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    • Apr 22, 1940
    Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond lend musical support to Gene Autry when the cowboy makes an appearance on WKY Radio in Okemah, Oklahoma, promoting his movie "Rancho Grande." Autry eventually invites the two musicians to become regulars on his national radio show
    Apr 26, 1940
    Gene Autry appears in the 20th Century-Fox film "Shooting High"
    May 2, 1940
    Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette star in the debut of "Men With Steel Faces," with Autry discovering an advanced culture living underground. The movie's plot is similar to the 1935 western sci-fi that gave Autry his first starring role, "The Phantom Empire"
    May 9, 1940
    Tex Ritter is Tex Rockett in the debut of "Cowboy From Sundown," a western that features a minor role for "Dear Oakie" songwriter Doye O'Dell
    May 15, 1940
    Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette try to stop an on-screen kidnapping with the theater debut of "Gaucho Serenade"
    May 20, 1940
    The Los Angeles Times reports that Gene Autry and rival silver-screen cowboy Roy Rogers "have puffed the peace pipe." Their feud, however, is strictly a publicity gimmick instituted by Republic Pictures
    May 20, 1940
    Tex Ritter plays Tex Wright as "Pals Of The Silver Sage" debuts in movie theaters
    May 23, 1940
    Charles Starrett gets involved in a battle between transportation companies in the debut of "Texas Stagecoach." The Sons Of The Pioneers provide their now-standard theme: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
    May 31, 1940
    Johnny Bond and Jimmy Wakely leave Oklahoma City, bound for California, where they hope to make western movies
    Jun 1, 1940
    Mistaken identity is the theme of "Bad Man From Red Butte," a Johnny Mack Brown western that makes its national debut in theaters. Texas Jim Lewis And His Lone Star Cowboys provide music



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