Join us at the Autry National Center on selected Saturdays through the run of the museum's exhibit Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West: The Centennial Exhibition 1907-2007 when we screen double feature of the films that turned everyone's favorite singing cowboy into an American icon. Two fully restored classics are shown that share a theme or topic with a discussion led by guest speakers.
For the dates and movies information please see the details below. Screenings are from 1:00PM to 5:00PM in the museum's Wells Fargo Theater.
The Gene Autry Double Features are free with museum admission.
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"The New Deal in the Old West"
Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
Man From Music Mountain (1938)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"Gene Autry, Roy Rogers,
and the B Western"
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
Under Western Stars (1938)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment, Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin, and author Cheryl Rogers-Barnett
"Gene Autry's Leading Ladies"
Hills of Utah (1951)
Whirlwind (1951)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment, author Boyd Magers, and actresses Elaine Riley and Donna Martell
"The Cowboy and the Environment"
Back in the Saddle (1941)
Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"Champion – Wonder Horse
of the West"
Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
Strawberry Roan (1948)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and author Petrine Mitchum
"Sgt. Gene Autry – Preparing America for World War II"
In Old Monterey (1939)
South of the Border (1939)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"Sing Me a Song of the Saddle – Music and Musical Acts of Gene Autry Films"
The Big Show (1936)
Blue Canadian Rockies (1952)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"Gene Autry and Native Americans"
The Last Round-Up (1947)
The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
Guest Speaker: Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"Washington Cowboy"
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
On Top of Old Smoky (1953)
Guest Speakers: Karla Buhlman, Vice President Gene Autry Entertainment and Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West curator Michael Duchemin
"The Gene Autry Rodeo"
Melody Trail (1935)
Bells of Capistrano (1942)
Guest speakers: Karla Buhlman, vice president of Gene Autry Entertainment, Jim Ryan, author of The Rodeo and Hollywood, and Michael Duchemin, curator of Gene Autry and the Twentieth-Century West: The Centennial Exhibition, 1907 – 2007