 The band performed in the 1936 motion picture "Ride Ranger Ride" and the 1937 film "The Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge", both starring Gene Autry.Although Hartman left the group in 1938, the band continued performing under the leadership of Gillette.They appeared in several films in the early 1940s, including Tex Ritter's "The Pioneers" in 1941.