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This year’s Dinner and a Movie series looks at
the “cowboys and presidents” connection in Gene Autry movies. Tuesdays in July, ride on
over to the Autry and spend a beautiful summer evening enjoying a tasty dinner, curator-led talks in the new Cowboys and Presidents exhibition, and a classic Gene Autry Western movie.
The regular cast of characters is returning:
Senior Curator Michael Duchemin will lead
the Gene Autry gallery talks, Vice President of
Gene Autry Entertainment Karla Buhlman will
host the talk before the film, and of course,
beautifully restored images of Gene Autry and Champion will grace the movie screen. Plus, the Golden Spur Cafe has planned some tasty meals to kick off the evening!
Tuesday, July 8 . Guns and Guitars (1936)
As musicians in a traveling medicine show, Gene Autry and Frog Millhouse land in the midst of a Texas cattle war. Gene blazes into action with bullets, ballots, and ballads to clean up the crooked cattlemen and their quarantined cattle. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette,
Dorothy Dix, Earl Hodgins, and Champion.
Tuesday, July 15 . Rovin’ Tumbleweeds (1939)
When rancher Gene Autry becomes a singer to aid
farmers and ranchers, his radio popularity propels him into politics and he is elected to Congress. Blaming crooked politicians for a recent disaster, Gene tries to put through a flood control bill and finds he has a lot to learn. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlisle,
Pals of the Golden West, and Champion.
Tuesday, July 22 . Gaucho Serenade (1940)
A case of mistaken identity sends Gene and Frog, two down-and-out ex-rodeo stars, on a rip-roaring, cross-country trek as they help a little boy evade the gangsters responsible for the false imprisonment of his father. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Duncan Renaldo, Mary Lee, and Champion.
Tuesday, July 29 . Barbed Wire (1952)
Set in 1878, this film stars Gene Autry as a cattle buyer who tries to settle a battle between the cattlemen
and homesteaders when the latter are worked up
into a feverish pitch by an unscrupulous landowner.
Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Anne James, the Cass County Boys, and Champion.
For reservations, please call 323.667.2000 ext. 300
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