Talk:Gene Autry

His politics

I've been watching some of Autry's movies on Comcast. In a couple of them leftist revolutionaries are the bad guys, yet in this article I read he recorded a pro-labor song and some of the cowboy code sounds rather liberal. Does anyone know something more about this topic? CalSteven (talk) 02:26, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

I am not certain about his politics. There is a 2013 article from Huffington Post, called Was Gene Autry a Radical? which examines his shifting political beliefs in detail. He apparently had affiliations with both Democratic and Republican political leaders, some of them with very different ideas.:

"Don Cusic, author of Gene Autry: His Life and Career, says that Autry grew up admiring Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. In mid-life he became more conservative and supported Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. Even so, he remained a registered Democrat, but called himself an “independent.” "Dimadick (talk) 16:32, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

In his 1978 autobiography, Autry describes himself as "kind of a New Deal c

cow" and "a Democrat". And growing up in Democratic Party circles (my grandfather worked in the FDR and Truman administrations), I was always told Autry was a stalwart and reliable Democrat.boy 2601:1C2:100:FC0:B1A8:80C7:A943:5D2E (talk) 08:38, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. That makes sense to me. CalSteven (talk) 17:36, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

TNN

During the 1980’s, Autry hosted a show on The Nashville Network on Sundays, which showed his movies. I checked the article and didn’t see a reference to it. Since TNN is defunct, it may be difficult to come up with anything substantive, but it would add a little more info to the article if anyone can dig it up. /johnfromwv 75.108.209.204 (talk) 23:33, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Be Honest With Me

User:Tillywilly17/Be Honest with Me

I wrote an article on Gene Autry song from 1941. I don't believe I have the power to move it into the main directory. Can an admin please help me out? Note: it started out as a translation, but bears no resemblance to the original Tillywilly17 (talk) 01:08, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Mention of his Easter songs "Peter Cottontail" and "The Funny Little Bunny" are noticeably absent. 149.10.183.160 (talk) 16:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Broadcast ownership

Autry was an important broadcast station owner in the southwest, but the article barely mentions this, even in the "radio and television" section, except to mention that he sold his stations. There should be more coverage of when he started investing in stations (at a time when he was already a wealthy and famous music and movie star). 207.180.169.36 (talk) 00:57, 3 June 2025 (UTC)