Oral history interview with Gene Autry, 1971
- Name
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998 (Interviewee)
- Higham, Charles (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gene Autry, 1971
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Gene Autry, 1971
- Abstract
- 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
- Collection Name
- Hollywood film industry project
- Subjects
- Actors; Motion picture industry; Western films; Trick riding; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 45 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Actor
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Charles Higham on July 22, 1971
- Note (Provenance)
- Time-Life Books, Inc., Gift 1983
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 6880503
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7d06-h891
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.