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Death Valley Days
Episode Guide pt. 1 (1952-59) (the black & white years)
 April 2005
(season 1-4 updated--Boyce Hart)
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, Louis H. Allgood, Tom Alger, Boyce Hart
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)
Death Valley Days website <www.deathvalleydays.com>
Old.Ranger@deathvalleydays.com

McCann-Erickson, Inc.; employer for hire of Ruth Woodman (1952-59)
Madison Productions
for  20 Mule Team Borax Company
CLNA: United States Borax & Chemical Corporation.
Produced by Flying "A" Pictures" (Gene Autry) (seasons 1 & 2)/ Executive Producer Louis Gray [BH]
Produced by McGowan Productions (seasons 3 & 4) [BH]
Producer, Dorrell McGowan / Directed by  Stuart McGowan (seasons 1-4)(verified BH)
Created & Written by Ruth Woodman (seasons 1-4)(verified BH)
for
First-Run Syndication

US western anthology series
1952-circa 1975     441 eps listed here up to 1970 x 30 bw/color
532 episodes made
hosts
Stanley Andrews as The Old Ranger 1952-65 (died 1969)    Boraxo TV Ad - The Old Ranger
Ronald Reagan - 1965-66 (left for politics)
Robert Taylor -1966-69 (died 1969)
Dale Robertson 1969-72
Merle Haggard 1975

*Filmed on location in Death Valley

Death Valley Days" episode guide pt 1 (1952-59) (b&w)
Season 1 1952-53 18 New episodes (#301-#318) host Stanley Andrews
Season 2 1953-54 19 New episodes (#319-#337) host Stanley Andrews
Season 3 1954-55 16 New episodes (#338-#353) host Stanley Andrews
Season 4 1955-56 20 New episodes (#354-#373) host Stanley Andrews
Season 5 1956-57 18 New episodes (#374-#391) host Stanley Andrews
season 6 1957-58 33 New episodes (#392-#424) host Stanley Andrews
Season 7 1958-59 38 New episodes (#425-#462) host Stanley Andrews
Death Valley Days" episode guide pt 2 (1959-64) (b&w) 
Season 8 1959-60 39 New episodes (#7201-#7239) host Stanley Andrews
Season 9 1960-61 33 New episodes (#601-#633) host Stanley Andrews
Season 10 1961-62 23 New episodes (#634-#656) host Stanley Andrews
Season 11 1962-63 26 New episodes (#657-#682) host Stanley Andrews
Season 12 1963-64 26 New episodes (#683-#708) host Stanley Andrews
Death Valley Days" episode guide pt 3 (1964-75) (color) 
Season 13 1964-65 26 New episodes (#709-#734) host Stanley Andrews/ Ronald Reagan
Season 14 1965-66 26 New episodes (#735-#760) host Ronald Reagan
Season 15 1966-67 26 New episodes (#761-#786) host Robert Taylor
Season 16 1967-68 26 New episodes (#787-#812) host Robert Taylor
Season 17 1968-69 26 New episodes (#813-#838) host Robert Taylor
Season 18 1969-72 26 New episodes (#839-#864) host Dale Robertson
 
Former President Reagan, besides hosting the series, starred in eight
episodes:
#717 "Tribute to the Dog," (1964)
#726 "No Gun Behind His Badge," (1965)
#727 "The Battle of San Francisco Bay," (1965)
#731 "Raid on the San Francisco Mint," (1965)
#735 "The Lawless Have Laws," (165)
#745 "Temporary Warden." (1965)
#746 "No Place for A Lady." (1965)
#747 "A City Is Born," (1965)

[Opening]
[Voice of Stanley Andrews] (The sound of a bugle playing fades followed by)
"Howdy Folks, I am the Old Ranger with a new and exciting yarn. True, mind you,
about the historic Death Valley country."

[Announcer] "As the early morning bugle call of covered wagon trains fade
away among the echoes, another true DEATH VALLEY DAYS is presented by the famous
Borax family of products-20 Mule Team Borax and Boraxo. Well, old Ranger, what's
your story about?"

[Alternate opening] "Stories of the Old West, stories of hardship and adventure,
of dreams and courage; stories of the American pioneer are all a part of our
past, our heritage."

