the old corral start out a whole lot like the bing crosby paramount classic and she love me not . if you will remember chorus girl miriam hopkins witness a gangland murder and flees from the mob . here it irene man who a nightclub entertainer who see john bradford do the same thing and flee out west . well and those big city gangster be way out of their element when theyre tangle with gene autry . of course not everyone in the west be as friendly a autry . there cornelius keefe and lon chaney and jr. who recognize who man be before autry do . they own the local saloon and under the guise of give her a break and hire manning to entertain and but in the mean time call bradford hop to curry favor with the gangland bos . if that not enough sheriff gene have to contend with the son of the pioneer and their lead singer and one leonard slye who play a brother sing group who take to be outlaws a a way to gain notoriety and a radio contract . of course in two year that lead singer leave the group and start put out his own western for republic and herbert j. yates under the name of roy rogers . i agree with a previous reviewer that man soprano and autry western twang do not exactly mesh . it might be why gene mostly do not go in for sing co star throughout his career and unlike his famous rival at republic . of course gene do not marry a co star the way roy do . the scene where manning be try to make a go of saloon singing and fall on her derrière until gene help out be reminiscent of jeanette macdonald try to sing for her supper in rise marie . jeanette have a co star though who be more suitable to her voice . the old corral be kind of dopey and especially the bit about the son of the pioneer . still it a great bit of history and an historic meeting between gene autry and roy rogers .