Television
The Gene Autry Show
The Carnival Comes West
Flying A Pictures
Season 4, Episode 8 (4-08)
Production #71
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Tuesday, August 24, 1954
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
The social leader of a small Western town goes to surprising lengths to guard a secret from her past.
Detailed Synopsis:
Emma Conley, social leader of a small western town, has never let her neigh bors know she was once a trapeze artist with a touring carnival. When the carnival takes up winter quarters outside her new hometown, Emma fears her past will be revealed, so she hires gun-fighting, strong-arm men to run the show out of town. This causes all kinds of trouble until Gene Autry discovers Emma’s secret and persuades her that being a trapeze performer is no dishonor, but something of which to be proud. Emma’s effort to make amends for her foolishness is complicated by the gunmen’s attempt to rob the carnival, and it takes Gene’s help to make everything right in the end.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Emma Conley | Ann Doran |
| Sheriff Jim | Denver Pyle |
| Fresno | Harry Lauter |
| Santley | Henry Rowland |
| Tom Golden | Clayton Moore |
| Pete | Gregg Barton |
| Slim | William Fawcett |
| Boy | Pat Mitchell |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| Ridin' All Day | Gene Autry |
| Silver Spurs on the Golden Stairs | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | Ross Lederman |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Buckley Angell |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Film Editor | Paul Borofsky, A.C.E. |
| Musical Director | Carl Cotner |
| Music Supervisor | Irving Friedman |
| Musical Score | Walter Greene |
| Assistant Director | Gilbert Kay |
| Recorded by | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