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TITL: The Story of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. By Ruth C. Woodman.
ODAT: 2Nov51; OREG: AA198682, OCLS: A

Episodes Listed in Production No. Order [ODAT: = copyright date]

Death valley days begin   -    Death valley days end

############# Death Valley Days ##############
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 18 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #301-#318)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

1.01 Death Valley Days (pilot) HOW DEATH VALLEY GOT ITS NAME [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 301. (ODAT: 7Apr52/ 1Oct52;; OREG: DU30563/LP2102)
10Dec52 syndicated airdate
Flying A Pictures
Executive Producer Louis Gray / Producer, Dorrell McGowan
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Brad Johnson
Kirkley Riley
Phyllis Coates
John Parrish
Synopsis:
While seeking a shorter route to the California gold fields a group
of pioneers stumble into a desolate wasteland which they aptly
name Death Valley. [BH]
Review:
"The transition (from radio) has been made with ease and the series should
enjoy a consistent, though not neces-sarily tremendous, following.
(The story) is told with an almost documentary fidelity that enhances
the atmosphere and helps cover some minor story holes. Production by
Dorrell McGowan takes full advantage of the rugged country to enhance
the grimness of the situation and Stuart McGowan's good direction
paces a well selected cast through better-than-average performances.
Best is Brad Johnson as a rugged young frontiersman who even-tually
saves the party, with the aid of Kirkley Riley, a one-time storekeeper.
Phyllis Coates as the latter's wife and John Parrish as a leader of
the group also are good." [Variety: Oct.8’52]

1.02 Death Valley Days: SHE BURNS GREEN [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 302 (ODAT: 16May52/14Nov52; OREG: DU30910/LP2143)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
James Griffith .......... Aaron Winters
Donna Martel ............ Rosie Winters
Alan Nixon
Rosa Turich
Hank Patterson
Synopsis 1:
Trouble and disappointment dog the footsteps of a man and his
wife as he tries vainly to make a strike on the desert. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Aaron Winters, a young prospector, goes to Death Valley with
his beautiful bride, filled with hopes of a rich strike.
As they are repeated-ly disappointed, his wife finally
leaves him. But in a quick reversal, as is a woman's
priviledge, she returns to him in time for both to strike
it rich with the discovery of borax. [Variety: Nov.26'52][BH]

1.03 Death Valley Days: THE DEATH VALLEY KID [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 303 (ODAT: 16May52/10Dec52; OREG: DU30909/LP2446)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Bruce Edwards.........Sheriff
Richard Emory.......The Death Valley Kid
Ann McCrea
Synopsis:
The exploits of a bandit of Death Valley who chooses to harass the
province of one sheriff. After about 35 hold ups, the townspeople
begin to suspect that the lawman is in collusion with the outlaw.
The sheriff says he'll get the "Kid" in 30 days or turn in his badge.
The sheriff disguises himself as a woman and goes along on a coach
that is carrying a gold shipment, hoping to trap the outlaw. But he's
caught with his skirts down when an Indian aboard the stage turns
out to be the bandit in disguise, who makes off with the loot.
The sheriff eventually captures the outlaw, however, who turns
out to be his own brother! [BH]

1.04 Death Valley Days: THE LOST PEGLEG MINE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 304. (ODAT: 16May52/17Oct52; OREG: DU30912/LP2101)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Ralph Sanford..........Pegleg
Gilbert Frye
Gloria Eaton
Pat Mitchell
Andy Clyde
Kirkley Riley
Lyle Talbot
Rusty Westcoatt
Baker Sichol
Synopsis:
Told partially in flashback form "The Lost Pegleg Mine" is
a yarn of a pioneer of 1825, not the storybook type of
pioneer but one who flirted just outside the law with an
intense interest in horses - other people's nags, that is.
He stumbles across a rich vein of gold, takes a few samples
with him and makes a map of the location. He doesn't think
about it again until much later, then can't find the mine,
and in the twilight of his life gives the valuable samples
and map to his doctor. They're handed down for generations,
but the mine is never located. Updating the story with a
romance involving the latest generat-ion of the doctor's
family, the tale carries on the search for the "Pegleg Mine."
The girl who is the doctor's kin, and her boyfriend both
find gold and think they've solved the long mystery. But it
develops their guide, tired of hunting for the mine for 40
years on behalf of the family, had planted it to end the hunt.
But boy gets girl and the myth of the mine continues.
[Variety: Oct.20'52][BH]

1.05 Death Valley Days: THE LITTLE BULLFROG NUGGET (copyright title)
McCann Erickson, Inc. must be 305 (ODAT: 30Jun52/15Oct52; OREG: DU31377/LP2100)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Gail Davis ............. Mamie
Jimmy Lloyd
Hal Smith
Wade Crosby
Emmett Lynn
James Seay
Synopsis:
Mamie, a waitress, is the belle of the town of Bullfrog
(a mining hamlet in Death Valley) and the local boys are
hot and heavy after her hand in marriage. One of them puts
up a Rube Goldberg-style shower stall to help his wooing and
another lets her use his gramaphone. It's a tight, 3-cornered
fight, but the girl has a craving for eggs and when the
third suitor learns this, he buys up all the eggs in town,
thereby unlocking her heart. [Variety: Nov.5'52][BH]

