Save the Date!
Gene Autry Activities and Events
Updated January 30, 2012

At this time, you'll find the dates and names of the events with further details to come in the days ahead.

Saturday, February 4, 2012
Gene Autry Double Feature at the Autry Museum Read More

Monday, February 20, 2012
The Autry Museum is open on Presidents' Day Read More

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
DVD Release of The Gene Autry Show: The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons Read More

Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24, 2012
Gene Autry Days in Kenton, Ohio Read More

Saturday, July 28, 2012
Day of the Cowboy and Cowgirl at the Autry Read More

Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Virginian 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Autry Museum Read More

Saturday Matinee Double Feature
At the Autry National Center
Updated January 30, 2012

Two Gene Autry films are screened on the first Saturday of every month at the Autry National Center in the Imagination Gallery's Western Legacy Theater. Gene Autry's Westerns are known for their music, comedy, and action. February's films each feature funny and talented sidekicks of Gene Autry. Smiley Burnette brings his musical and physical humor to Home in Wyomin' (Republic Pictures, 1942), and comedian Sterling Holloway provides the comic relief in Twilight on the Rio Grande (Republic Pictures, 1947).

The Gene Autry Double Feature of Home in Wyomin' and Twilight on the Rio Grande on Saturday, February 4th begins at Noon. For details, read more here.

Two Gene Autry films will be screened on the first Saturday of every month throughout the year. See a complete list of films here.

New Photo Album
Re-Installation of Gene Autry Case
Updated January 27, 2012

From time to time Gene Autry Entertainment likes to share photos of special Gene Autry events in our Photo Album section of the website. But just like with your own family photos at home, we get behind on getting the photos into an album! We finally got the photos together of the 2009 re-installation of the Gene Autry case in the Imagination Gallery of the Autry National Center. You can view the photos that Autry Museum curator Jeffrey Richardson took for us here.

Gene Autry's Recording of
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Will Be Inducted to the GRAMMY Hall of Fame
Updated January 9, 2012

The Recording Academy announced on November 21st that Gene Autry's 1942 Columbia Record's recording of Deep in the Heart of Texas will be inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 2012 along with 24 other recordings. The GRAMMY Hall of Fame was established by The Recording Academy's National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts.

Deep in the Heart of Texas will be Gene Autry's third recording in the GRAMMY Hall of Fame and joins his 1949 Columbia Records single Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (inducted 1985) and his 1939 Vocalion single Back in the Saddle Again (inducted 1997).

Read the GRAMMY's press release here and a nice write-up by Ben Wener of the Orange Country Register here. You can find Gene's recording of Deep in the Heart of Texas on the CD The Essential Gene Autry, 1931 – 1953.

New Gene Autry DVDs
From Timeless Media Group
Updated December 6, 2011

		The good folks at Timeless Media have two terrific Gene Autry DVDs that released in November, 2011. The Gene Autry Collection 1 debuted on November 15 and includes four fully restored Gene Autry feature films: Melody Trail, The Big Show, Boots and Saddles and Rhythm of the Saddle. In addition, each film has special features including Gene Autry and Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio Show, photo galleries, plus trivia and movie facts. For details, read more here.

The Gene Autry Show Season Two debuted on November 22 with a four-DVD slimline box set that includes all 26 half-hour episodes of that originally aired on TV in 1951 and 1952. The complete second season of The Gene Autry Show is fully restored and uncut. Bonus features include an episode of Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio Show, a photo gallery highlighting Flying A Pictures, and movie trailers from Gene's film in 1951 and 1952. That is over 12 hours of Gene's trademark music, comedy, and action! For details, read more here.You can pre-order both DVD box sets now by phoning or emailing the Autry Museum Store.

The Virginian Television Series 50th Anniversary
Celebration at the Autry National Center
Updated December 21, 2011

The Autry National Center in Los Angeles, California and Gene Autry Entertainment will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the ground-breaking western television series The Virginian on Saturday, September 22, 2012. The day's events include a panel discussion with cast members, episode screenings, autograph session, and more. We know you like to plan ahead, so read more details here.