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    • Aug 19, 1936
    Gene Autry is robbed and thrown off a train in the debut of "Oh, Susanna!," which also features his on-screen pal Smiley Burnette. Also appearing: The Light Crust Doughboys and, of course, Autry's trusty horse, Champion
    Aug 31, 1936
    Shooting begins in the City Of Commerce, California, for Tex Ritter's first movie, "Song Of The Gringo"
    Sep 11, 1936
    Ray Whitley makes his screen debut with the release of "King Of The Royal Mounted," an adaptation of a Zane Grey novel
    Sep 28, 1936
    Tex Ritter begins work on his second western movie, "Headin' For The Rio Grande"
    Sep 30, 1936
    "Ride, Ranger, Ride" debuts in theaters, with Gene Autry starring as a Texas ranger, trying to protect an Army wagon train under siege. Also on the bill: his usual companion Smiley Burnette
    Oct 16, 1936
    The western "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" has its debut, with the film's hero investigating the murder of a miner. "Back In The Saddle Again" songwriter Ray Whitley has a minor part in the picture
    Nov 16, 1936
    "The Big Show" opens in American theaters, with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Set in Dallas, it also features The Sons Of The Pioneers, The Light Crust Doughboys, Elton Britt, Frankie Marvin and The Beverly Hill Billies
    Nov 22, 1936
    "Song Of The Gringo" opens, with Tex Ritter in his first starring movie role. It features him performing his trademark song "Rye Whiskey"
    Dec 11, 1936
    "Banjo On My Knee," starring Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen, debuts in theaters. It includes a bit role for guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes, who played the previous year on Patsy Montana's "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    Dec 20, 1936
    Tex Ritter's second movie, "Headin' For The Rio Grande," opens. Ritter is tasked with breaking up a ring of Mafia-like cattle rustlers



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