1.06 Death Valley Days: SELF MADE MAN [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 306 (ODAT: 12Dec52; OREG: LP2447)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA]
William Henry
Doris Merrick
House Peters Jr.
Synopsis:
A young miner loses his arm when a rival in romance shoots him.
Despairing that he will ever get anywhere now that he's physically
handicapped, he's given a lift by his girlfriend, a dancehall girl,
and they're married. He's bitter at what happened and the fact that
he's supported by his wife. Reluctantly, he agrees to her plan to
foot the bill while he studies law. He winds up one of the West's
most successful attorneys and when the man who shot his arm off
comes begging for him to handle his defense on a murder charge,
he gets him off with an acquittal. He philosophically realizes
that if he hadn't lost his arm he might still be a miner.
[Variety: Dec.17 '52][BH]

1.07 Death Valley Days: THE CHIVAREE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 307 (ODAT: 16May52/7Jan53; OREG: DU30911/LP2294)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Roy Regnier
Harry Lauter
Tyler MacDuff
Joyce Jamison
Eula Morgan
Martin Twain
Synopsis:
A proper Bostonian arrives in a Death Valley hamlet hunting
butterflies and moths for his collection. He winds up winning
the town belle and angering the local bully who had a hankering
for the gal. Determined at least to ruin his rival's wedding
night, the heavy organizes the chivaree, but the dude lets it
be known he'll have no part of it. For three days and three
nights the chivaree continues - from the outside only because
the groom won't let 'em in. As his angry bride is about to
ankle, the groom lets everybody in and discloses to his girl
he deliberately kept the heavy occupied. Seems the heavy had
planned to file an important claim being given up by someone
else, and the dude tipped an impoverished femme prospector
about it so she could stake the claim while the heavy was busy
at the chivaree. [Variety: Jan. 29'53][BH]

1.08 Death Valley Days: THE LITTLE DRESSMAKER OF BODIE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 308 (ODAT: 12Nov52; OREG: LP2144)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Tracey Roberts ............ Lil
Myron Healey
Arthur Space
Ray Bennett
Regina Gleason
Walter Johnson
Jill Hersog
Dick Alexander
Robbin Morse
Virginia Lee
Pat Wright
Clark Stevens
Synopsis:
The story of Tiger Lil, queen of Virginia City in the roaring
days of the gold rush. When Lil is jilted by the guy she loves,
she leaves the saloon circuit, takes on a new name and vocation,
and becomes a dressmaker in the tiny High Sierras town of Bodie.
She was rejected because the Easterner she loved didn't think
she was a lady so she's determined to prove to herself she is,
even though he's gone, and succeeds. Six years later he walks
back into her life, tells her he's been searching for her ever
since he realized he made a "mistake" and there's a clinch for
the happy ending. [BH]
Review:
"This series never uses well-known names, but it isn't necessary,
because Ruth Woodman's scripts are sufficiently meaty to carry their
own weight. Tracey Roberts puts warmth and feeling in her role ...
while Myron Healey is good in the role of her suitor."
[Variety: Dec.2 & 3'52][BH]

1.09 Death Valley Days: CYNTHIA'S DREAM SRESS [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 309 (ODAT: 3Mar53; OREG: LP2538)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Virginia Lee
Brad Johnson
Lyle Talbot
Helen Brown
Ralph Littlefield
Diane Carroll
Steve Conti
Kenne Duncan
Timothy Carey
Synopsis:
The men who follow the will o' the wisp gold trail in the bleak desert
provide the peg for many of the Death Valley Days stories but this
one has an added springboard in a young wife's long-standing desire
for a pretty silk dress. Spun with the care and competence that is
the hallmark of the series, it's an engrossing romance of a young
couple's tilts with lady luck.
Virginia Lee is the gal who hankers for the frock. She misses it once
when the hubby (Brad Johnson) gets taken by slickers after striking
pay dirt. She misses it again when he gets cautious after a second
strike. His third one is the bonanza, however, and his rapid realization
of what the gown means to her cues her recovery from the potentially
fatal combination of boredom, fatigue and despair. [Variety: March 12'53][BH]

