The Old American Barn Dance

Not to be confused with ABC Barn Dance.

The Old American Barn Dance
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Directed by	Fred A. Niles
Presented by	Bill Bailey
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	11
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	DuMont
Picture format	Black-and-white 35mm film
Audio format	Monaural optical
Original release	July 5 (1953-07-05) – September 13, 1953 (1953-09-13)
External links
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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.

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.

Episode status

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

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

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

External links

• The Old American Barn Dance at the Internet Archive
• The Old American Barn Dance at YouTube
• The Old American Barn Dance at IMDb
• The Old American Barn Dance at TV.com
• DuMont historical website