns in which the singing cowboy played a big role.Very few of these films cut directly from the chase to a song.True ,songs were often sung at odd times,sixshooters often fired twice that ammount without reloading,the good guy wore white and the bad guy black and so on.Most of these films were cheaply made and were an hour or less in running time,made to fill a Saturday matinee.But ,almost without exception,were fun to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path40a Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Though I've yet to see a Gene Autry starring vehicle, I have seen (and reviewed on my website) several of Dick Foran's twelve films in this genre. I've also, more recently, seen a handful of Tim Holt westerns which, though Holt does not do any of the singing, are also a fairly entertaining way to spend an hour;- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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