1.10 Death Valley Days: THE RIVAL HASH HOUSES [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 310 (ODAT: 3Feb53; OREG: LP2292)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast: [LHA/BH]
Gordon Jones .......... Steve Bassett
Jane Frazee ........... Melodie Marshall
Rusty Wescoatt ........ Pete
William Fawcett ....... Flapjack
Lyle Talbot
Minerva Urecal ?
Synopsis:
Steve Bassett is the hash house proprietor who has a corner on the
eatery market until a pretty young widow comes to town and opens
a restaurant. First he's sorry for her; then he falls for her, but
when she winds up taking away all his business he misses the ring
of the cash register more than he does the ring in his heart. He
sells her a vacant lot for a stiff sum, and feels he's really put
one over on the young widow. But gold is found on the lot! At
first he feels he's been slickered, but the ardor eventually shows
she's fallen for the guy and there's a clinch at the end.
[Variety: Feb.12 '53][BH]

1.11 Death Valley Days: THE LADY WITH THE BLUE SILK UMBRELLA [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 311 (ODAT: 9Jan53; OREG: LP2293)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Cathy Case........Mary Crosby
Ernestine Barrier
Howard Negley
Rick Vallin
Paul Power
Glase Lohman
Leonard Penn
Crane Whitley
Keith Richards
Don Anderson
Reed Howes
Joe Dante
Synopsis:
The story is set in 1805, a time when Congress is deadlocked over
the California issue. Ernestine Barrier uses her influence on
an old flame (Paul Power), to swing his all-deciding vote
favoring admittance of California to the Union. Then, along
with her daughter (Cathy Case), she sails for California in
the party of Howard Negley, custodian of the admission papers,
and aide Rick Vallin, to join her husband. To evade those trying
to steal the papers and thus postpone Cali-fornia's admission,
Miss Case hides them in her umbrella for safe presentation to
the governor in San Francisco five weeks later. [Variety: Jan.16'53][BH]

1.12 Death Valley Days: SWAMPER IKE [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 312 (ODAT: 3Feb53; OREG: LP2291)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Jack (Jock) Mahoney
Margaret Field
Denver Pyle
Hank Patterson
Henry Rowland
Tex Terry
Synopsis:
A white man, raised as an Indian, is in love with a white girl who
refuses to marry him despite her own love for him, because he is a
tribesman. Sent away by the girl, a red brother brings him word
that his Indian mother has just died, leaving him a golden locket
with a white baby's picture inside. The truth about him, his
mother's last words were "is on the rock by the wagon wheel."
Setting out to establish his true identity so he may marry the girl,
he takes a job as a swamper on one of the 20-mule-team borax wagons.
Eventually he finds the rock covered with Indian writing which tells
he is really the child of white pioneers who died of thirst. [BH]
Review:
"The story..is a fitting entry in the series, bearing a stamp of authority
in its realistic unfoldment. Purportedly drawn from the true annals of
Death Valley, its plot carries persuasive action, further enhanced by
the bleak but magnificent Death Valley photographic background.
Mahoney handles his role easily and seems perfectly at home in
the setting." [Variety: March 4'53][BH]
Note:
Jock Mahoney also starred in the series "The Range Rider" & "Yancy Derringer"

1.13 Death Valley Days: THE BELL OF SAN GABRIEL [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 313 (ODAT: 17Mar53; OREG: LP2690)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Pedro Regas
Carlo Schipa
Charles Wagenheim
David Leonard
Marta Mitrovich
Julian Upton
Gilbert Frye
Kirkley Riley
Melodie McGowan
Peter Votrian
George Lewis
Cathy Case
Neyle Morrow
Jack George
Synopsis:
A youngster is adopted by a wealthy Spanish nobleman and grows to
manhood with his benefactor looking upon him as his son and heir.
A romance develops between the young man and the nobleman's daughter,
but the youth gives up all these worldly potentials to become a
Franciscan monk. Sent to the New World, he travels through Death
Valley en route to the San Gabriel Mission, but is lost when his
guide deserts him. He hears the notes of a mission bell, leading
him out of the desert, and discovers it's the same bell which he
once helped cast, when as a Spanish urchin he contributed the
only silver he ever had to help the tone of a church bell being
cast in the local foundry. [Variety: March 26'53][BH]

