The Singing Cowboy (1936 film) 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. Ranch owner Steve Stevens (John Van Pelt) is shot by his greedy partner, Martin (Lon Chaney, Jr.), who then sets fire to Stevens' barn. Stevens' last request is for cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) to look after
Singing cowboy of films with the studio beginning with "Song of the Gringo". Ritter recorded "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'," the movie title-track song for "High Noon" (1952). The song became a hit and received an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, for 1953. Herb Jeffries and his horse Starbuck made a series of films beginning with "Harlem on the Prairie" (1937). Singing cowgirl Dorothy Page made three films for Grand National Pictures in 1939. With the fame of the operetta "Rose-Marie" and singing cowboy films, a series of films with actor singer James Newill playing a singing Mountie,