It’s time to enter to win a copy of The Cowboy and the Senorita:
A Biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and
Happy Trails: A Pictorial Celebration of the Life and Times of
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
…that in 1936, Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers) had an unaccredited role as a Sons of the Pioneers guitar player in the Gene Autry’s 1936 film, The Big Show?
…that Roy Rogers hit #7 on the U.S. Country chart in 1946 with “A Little White Cross on the Hill”?
…that actress and singer Dale Evans was born Frances Octavia Smith on October 31, 1912, in Uvalde, Texas.
…that after being discovered by a talent scout, Evans did a screen test for Paramount Pictures, which was considering casting her in Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby. She didn’t get that part, but she soon landed a one-year contract with 20th Century Fox.
…that Evans appeared in the 1942 comedy Girl Trouble with Don Ameche and Billie Burke. She had parts in such musicals as Swing Your Partner (1943) and Hoosier Holiday (1943). Changing studios, Evans moved to Republic and appeared in her first western film, In Old Oklahoma (1943) (the film was later retitled The War of the Wildcats), opposite John Wayne.
Enter to win now and Happy Trails.
