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    • Nov 4, 1940
    The movie "Melody Ranch" opens with a cast that includes Gene Autry, Gabby Hayes and Jimmy Durante. Autry is designated honorary sheriff in the picture for a Frontier Days celebration, set in fictitious Torpedo, Arizona
    Nov 8, 1940
    Movie theaters begin showing "Bar Buckaroos," a 15-minute rodeo musical starring singing cowboy Ray Whitley
    Nov 22, 1940
    The Republic picture "Texas Terrors" appears in theaters, featuring music by Jimmy Wakely & His Roughriders, including Johnny Bond
    Dec 5, 1940
    Roy Rogers plays a doctor from the East as "The Border Legion" hits the big screen, with additional appearances by Gabby Hayes, Spade Cooley and Trigger
    Dec 5, 1940
    "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" rides again: Six years after introducing the song, The Sons Of The Pioneers resurrect "Tumbleweeds" in the debut of another Charles Starrett western, "Thundering Frontier"
    Dec 6, 1940
    Singing cowboy Ray Whitley performs a series of songs he co-wrote with Fred Rose in the debut of "The Fargo Kid"
    Dec 12, 1940
    "Pony Post," starring Johnny Mack Brown, debuts in movie theaters. The soundtrack features songs by Jimmy Wakely & His Roughriders, including Johnny Bond
    Jan 14, 1941
    Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes are the good guys in "Robin Hood Of The Pecos," which debuts on the big screen. Spade Cooley has a cameo appearance as a Civil War-era soldier
    Jan 17, 1941
    "Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga" debuts in movie theaters. The nightclub comedy features music from Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond
    Jan 31, 1941
    Ray Whitley is joined on-screen by wife Kay Whitley and former Olympic star Jim Thorpe in the 15-minute singing cowboy picture "Prairie Spooners"



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