When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.
The Strawberry Roan
from Hot Lead (1950)
The Gene Autry Show, Season 1, Episode 19
Gene Autry serenades Champion, World's Wonder Horse and Alan Hale, Jr. with "The Strawberry Roan" from The Gene Autry Show, Season 1 episode "Hot Lead." In 1948, Gene starred in the popular movie The Strawberry Roan. Alan Hale would go on to play the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.
Written by Fred Howard and Nat Vincent
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