This film is essentially Gene Autry's screen test. After Ken Maynard's quarrelsomeness got him fired by Mascot Pictures' head Nat Levine, Autry won his first starring role in The Phantom Empire (1935), originally intended to star Maynard. Many years later Autry quietly helped support Maynard when he was old, broke and alcoholic.
The earliest documented telecasts of this film occurred in New York City Friday 12 July 1946 on WCBW (Channel 2), in Los Angeles Tuesday 28 October 1947 on KTLA (Channel 5), and in Washington DC Wednesday 21 January 1948 on WMAL (Channel 7). It first aired in Salt Lake City Wednesday 28 September 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4), in Philadelphia Wednesday 11 January 1950 on WPTZ (Channel 3) and in Boston Sunday 26 March 1950 on WBZ (Channel 4).
A seven-minute musical clip is one of the Extras on the VCI Entertainment DVD set of The Phantom Empire. It includes a square dance, Wyoming Waltz, My Mama Don't Like Music Played in Here, and Down in Old Santa Fe.