The Big Show (1936 film)
Encyclopedia
The Big Show is the title of a 1936 western
film directed by Mack V. Wright
and starring Gene Autry
.
in Dallas, Texas
, which served as the location of the 1936 Texas Centennial (it continues to serve as the location of the Texas State Fair). Many of the buildings in the film still exist in what has been called the largest collection of art deco
buildings in the world.
Roy Rogers
appears as one of the 'Sons of the Pioneers'.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film directed by Mack V. Wright
Mack V. Wright
-Selected filmography:Director*Wolf Tracks *Masked *Thieves' Clothes *The Broncho Kid *Red Blood *The Texas Terror *Tarzan and the Golden Lion *South of the Rio Grande...
and starring Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
.
Production
The movie was filmed at Fair ParkFair Park
Dallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas . The complex is registered as a Dallas Landmark, National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America...
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, which served as the location of the 1936 Texas Centennial (it continues to serve as the location of the Texas State Fair). Many of the buildings in the film still exist in what has been called the largest collection of art deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
buildings in the world.
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
appears as one of the 'Sons of the Pioneers'.