In response to his young radio listeners aspiring to be just like him, who created the Cowboy Code, or Cowboy Commandments?
Gene Autry the entire ranch is open to the public during the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, another legacy of Autry's multiple talents. From 1940 to 1956, Autry had a huge hit with a weekly show on CBS Radio, "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch." His horse, Champion, also had a CBS-TV and Mutual radio series, "The Adventures of Champion". In response to his many young radio listeners aspiring to emulate him, Autry created the Cowboy Code, or Ten Cowboy Commandments. These tenets promoting an ethical, moral, and patriotic lifestyle that appealed to youth organizations such as the Boy Scouts, which developed similar doctrines.
Ride Him, Cowboy Ride Him, Cowboy Ride Him, Cowboy is a 1932 pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen starring 25-year-old John Wayne. Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Kenneth Taylor Perkins, the film is a remake of "The Unknown Cavalier", a 1926 Western starring Ken Maynard, with lots of stock footage from the original. The film was titled "The Hawk" in the UK. John Drury (John Wayne) is passing through when townsfolk are about to kill Duke, a horse they believe to be dangerous. He convinces them to reprieve the animal if he can ride it. He does,