Roy pretended to be an extra to audition, won the role, and was renamed Roy Rogers by Republic Pictures.
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Roy Rogers rises from Ohio roots to Decca and Republic Pictures in a tidy classic-Hollywood origin story.
Ohio Mysteries sketches Roy Rogers as more than a familiar Western figure, tracing the Ohio-born performer from singing and acting into rodeo work and television hosting.
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You get Roy Rogers from Ohio roots to Republic Pictures, with a guitar and one very lucky hand on the shoulder.
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