Gene Autry starring role by Levine in 1935 in the 12-part serial "The Phantom Empire." Shortly thereafter, Mascot was absorbed by the newly formed Republic Pictures Corp. and Autry went along to make a further 44 films up to 1940, all B Westerns in which he played under his own name, rode his horse, Champion, had Burnette as his regular sidekick, and had many opportunities to sing in each film. Pat Buttram was picked by Gene Autry, recently returned from his World War II service in the United States Army Air Forces, to work with him. Buttram would co-star with Gene Autry
Gene Autry locations, eight miles apart from each other. Its mission is to reeducate people on how the accepted Euro-American perspectives of the American West was responsible for victimizing the indigenous peoples in the American continent by way of a not-so-nuanced "pop culture" within the Western film and entertainment genre, and to provide a more balanced view of the real history of genocide and racism against the peoples of color who contributed to the history of the American West. From 1934 to 1953, Gene Autry appeared in 93 films. From 1950 to 1955, he also appeared in 91 episodes of "The Gene