1.14 Death Valley Days: CLAIM JUMPIN' JENNIE [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 314 (ODAT: 31Mar53; OREG: LP2691)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Irene Barton ............... Jennie
Karen Sharpe ............... Linda
Wallace Ford ............... Buck Hansen
Harry Harvey
Guy Wilkerson
Robert Cunningham .......... John
Charles Stevens
Synopsis 1:
A single mother with a daughter in finishing school back East,
Jennie works the hard life of a prospector out West to provide
her daughter the things she herself never had. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A refined, finishing school girl is embarrassed to discover her mother
is not the important mine owner she thought, just a hard-rock miner.
Synopsis 3:
Jennie, a hard-bitten female prospector, has a habit of jumping
claims so she's not well liked by the other miners and prospectors,
and when Wallace Ford catches her trying to jump his claim, a bitter
enmity results. Meanwhile, Jennie's daughter sur-prises her with a
visit from the East, where she's been attending a finishing school
and all the time believing her mom is a wealthy mining tycoon.
She's disillusioned and ashamed when she finds her mother is just
a prospector. Ford, meanwhile, gets lost in Death Valley and is
rescued by Jennie. Grateful, he convinces the daughter she's been
somewhat of a heel in her treatment of her mother. To complete
the happy ending Ford and Jennie split the claim in question. [BH]
Review
"Irene Barton's portrayal... has conviction and Ford is excellent
as the grizzled prospector. Karen Sharpe adds a good bit of emoting
as the daughter. Stuart McGowan directs with a firm hand..."
[Variety: April 24'53][BH]

1.15 Death Valley Days: THE BANDITS OF PANAMINT [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 315 (ODAT: 31Mar53; OREG: LP2692)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
with: Rosemary DeCamp as The Borax Spokesperson
Guest cast:
Rick Vallin ......... Red Ross
Glase Lohman ........ Cupe McFarland
Sheila Ryan ......... Gwen
Howard Negley ....... Senator Stewart
Gloria Winters
George Sherwood
Gregg Barton
Bob Woodward
Synopsis 1:
Two notorious bandits escaping a posse discover a rich vein of silver
but must find a way to claim their treasure without going to jail.
Gwen, Ross's girlfriend approaches the famous bombastic Senator from
Nevada who's passion for silver mining drives him to agree to an unusual
bargain - acquisition of the claims must include dropping all past
charges againt the two outlaws. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
While making their escape from a posse following their latest Wells
Fargo holdup, two outlaws stumble across a silver vein. They naturally
can't file on the claim themselves, so one of them has his girl
file for them. While assaying proves it to be extremely valuable,
the girl goes to a senator and asks that the bandits be given
immunity if they sell him the mine. The politician's indignation
at being asked to help a couple of outlaws evaporates in the face
of the silver, and he promptly arranges immunity for the pair,
whom he gives only $25,000 for the mine.
After the senator begins mining operations, he learns to his
consternation that Wells Fargo won't take his ore out, because
the two outlaws are standing by, obviously waiting to grab $75,000
more in silver, since that's what they figure is still due them.
The politico is frustrated, until the bandit's girlfriend finally
comes to the rescue by conceiving the idea of pouring the ore into
1,500-pound silver spheres, which the bandits can't lift. It's
then that they cheerfully admit they're outwitted, give up their
attempt at vengeance and go straight. [BH]
Synopsis:
"Ruth Woodman...has an excellent story in "Panamint" and it's well
handled by director Stuart McGowan." [Variety: April 9'53][BH]

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PROD. NOS 316-318 INCLUSIVE MISSING FROM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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1.16 Death Valley Days: SEGO LILIES [BH]
possibly prod no. 316,317,or 318 (copyright date 28Apr53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Robert Hutton ............. David
Sally Mansfield ........... Wilhelmina
Ella Ethridge ............. Sarah
John Dierkes .............. Erastus
Hank Patterson ............ Nephi
John Halloran
Charles Hayes
Synopsis:
David Cannon, a young Mormon pioneer takes his Boston-bred wife
Wilhelmina to St.George, Utah, to help found a new settlement.
Wilhelmina is not happy living a pioneer life, however, but tells
David if he can show her one thing of beauty in the rugged land
she’ll stay. The situation drags on until she's about to pack
her things and head back to Salt Lake City with their baby.
A neighbor tries to persuade her to stay but Wilhelmina is adamant.
Suddenly two men bring her injured husband into their cabin.
It seems he fell off a cliff and broke his leg while trying to
pick a bunch of Sego lilies for her. Wilhelmina realizes she's
been been wrong and decides to stay. [BH]
Review:
"..(writer) Ruth Woodman missed the boat on this story. Basic
concept that he has faith and she doesn't just doesn't come off
with any degree of realism. Hutton and Mansfield are OK in the leads
...if they're not very convincing...it's more the fault of the dialog.
Stuart McGowan's direction is slow." [Variety: May 8'53][BH]

