Rainbow Over Texas is a 1946 American Western film 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.

Rainbow Over Texas
Directed byFrank McDonald
Written byMax Brand
Gerald Geraghty
Produced byEdward J. White
StarringRoy Rogers
George "Gabby" Hayes
Dale Evans
CinematographyReggie Lanning
Edited byCharles Craft
Music byR. Dale Butts
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Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • May 9, 1946 (1946-05-09)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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".[citation needed]

The movie was shot on location near 426 W. Potrero Road in Thousand Oaks, California.[1]

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  1. ^ Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 131. ISBN 9780692561348.
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