The Singing Cowboy (1936 film)
The Singing Cowboy is a 1936 American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Lois Wilde. Based on a story by Tom Gibson, the film is about a cowboy who decides to sing on television in order to raise money for the orphaned daughter of his former boss who was murdered.
Needing to raise 10,000 for Lou Anns spinal surgery, Gene takes a job with Covered Wagon Coffee Company and travels in a caravan equipped with radio equipment, broadcasting a Covered Wagon Coffee show to small towns in the West. In his home town of Plainesville, Gene organizes an amateur singing contest. Helen Blake Lois Wilde, the daughter of his boss Henry Blake Harvey Clark, auditions without her fathers permission. Concerned about his daughter, Henry Blake sends Helens fiance, Herbert Trenton Earl Eby, after her. With the date of Lou Anns surgery quickly approaching, Gene receives a bank advance on his radio contract.Martin steals Genes wagon, unaware that Helen is hiding inside. She secretly sends an S.O.S. signal using the radio equipment, and Gene is able to find the wagon and save her. Martins gang follows Gene and Helen into town where they are arrested. Gene collects the reward money offered by Trenton for Helens safe return, getting enough money to cover Lou Anns surgery. Thinking that Gene is only interested in her money, Helen goes back to Trenton. ........
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