1.17 Little Oscar's Millions: LITTLE OSCAR'S MILLIONS [BH]
possibly prod no. 316,317,or 318 (copyright date 28Apr53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Percy Helton............Oscar
Claire Carleton
Keith Richards
Ralph Sanford
John Frank
Helen Brown
Beverly Cotterell
George Norris
Byron Foulger
John Alban
Tex Terry
Rusty Westcoatt
Margie Stapp
Wade Crosby
Charles Hayes
Synopsis:
By sheer accident, a shy guy finds himself half-owner of a piece
of land in Rawhide, Nevada, and as the village becomes the site
of a gold rush he and his partner soon sell the land for a huge
profit, little Oscar realizing $22,500 on his $10 investment.
Stunned, he goes to the local bar to treat the boys, 24-sheeting
his wad of dough in a manner calculated to lose it in a hurry.
A dancehall girl has no trouble in getting him drunk and rolling
him. But as the happy-sappy tells her what a wonderful gal she
is, she melts and slowly, begrudgingly returns the moola she's
tucked away in her garter. [Variety: May 21'53][BH]

1.18 Death Valley Days: LAND OF THE FREE [BH]
prod. possibly prod no. 316,317,or 318 (copyright date 26May53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
James Adamson
Felix Nelson
Gail Davis
Coulter Irwin
Kirk Riley
Edythe Elliott
Willa Pearl Curtis
House Peters Jr
Frank Richards
Jack O'Shea
Synopsis:
Two Negro slaves persuade their owner to stake them to a trip to
California to work for their freedom. Despite adverse conditions,
they patiently pan for gold until they have almost enough to pay
their owner the grubstake and the price for their freedom. Then
their gold is swiped by one of the men in the mining camp.
Discouraged and disillusioned, the slaves prepare to return to
Kentucky and forget their quest for freedom. By this time they
have won so many friends in the camp through their persistent
fight for a new life, that the other miners contribute more than
enough for the pair to pay off their owner and become free men. [BH]
Review:
"Outstanding portrayals by James Adamson and Felix Nel-son as the
slaves. Stuart McGowan directs with a good deal of sensitivity and
imagination." [Variety: 1953][BH]
Note:
The episode "The Land of the Free" won a television award from
the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge for "an outstanding
achievement in helping to bring about a better understanding
of the American way of life." [BH]

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19 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #319-#337)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

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PROD NOS 319-323 INCLUSIVE +325  MISSING FROM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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2.01 Death Valley Days: LITTLE WASHINGTON [BH]
(prod no not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(copyright date 01Oct53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast: [LHA]
Sally Mansfield ........ Dodie Trumble
Jim Davis
John Eldredge
Louise Arthur
Synopsis 1:
The newly-appointed director of the Carson City mint arrives in a
crude Western town after years of living in Washington. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of Dodie Trumble a Washington D.C.socialite who, transplanted
to Carson City, Nevada, in the year 1878, makes the Wild West town
a "little Washington." [BH]

2.02 Death Valley Days: WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE? [BH]
(prod no not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(copyright date 29Oct53) [BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast: [LHA/BH]
Lynn Thomas ....... Mary Ann King
Richard Emory ..... Martin Bisbee
Earle Hodgins
Hal K. Dawson
Synopsis 1:
A man and the woman he loves are caught up in the dispute over
the California-Nevada state boundary. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The heated dispute over the California-Nevada State line
provides the background for this "Death Valley Days" tale.
Caught in the conflict are sweethearts Mary Ann King and
Martin Bisbee, whose romance is almost wrecked when they
find themselves on opposite sides of the political fence. [BH]

2.xx Death Valley Days: DEAR TEACHER [BH]
Flying A prod. (prod no not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(copyright date 24Nov53) [BH]
# 2.xx - Death Valley Days - Dear Teacher - 1 of 3  (24Nov1953)
# 2.xx - Death Valley Days - Dear Teacher - 2 of 3  (24Nov1953)
# 2.xx - Death Valley Days - Dear Teacher - 3 of 3 (24Nov1953)
Executive Producer Louis Gray/ Producer Dorrell McGowan
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Nancy Hale ........... Evan Prentiss
Michael Moore ........ Alex Gainar
Donna Corcoran ....... Gladys
Vivi Janiss .......... Mrs. Murtagh
Geraldine Wall
Paul McGuire
Kermit Maynard
Synopsis:
The schoolage youngsters of Ubehebe, Nevada, have a well-earned
reputation for being rough on teachers in the year of 1894. That
is until the petite Miss Evan Prentiss arrives to take over the
class - armed with a sixgun! Then one of the students starts a
vicious rumor about the young teacher that nearly costs Miss
Prentiss her job. [BH]

