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5.3/10 TV Presented by Bill Bailey No. of episodes 11 Running time 25 minutes Final episode date 13 September 1953 Number of episodes 11 Genre Music | 8/10 IMDb Directed by Fred A. Niles Country of origin United States Camera setup Multi-camera First episode date 5 July 1953 Original network DuMont | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Ranch Party, Rocky King Detective, National Barn Dance, Hometown Jamboree, Ozark Jubilee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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.