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Rainbow Over Texas is a film from 1946 in which Roy Rogers plays himself as a famous cowboy-singer returning to Texas. Directed by Frank McDonald from a story by Max Brand, it co-stars George "Gabby" Hayes and Dale Evans.
The self-portrayal of Roy Rogers as a more glamorous version of himself in Rainbow Over Texas revealed the great lengths to which Hollywood film studios would go in promoting their own film stars and made patently clear the self-referential advertising employed by studio productions in order to garner greater box office sales.
Since that time, "rainbow over Texas" has become a colloquialism for anyone who self-aggrandizes their own life in mythic and fantastical terms. For example, an individual who confabulates their previous experiences or resume out of either ignorance or self-importance is likened to a "rainbow over Texas".
Original Release
05/09/1946
US Release
05/09/1946
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Rogers | Roy Rogers |
Trigger | Trigger |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Sheriff Gabby Whittaker / Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker |
Dale Evans | Jackie Dalrymple - Posing as Jackie Larkin / Jackie Dalrymple, posing as Jackie Larkin |
Sheldon Leonard | Kirby Haynes |
Robert Emmett Keane | Wooster J. Dalrymple |
Gerald Oliver Smith | Larkin the Butler |
Minerva Urecal | Mama Lolita |
George J. Lewis | Jim Pollard |
Kenne Duncan | Henchman Pete McAvoy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Rogers | Roy Rogers |
Trigger | Trigger |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Sheriff Gabby Whittaker / Sheriff 'Gabby' Whittaker |
Dale Evans | Jackie Dalrymple - Posing as Jackie Larkin / Jackie Dalrymple, posing as Jackie Larkin |
Sheldon Leonard | Kirby Haynes |
Robert Emmett Keane | Wooster J. Dalrymple |
Gerald Oliver Smith | Larkin the Butler |
Minerva Urecal | Mama Lolita |
George J. Lewis | Jim Pollard |
Kenne Duncan | Henchman Pete McAvoy |
Pierce Lyden | Henchman Johnson |
Dick Elliott | Yacht Captain Monroe |
Bob Nolan | Bob Nolan |
Sons of the Pioneers | Musical Group |
Chris Allen | Race Official |
Rudy Bowman | Townsman |
Forest Burns | Townsman |
Budd Buster | Ferguson |
Ken Carson | Singer Ken Carson |
Lane Chandler | Race Judge |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward J. White | Producer |