2.xx Death Valley Days: THE DIAMOND BABE [BH]
(prod no not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(copyright date 29Sep53)[BH]
Producer, Dorrell McGowan
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Ann Savage
Jill Jarmyn
Charles Victor
Myra McKinney
Dorothy Adams
Leonard Penn
Joan Danton
Phil Rich
Reed Howes
Hal Smith
Synopsis:
Reputedly based on fact, this episode tells the tale of a beautiful
and flashy dance-hall queen, Diamond Babe, who wins the hearts of
the entire community during an epidemic in Gold Hill, Nevada, in
1869. Loved by the men but shunned by their wives, she turns her
saloon into a hospital and successfully fights the epidemic.
Review:
"...Ann Savage gives a sizzling impersonation of the title role
lending the brittle hardness the part requires..." [Variety:Oct.8'53][BH]

2.xx Death Valley Days: SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY [BH]
(prod no not known - between 319 & 323 0R 325)
(copyright date 27Oct53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
James Griffith
Phyllis Coates
Gloria Winters
Leonard Penn
Coulter Irwin
Rodney Bell
Henry Rowland
Frank Jenks
Jimmy Hawkins
Jo Devlin
Synopsis:
An ex-newspaperman, now the town drunk, is in no condition to
meet his beautiful young sister. So the townspeople clean him up,
keep him away from the bars and pose him as the editor of the
local newspaper. Before long, however, he goes back to the bottle
but when his friend gets trapped in a mine cave-in, he sobers
up and saves his life. [Variety: Nov.11 & 18'53][BH]


2.xx Death Valley Days: WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP [BH]
(prod. no. not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(copyright date 21Nov53)[BH]
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Michael Hathaway
Robert Lowery
George Pembroke
Joan Wright
Nan Leslie
Russell Hicks
Susan Cooke
Dallas Boyd
Richard Person
Synopsis:
William Stewart, an Eastern lawyer, arrives in Nevada City and
proceeds to build a reputation by honest, albeit, shrewd methods.
He also woos the prettiest gal in that part of the country, but
when she throws him over he quickly rushes into another liaison
so as not to lose face with the townsfolk. The Old Ranger comments
that it turned out to be a successful marriage. [Variety: Jan.7'54][BH]

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2.06 Death Valley Days: LITTLE PAPEETE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 324 (ODAT: 2Jan54; OREG: LP3217)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Emily Heath
Richard Avonde
Regina Gleason
Hal Smith
Bruce Payne
Kay Stewart
Leo McMahon
Synopsis:
The story of the first volunteer fire brigade in Columbia,
California in 1861 and the fire engine, a hand pumper called
"Little Papeete." A woman, in love with the fire chief, looks
upon the engine as a "rival" and her attempts to get rid of
Little Papeete nearly costs the chief his life.
[Variety: Feb.10'54][BH]


2.07 [--] prod. no. 325 (no copyright details)

2.xx Death Valley Days: ONE IN A HUNDRED
(prod no not known - between 319 & 323 OR 325)
(1953.12.23)
Michael Forest ................ Larry Brooks
Linda Watkins ................. Hannah Gaines
Robert Griffin ................ Lucas
George Mitchell ............... Sam Dorrance

2.08 Death Valley Days: LOTTA CRABTREE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 326 (ODAT: 5Jan54; OREG: LP3218)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Sharon Baird ......... Lotta Crabtree (Adult)
Gloria Jean .......... Lotta crabtree (Child)
Kay Stewart
Mark Bennett
Yvonne Cross ......... Lola Montez
Paul Weber
Bruce Payne
Bob Paquin
Heenan Elliott
Lyle Talbot
Synopsis:
Ruth Woodman's teleplay carefully follows the career of the star from
her childhood when she began to make stage appearances in order to
earn money for a family virtually beggared by her father's fruitless
pursuit of the golden will o' the wisp.
Review
Necessarily, the story touches only lightly on Lotta's triumphs with
the Old Ranger supplying a narrative fill-in to the details. It
maintains constant interest, however, despite an almost episodic quality.
Carefully and tastefully done the vidfilm ranks with the best of the series.
[Variety: Jan.20'54][BH]

2.09 Death Valley Days: SNOWSHOE THOMPSON [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 327 (ODAT: 27Feb54; OREG: LP3535)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Don Kennedy .......... John Thompson
Jane Hampton
Heenan Elliott
Kay Wiley
Lee Van Cleef
Robert Paquin
Frank Richards
Synopsis:
John "Snowshoe" Thompson, the first man to carry the mail via
skis over the high mountain passes during the California gold
rush, is engaged but tells his fiancee he's got to carry the
mail one more winter and then they'll wed. But for years
John just goes on 'a-skiin' and his bride-to-be goes on a-wait-in.'
John and his ever-patient love, who's weary of waiting, are
finally married when some of the townspeople take up a collection
to end this eternal courtship and make them one, the coin
providing poverty-stricken John (who worked for nothing) with
the wherewithal. [Variety: August 1955][BH]

