Reminiscences of Gene Autry, 1971.

Biographical Note

Actor

Scope and Contents

Early work in radio in Chicago; debut in Westerns: "The Phantom Empire," serials, features; high volume of pictures per year; popularity: songs as selling points for films, contemporary settings; relationships with various co-stars, sidekicks; "The Last Round-Up," "Red River Valley"; reminiscences of his horse Champion, riding and other stunts

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Autry, Gene, 1907-1998--Interviews.
• Higham, Charles, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Trick riding.
• Western films.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985