AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Close
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-100808364/horse-opera-strange-history.html" title="Facts and information about Horse Opera: the Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy.(book review)(Book Review)">Horse Opera: the Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy.(book review)(Book Review)</a>
Close
Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Velvet Light Trap are available.
Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds
Horse Opera: the Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy.(book review)(Book Review)
by Peter Stanfield
Amid the pantheon of American pop and camp icons, the singing cowboy is generally associated with a brand of humor and fun that appeals solely to audiences of children. The assumption that cowboys are for kids has led the singing cowboy to suffer marginalization among cultural scholars despite evidence of the singing cowboy's overwhelming popularity among a wide range of audiences during the first half of the twentieth century. While Depression-era children certainly provided a stable consumer base for the film, radio, and stage productions that featured these costumed performers, the singing cowboy also stood at a cultural intersection between ...
Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
For more facts and information, see all results
- Horse Opera: The Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Culture Mulroy, Kevin May 1, 2004 700+ words
Horse Opera: The Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy. Peter Stanfield...different approach in Horse Opera. While Green focuses...and theoretical. Horse Opera looks at the historical...contexts of the Singing Cowboy of the 1930s...
- Singing Cowboy to Open Ranch in Buena Vista, Colo.
- News wire article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, CO) April 12, 2001 700+ words
...to settle down, America's No. 1 singing cowboy Michael Martin Murphey will open his Singing Cowboy Ranch featuring trail rides, chuckwagon...stables and 450-acre property. His Singing Cowboy Ranch will be located at 14582 Chaffee...
- Westerns Channel Ropes and Restores 89 Films From Gene Autry 'The Singing...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 2, 2001 700+ words
...Entertainment to fully restore 89 of the "Singing Cowboy's" feature films, which will...World War II. As the original "Singing Cowboy" he introduced the format of...Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953) The Singing Cowboy (1936) Guns
- Singing in the Saddle.(Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing...
- Magazine article from: The Bookwatch March 1, 2006 700+ words
...In The Saddle: The History Of The Singing Cowboy. Author Douglas Green is himself a singing cowboy and so his personal experience with...more insights into this history of the singing cowboy, helping analyze studio systems which...
- Singing cowboy Monte Hale dies in LA at 89.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 30, 2009 700+ words
...From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE BAKER Monte Hale, a singing cowboy whose tall frame, strong voice and handsome looks led to...and now part of the Autry National Center, with the late singing cowboy Gene Autry and his widow, Jackie. "My husband was the...
- Singing cowboy back in town.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 19, 2004 700+ words
(From The Dominion Post) THE Singing Cowboy will perform many of New Zealand's country classics on...perform his autobiographical composition I'm a Travelling Singing Cowboy. He will perform at Coastlands, Paraparaumu, tomorrow...
- The Westerns Channel's Six Gun Salute to the 'Singing Cowboy'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 17, 2000 700+ words
...Channel devotes the entire day to Gene Autry, the legendary "Singing Cowboy." Each film costars Smiley Burnette as Autry's sidekick...spawned nearly one hundred Westerns starring Autry as the "Singing Cowboy," an enduring radio show and extraordinary success as...
- George-Warren, Holly. Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented the Wild West.(Green,...
- Magazine article from: Library Journal Rees, Stephen November 1, 2002 700+ words
...Douglas B. Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy. Vanderbilt Univ. 2002. c.384p. illus. bibliog...resurrects a nearly forgotten era in his thorough history of the singing cowboy. Singing cowboys were numerous, but only a few, notably...
- Singing cowboy Gene Autry is still a charmer as a toy.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hindman, Leslie May 23, 2002 700+ words
...Christmas. Do you know what it might be worth today? _Gene Meeks, Erie, Pa. A. Gene Autry (1907-1998), the famous singing cowboy, started to gain widespread recognition about the time you were given this figure as a boy. Before going into show business...
- Singing cowboy lassoed.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 26, 2007 700+ words
...absolutely lovely singer," she said. After seeing the advert, Anthony Chamberlain successfully auditioned to play the singing cowboy. "We had a really fabulous response," said Ms Holmes. "Apart from the lead, we had a lot of people ringing up...
Source: HighBeam Research, Horse Opera: the Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy.(book...