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.

DVD Box Set Information

Gene Autry Collection 10

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Released:
May 19, 2015
By Timeless Media Group

Includes:
The Singing Vagabond (1935)
Oh, Susanna! (1936)
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)
Western Jamboree (1938)

Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
Gene Autry is the only entertainer with all five stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one each for Radio, Recording, Motion Pictures, Television and Live Performance. He was the silver screen's first singing cowboy and is credited with creating the genre of the musical B Western. As the star of 89 feature films, Gene brings music, comedy and action to each of his roles. Now, for the first time in a DVD Collection, Gene Autry's rollicking big screen adventures and unforgettable tunes are brought home in these Western classics, fully restored and uncut from Autry's personal film archives.

Four fully restored films are featured in the Gene Autry Collection 10 DVD set.

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Individual Film Synopses

The Singing Vagabond
1935
Running Time:
Approximately 54 minutes
Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
MUSIC AND MELODRAMA RIDE TOGETHER WITH NEW THRILLS!

In 1860 Captain Tex Autry and the Army Civilian Scouts known as the Singing Plainsmen rescue a wagon train heading to California full of showgirls and one runaway heiress. When renegades stir up trouble with stolen Calvary horses and an Indian attack, Gene is falsely accused of treason and condemned to death. There's plenty of swift moving action amid battles and ballads in this Gene Autry Western. (1935)

The Minstrel Show cast sings "Lou'siana Bell" and "De Camptown Races." Gene Autry and extras sing "Singing Vagabonds." Gene, Ann Rutherford and extras sing "Honeymoon Trail" then Gene sings the song again. Gene, Ann and extras sing "Friends of the Prairie, Farewell."

The Singing Vagabond Special Features:

Gene Autry & Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater
The Gene Autry Melody Ranch Radio Show July 21, 1946
Photo Gallery – Publicity Stills plus Poster Art & Lobby Cards
Trivia & Movie Facts
Closed Captioning

Oh, Susanna!
1936
Running Time:
Approximately 59 minutes
Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
GENE'S GREATEST ADVENTURES WITH BULLETS AND BALLADS!

An escaped convict knocks out radio star Gene Autry and swaps clothes with him, making the authorities believe that Gene is the criminal. A pair of traveling troubadours, Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) and Professor Daniels (Earl Hodgins), help Gene when he is branded a killer and wanted dead or alive! Gene's on the wrong end of a manhunt and battling against terrific odds with a price on his head and a song on his lips. (1936)

Gene sings "Dear Old Western Skies," and "Honeymoon Trail." Gene and Smiley Burnette sing "Oh, Susanna." Smiley and Earl Hodgins sing "They Never Come Through with the Ring." The Light Crust Doughboys perform "Tiger Rag," "Ride on Vaquero" and "As Our Pals Ride By." Gene and Frances Grant sing "Water Wheel."

Oh, Susanna! Special Features:

Gene Autry & Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater
The Gene Autry Melody Ranch Radio Show March 2, 1947
Photo Gallery – Publicity Stills plus Poster Art & Lobby Cards
Trivia & Movie Facts
Closed Captioning

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
Running Time:
Approximately 58 minutes
Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
A RHYTHM STUDDED ADVENTURE FILM...FEATURING THE IDOL OF MILLIONS, GENE AUTRY, IN ONE OF HIS GREATEST WESTERN HITS!

Ranch owner Gene Autry and his pal Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) are after cattle rustlers and become mixed up in a comedy of errors when they don the clothes of two dead outlaws, only to learn that the outlaws are really dead sheriffs, dressed in outlaw's clothes! Soon the cattlemen mistake Gene and Frog for the bandits, and mistake the bandits, of course, for sheriffs. There's plenty of action plus music with Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws, and romance with Mexican actress Armida. (1937)

Gene, Smiley and the cast sing "The Old Home Place." Smiley sings "Little Black Bronco" and "The Dying Cowgirl." Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws sing "Trail of the Mountain Rose." Gene sings "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie," "Mexicali Rose," and reprises "Mexicali Rose" with Armida.

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm Special Features:

Gene Autry & Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater
The Gene Autry Melody Ranch Radio Show March 9, 1947
Photo Gallery – Publicity Stills plus Poster Art & Lobby Cards
Trivia & Movie Facts
Closed Captioning

Western Jamboree
1938
Running Time:
Approximately 57 minutes
Fully Restored and Uncut

Synopsis:
GENE AUTRY IN ANOTHER GREAT WESTERN PICTURE! IT'S ACTION, SONGS AND EXCITEMENT...THE AUTRY WAY!

Ranch foreman Gene Autry, with the help of Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), turns the Circle J Ranch into a dude ranch to help an old friend fool his daughter's rich fiancé into believing he is a wealthy rancher. The discovery of helium gas on the range adds to the complications, but things really get interesting with the arrival of both the real owner and helium gas bandits! (1938)

Gene sings "Old November Moon" and "When the Bloom Is on the Sage." Gene and Smiley sing "The Cowboy's Dream," "Cielito Lindo" and "I Love the Morning." Smiley sings the comedic "Balloon Song."

Western Jamboree Special Features:

Gene Autry & Pat Buttram at the Melody Ranch Theater
The Gene Autry Melody Ranch Radio Show March 16, 1947
Photo Gallery – Publicity Stills plus Poster Art & Lobby Cards
Trivia & Movie Facts
Closed Captioning

Two-DVD Box Set
Audio Format: Mono	Screen Format: Full Frame
Color: B&W	Original Languages: English
Other Languages: None	Region Code: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Running Time: 414 minutes	Not Rated Closed Captioned

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