The Singing Vagabond (Republic, 1935)
Already formulaic Gene Autry first appeared in a couple of Westerns at Mascot in 1934, Ken Maynard pictures. Mascot boss Nat Levine was finding Maynard increasingly difficult. Ken had done well with early talkies at Universal but, as Wikipedia says (so it must be true), “His reckless screen personality spilled over into his […]