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    • Dec 4, 1949
    After a decade on the big screen, Jimmy Wakely stars for the last time as a singing cowboy with the debut of "Lawless Code," performing "Home On The Range"
    Dec 14, 1949
    The John Wayne movie "Sands Of Iwo Jima" has its world premiere. Ira Hayes, who helped lift the flag at the Japanese battle, appears as himself in the film. Hayes' experiences ultimately inspire Johnny Cash's "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Dec 20, 1949
    The Gene Autry movie "Sons Of New Mexico" makes its debut in New York. The prep school western features appearances by Clayton Moore, Frankie Marvin and Champion The Wonder Horse
    Jan 8, 1950
    "Bells Of Coronado" debuts in theaters, with Roy Rogers tackling uranium smugglers. His supporting cast includes the usual suspects: Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Trigger and Foy Willing's Riders Of The Purple Sage
    Jan 10, 1950
    The western "Red Rock Outlaw" appears in theaters, less than one month after one of its stars, former Grand Ole Opry member Lee "Lasses" White, died
    Jan 15, 1950
    Spade Cooley stars, and sings, as the western movie "The Kid From Gower Gulch" debuts in theaters
    Feb 9, 1950
    "Young Man With A Horn," a movie based loosely on the life of late jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke, opens. Starring Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall, it also features Beiderbecke's friend, Hoagy Carmichael, the author of "Georgia On My Mind"
    Feb 20, 1950
    Spade Cooley has a starring role as the western movie "The Silver Bandit" debuts
    Feb 22, 1950
    "Mule Train" opens nationally, with Gene Autry singing the Tennessee Ernie Ford hit. Autry plays a singing lawman at the fictitious Trail End, and also sings "Roomful Of Roses" and "Cool Water" in the movie. Pat Buttram co-stars
    Mar 1, 1950
    The John Wayne movie "Sands Of Iwo Jima" goes into general release, with an appearance by Ira Hayes, who helped raise the flag at the Japanese battle. His story becomes the basis for Johnny Cash's 1964 hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"



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