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Join Gene Autry and his trusty horse Champion at the Autry National Center Tuesdays in July for Dinner and a Movie: Gene Autry Westerns. Dine al fresco, enjoy special gallery talks, see screenings of fully restored Gene Autry Western films, and receive discounts on Gene Autry movies in the museum store.

Senior Curator Michael Duchemin will lead the Gene Autry gallery talks from inside the current exhibition Cowboys and Presidents, Vice President of Gene Autry Entertainment Karla Buhlman will host a talk before the film, and a beautifully restored Gene Autry and Champion will grace the movie screen. The Golden Spur Cafe will offer tasty meals to kick off the evening.

Schedule:
Dinner: 5 pm
Gallery tours: 5:45 and 6:30 pm
Film introduction: 7:15 pm
Screening: 7:30 pm

2008 Film Line-up
(No show on Tuesday, July 1)

Tuesday, July 8
Guns and Guitars (1936)
As musicians in a traveling medicine show, Gene Autry and Frog Millhouse land in the midst of a Texas cattle war. Gene blazes into action with bullets, ballots, and ballads to clean up the crooked cattlemen and their quarantined cattle.

Tuesday, July 15
Rovin’ Tumbleweeds (1939)
When Rancher Gene Autry becomes a singer to aid farmers and ranchers, his radio popularity propels him into politics and he is elected to Congress. Blaming crooked politicians for the disaster, Gene tries to put through a flood control bill and finds he has a lot to learn.


Tuesday, July 22
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
A case of mistaken identity sends Gene and Frog, two down-and-out ex–rodeo stars, on a rip-roaring, cross-country trek as they help a little boy evade the gangsters responsible for the false imprisonment of his father.

Tuesday, July 29
Barbed Wire (1952)
In 1878, Gene Autry is a cattle buyer who tries to settle a battle between the cattlemen and homesteaders, when the latter are worked up into a feverish pitch by an unscrupulous landowner.


Admission:
$15 Autry members / $18 general admission / $10 children 12 and under
Price includes museum admission, dinner, curator-guided gallery tour, and movie screening. As always, parking is free.

RSVP:
323.667.2000, ext. 300