The Singing Cowboys

The Singing Cowboys is a nostalgic, back-in-the-saddle examination of the B musical Western films of the thirties, forties, and fifties, and the singing cowpokes who made them so popular. The author, David Rothel, spent a fondly remembered portion of his youth sitting in the Lincoln Theatre in Elyria, Ohio, where the singing cowboys-Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, and all the rest-played out their adventures and yodeled their songs on the silver screen. Thousands, perhaps millions, of youngsters from that era shared this common experience during their formative years, causing the musical Westerns and their singing cowboy stars to be potent draws at theater box offices all over the United States and in many other parts of the world.Now years later, with the movie trail dust from the horse operas long settled, David Rothel began to wonder about those jaunty cowboys with their fancy shirts and jingly spurs who had meant so much to him in years past. What were they really like? What was the view like from their side of the camera? What was it like to toil as a singing cowboy in such B Western factories as Republic Pictures, Monogram, and Producers Releasing Corporation? Do their musical Westerns look the same today when viewed through adult eyes? Finally-and most intriguing of all-what became of the singing cowboys after the movie cameras no longer recorded their celluloid adventures?

The singing cowboys

Arts & Photography

Rothel, David

Music

A.S. Barnes

San Diego, California: A S Barnes & Company, 1980. 1st Printing, Hardbound, 4to (about 11'' to 12.5'' tall), 292 pages. Index, bibliography.

The great show business animals

272 pages. "...a rare opportunity: an armchair horseback ride with the Western heroes of not-so-long-ago who brought music, fun, and adventure to generations of moviegoing youngsters."

Humor & Entertainment

Wh Smith Pub

Recounts the origins and development of the radio, television, film, and comic-strip versions of the Lone Ranger and Tonto, chronicling the tenures of the actors who played the lead roles

Who Was That Masked Man?: The Story of the Lone Ranger

A.S.Barnes & Co.

Features in-depth profiles of such fondly remembered comic character actors as George 'Gabby' Hayes, Smiley Burnette, Andy Devine, Max Terhune, and Fuzzy Knight--39 sidekicks in all. Rothel interviewed Charles 'Durango Kid' Starrett, Buster Crabbe, Gene Autry, Lash La Rue, Roy Rogers, and many other Western stars, sidekicks, and extras. With over 200 photos; filmographies, bibliography, and index.

Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks

Movies

Scarecrow Press

The Gene Autry book

The World of Yesterday

The Roy Rogers Book

Empire Pub

The Roy Rogers Book: A Reference : Trivia Scrapbook

This book contains all you ever wanted to know about America's Favorite Cowboy.

The Gene Autry Book

Biographies & Memoirs

293 page, softcover book. Everything you ever wanted to know about America's favorite Singing cowboy, Gene Autry.

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The singing cowboys

The great show business animals

The Singing Cowboys

Who Was That Masked Man?: The Story of the Lone Ranger

Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks

The Gene Autry book

The Roy Rogers Book

The Roy Rogers Book: A Reference : Trivia Scrapbook

The Gene Autry Book

The Gene Autry Book