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The California State Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles honored Gene during the summer of 1980 with a thirteen-week exhibit and film retrospective.

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That's How Donkeys Were Born
from Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)


Smiley Burnette and J.L. Frank's Golden West Cowboys sing the humorous song "That's How Donkeys Were Born" from the Gene Autry Republic Pictures movie Gold Mine in the Sky (1938).

Written by Smiley Burnette and Eddie Cherkose

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