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"South of the Border Down Mexico Way" is a popular song describing a trip to Mexico, written by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. It was originally released in 1939, with many versions following, including one for the film of the same name sung by star Gene Autry. [7]
Down Mexico Way is a 1941 American western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie.Based on a story by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who comes to the aid of the townspeople of Sage City who are victims of a nefarious scam.
The Register and Tribune Syndicate comic strip Gene Autry Rides by Till Goodan was the first entry, lasting from 1940 to 1941. From 1941 to 1943, Autry was the subject of a comic book initially published by Fawcett Comics and then picked up by Dell Comics that ran 12 issues. Dell then published 101 issues of Gene Autry Comics from 1946 to
This followed with a popular radio program, Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, which ran from 1940 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1956. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for Best Original Song for ...
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie cowboys. [1]
Gene Autry (1952–1955) originally by Phil Evans & Tom Cooke, later by Tom Massey, Pete Alvorado, Mel Keefer, and Albert Stoffel (as "Bert Laws") Gene Autry Rides (1940–1941) by Till Goodan (US) Genius (1978–1983) by John Glashan (UK) The Genius (1973–1977) by Dick Oldden (US) George and Lynne (1976–2010) by Conrad Frost and Josep Gual ...
For his Columbia films, Autry chose Sterling Holloway as his sidekick for five films, and then Pat Buttram for sixteen films. Burnette returned for the last six films released in 1953. [2] From 1950 to 1955, Autry appeared in 91 episodes of The Gene Autry Show television series. [3] [4] Buttram played his sidekick in 83 of the 91 episodes. [5]
In 1941, the president of Republic Pictures, Herbert Yates, met McKenzie through a mutual friend, and after a screen test he signed her to a contract to appear opposite the cowboy singer Gene Autry in Down Mexico Way (1941) as Maria Elena Alvarado. The film was a major financial success, and she received a lot of fan mail as a result.