''Rainbow Over Texas'' is a 1946 American

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film in which

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plays himself as a famous cowboy-singer returning to

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

. Directed by Frank McDonald from a story by

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, it co-stars George "Gabby" Hayes and

Dale Evans Dale Evans Rogers (born Frances Octavia Smith; October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was the second wife of singing cowboy film star Roy Rogers. Early life and career Dale Evans was born ...

. 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". The movie was shot on location near 426 W. Potrero Road in

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.Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). ''Western Filming Locations Book 1''. CP Entertainment Books. Page 131. .

Plot

Cast

as Roy Rogers * George "Gabby" Hayes as Gabby Whittaker *

as Jackie Dalrymple *

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as Kirby Haynes

References

External links

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Synopsis of the Film from Rotten Tomatoes
American English idioms 1946 films Republic Pictures films 1946 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Frank McDonald 1940s American films Films set in Texas 1940s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub