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==In popular culture== <!--Every single mention on Geronimo in pop culture does not have to be listed here. Please make sure any new additions are notable and cited --> ===Music=== ''Geronimo'' is a track recorded by [[Les Elgart]] and his orchestra on their ''Sophisticated Swing'' album ([[Columbia Records|Columbia CL-536]]; 1953).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/les-elgart-best-of-the-big-bands-vol-2/190077912 |title=Les Elgart |date=June 1990 |publisher=Apple Inc. |location=Cupertino, California |access-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515053715/https://music.apple.com/us/album/les-elgart-best-of-the-big-bands-vol-2/190077912 |url-status=live }}</ref> The British instrumental rock group [[The Shadows]] released a single “Geronimo” in 1963, written by group member [[Hank Marvin]]. It stalled at number 11 in the British charts, their lowest since breaking through in 1960 with the charttopping Apache. In 1972, [[Michael Martin Murphey]]'s song ''[[Geronimo's Cadillac (Michael Martin Murphey song)|Geronimo's Cadillac]]'' was inspired by Walter Ferguson's photo of Geronimo sitting in a luxury [[Locomobile Company of America|Locomobile]]. The song hit number 37 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and it was later covered by [[Cher]] and [[Hoyt Axton]]. The German duo [[Modern Talking]] released a different [[Geronimo's Cadillac (Modern Talking song)|song with the same title]] (but with a less explicit lyrical connection to Geronimo) in 1986.<ref name="Clements2013">{{cite book |last=Clements |first=William M. |title=Imagining Geronimo: An Apache Icon in Popular Culture |publisher=UNM Press |location=Albuquerque |year=2013 |pages=198ff |isbn=978-08-26353-22-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7ugfeRDdM4C&pg=PA198 |access-date=November 12, 2015 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105060931/https://books.google.com/books?id=a7ugfeRDdM4C&pg=PA198 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/geronimos-cadillac-mw0000343334 |last=DeGagne |first=Mike |title=Michael Martin Murphey ''Geronimo's Cadillac'' |work=AllMusic |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712061621/http://www.allmusic.com/album/geronimos-cadillac-mw0000343334 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991 Vinnie James released ''All American Boy'' with the track "Hey Geronimo" about Geronimo's life and the line "still stealing your horses".{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 2014, the [[indie pop]] band [[Sheppard (band)|Sheppard]] released ''[[Geronimo (Sheppard song)|Geronimo]]'', which reached number one on the [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]] in April that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/number-ones-sheppard-geronimo-20140417-280017/ |last=Byron |first=Tim |title=Number Ones: Sheppard ''Geronimo'' |date=April 17, 2014 |work=Vine Music |publisher=Fairfax Media |location=Sydney |access-date=April 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420120700/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/number-ones-sheppard-geronimo-20140417-280017 |archive-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2019 the American Red-Dirt Country band [[Shane Smith and the Saints]], released in 2015, their second studio album ''Geronimo''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Official Shane Smith & The Saints Website |url=https://www.shanesmithmusic.com/ |access-date=December 4, 2023 |website=The Official Shane Smith & the Saints Website |language=en-US}}</ref> was released on Geronimo West Records. This album has the title track ''Geronimo''. [[File:Geronimo in a 1905 Locomobile Model C.jpg|thumb|right|Geronimo in a 1905 [[Locomobile Company of America|Locomobile]] Model C, taken at the Miller brothers' 101 Ranch located southwest of Ponca City, Oklahoma, June 11, 1905]] ===Film=== Geronimo has been featured in many [[western (genre)|western movies]]; for example, in [[John Ford]]'s ''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]'' (1939), it is Geronimo's band that chases the stagecoach across [[Monument Valley]].{{sfn|Newman|1990|p=53}} There are four films in which he is the title character. In ''[[Geronimo (1939 film)|Geronimo!]]'' (also 1939), directed by [[Paul Sloane]], he is played by [[Chief Thundercloud]] but only in a supporting role as the film is essentially about the U.S. Army's attempts to capture him. However, in the similarly titled ''[[Geronimo (1962 film)|Geronimo!]]'' (1962), directed by [[Arnold Laven]], Geronimo as played by [[Chuck Connors]] is the main character.{{sfn|Newman|1990|p=67}} In 1993, two films about Geronimo were released within a few days of each other. ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]'' is about his arrest, and he is played by Native American actor [[Wes Studi]]. The biopic ''[[Geronimo (1993 film)|Geronimo]]'' has a wider scope, and he is played by Native American actor Joseph Runningfox.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-12-19-9312190158-story.html |last=Carter |first=Kevin |title=Yelling Geronimo! |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 19, 1993 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127231142/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-12-19-9312190158-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Television and radio=== On June 29, 1938, a fictionalized Geronimo appeared in a radio episode of ''[[The Lone Ranger#Original radio series|The Lone Ranger]]'', titled "Three Against Geronimo". In the episode, [[Tonto]] acts as a spy to discover Geronimo's plan to take [[Fort Custer (Montana)|Fort Custer]] under a [[false flag]] of peace. Tonto strips Geronimo of his concealed knife before the [[Lone Ranger]] and a cavalryman named Peterson lure Geronimo's troops into the emptied fort one at a time. In the TV series ''Stories of the Century'', the episode "Geronimo" was aired on February 14, 1954. “Geronimo” was the title of episode 21 of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] western series ''[[Tombstone Territory]]''. The episode was first broadcast on March 5, 1958, with [[John Doucette]] playing the part of Geronimo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/tombstone-territory/episodes-season-1/1000037299/ |title=''Tombstone Territory'' – Season 1 Episodes |work=TV Guide |publisher=Red Ventures |location=Indian Land, South Carolina |access-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514134031/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/tombstone-territory/episodes-season-1/1000037299/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Geronimo, played by [[Enrique Lucero]], features prominently in the 1979 miniseries ''[[Mr. Horn]]'', starring [[David Carradine]] as [[Tom Horn]]. In the third episode of the second season of ''[[The Politician (TV series)|The Politician]]'' TV series, a photo of the protagonist costumed as Geronimo results in the protagonist being accused of [[cultural appropriation]]. ===Video games=== Geronimo was a character featured in the hit mobile game ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]''.{{cn|date=March 2025}}
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