The Old American Barn Dance

The Old American Barn Dance is an American country music television series carried by the DuMont Television Network from July 5 to September 13, 1953.

Not to be confused with ABC Barn Dance.
The Old American Barn Dance
Title screen
Directed byFred A. Niles
Presented byBill Bailey
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes11
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original networkDuMont
Picture formatBlack-and-white
35mm film
Audio formatMonaural
optical
Original releaseJuly 5 (1953-07-05) –
September 13, 1953 (1953-09-13)

Production

The summer replacement program, hosted by Bill Bailey, aired on Sunday nights from 10:30–11 p.m. Eastern Time. The series was filmed at Kling Studios, 639 N. Fairbank Court at Ohio Street, in Chicago, Illinois.

Performers included Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pee Wee King, the Candy Mountain Girls, the Chordmen, Merle Travis, Kenny Roberts, Johnny Bond, Homer and Jethro, Patsy Montana and the Kentucky Thoroughbreds.

In 1959, episodes were edited together with segments from Eddy Arnold Time and Jimmy Dean's Town and Country Time (a local Washington, D.C. program) and syndicated by producer Bernard L. Schubert under the title, Your Musical Jamboree.[1]

Episode status

Three episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

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See also

References
  1. Ira Gallen. "The Old American Barn Dance". Retrieved 2009-01-19.

Bibliography
  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
  • Ira Gallen. "The Old American Barn Dance". Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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