The Big Show

The Big Show (1936)

A Roundup of action actually filmed at the Texas Centennial!

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

Date of release
1936-11-16
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Action, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Director
Mack V. Wright

Casting

Interesting facts

The Big Show is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Kay Hughes, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double at the Texas Centennial in Dallas. Roy Rogers appears in the film as one of the Sons of the Pioneers.

Production

The movie was filmed at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, which served as the location of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition; it continues to serve as the location of the Texas State Fair. Many of the buildings in the film still exist in what has been called the largest collection of art deco buildings in the world.

Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Texas State Fairgrounds, 3921 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, USA

"The Martins and the Coys" (Ted Weems and Al Cameron) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and The Beverly Hill Billies

"Travelin' Along" by The Light Crust Dough Boys

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