2.10 Death Valley Days:THE TWELVE POUND NUGGET [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 328 (ODAT: 30Jan54; OREG: LP3534)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Helen Marshall
Maura Murphy
Ray Boyle
John Damler
John Veitch
George Cleveland
Russ Todd
(Betty Wilson ?)
Synopsis:
When she learns that the man she married already has a wife whom he
never divorced, a woman who is expecting a baby comes to live with
her sister and brother-in-law in a mining town. After the baby is
born, a local judge spreads the word that there's a "twelve-pound
nugget at the shack. The story ends with the mother finding a new
and better romance with one of the men in the town. [BH]
Review:
"...a cut below usual standard but handled with competence."
[Variety: March 10'54][BH]

2.11 Death Valley Days: THE BIG TEAM ROLLS (filmed in color)
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 329 (ODAT: 27Jan55; OREG: LP4459)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast: [LHA/BH]
Judd Holdren .......... Dana Emerson
Tom London ............ Sandy McPherson
Lucille Barkley ....... Melinda
Damian O'Flynn
Tom London
Ted Hecht
Rama Bai
Charles Stevens
James Wallace
Zon Murray
Synopsis 1:
A young Eastern tenderfoot tries to prove himself to the girl he
loves, but gets more than he bargained for. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A young Easterner hires out as a swamper - or brakeman - for
one of the 20-mule teams which takes 10 days to cross the
searing floor of the valley to deliver its heavy cargo of
potash ore to the loading depot at Mojave. A renegade half-breed,
whose place he took on the wagon, sticks up the team and shoots
the driver. The swamper captures the breed after a chase and
recovers the payroll he stole. Variety: Feb.1'55
Note:
The Variety review also indicates that the above episode was filmed in Color.
Note:
Copyright date puts this in season 3, but production no. puts it in season 2.


2.12 Death Valley Days: JIMMY DAYTON'S TREASURE (broadcast title) [BH]
Jimmy Dalton's treasure. (copyright title)
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 330 (ODAT: 27Feb54; OREG: LP3533)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Harry Cody ........... Jimmy Dayton
Barbara Knudson
Synopsis: [BH]
When love first comes to elderly Jimmy Dayton, he buys a toupee and
a set of store-bought teeth, hoping to win the hand of a gold-digging
dance-hall queen.
Note:
"Jimmy Dayton's Treasure" is listed as "Jimmy Dalton's Treasure" in
the Library of Congress Copyright Catalog. [BH]

2.13 Death Valley Days: YALLER [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 331 (ODAT: 30Jan54; OREG: LP3532)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Ray Boyle
Jan Shepard
Griff Barnett
Synopsis:
A young man goes to work in his father's mines, but his claustrophobic
fears bring taunts from the other miners who dub him "yellow." [BH]
Review:
"...a below standard entry." [Variety: Feb.24'54][BH]

2.14 Death Valley Days: HUSBAND PRO TEM [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 332 (ODAT: 27Feb54; OREG: LP3627)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Jack Mahoney
Gloria Marshall
Howard Negley
John Veitch
Lillian Culver
Hank Patterson
Lane Bradford
Synopsis:
A young mining engineer (Mahoney) is hired by the railroad to
negotiate a peaceful settlement with the Indians in the year 1880.
A young woman, who insists on accompanying him on his journey,
almost winds up a squaw when she makes eyes at the chief.
She falls for our hero, instead, when he beats the Injun
chief in the friendliest fight ever seen anywhere. [BH]

2.15 Death Valley Days: THE KICKAPOO RUN [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 333 (ODAT: 10Apr54; OREG: LP3628)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Fess Parker
Nancy Hale
Myron Healey
Russ Todd
Phil Arnold
Synopsis:
When land is opened to homesteaders in New Mexico in 1895, a cowpoke
helps a pretty gal from Kentucky nab the best piece of land around.
But on account of he's afraid the little lady will think he wants
her for her earthly qualities, he won't propose, just lopes off
into the sunset. Years later (by now she's got a grownup family and
is a widow) they meet again, and this time it's a merger. [BH]
Review:
"Fess Parker performs ably as the hero...Nancy Hale is good as the
Southern belle." [Variety: June 8'54][BH]


2.16 Death Valley Days: THE RAINBOW CHASER [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 334 (ODAT: 15May54; OREG: LP3786)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Arthur Space
Kay Stewart
Dee Pollock
Melodie McGowan
Stephen Wooton
Gail Bonney
Michael Vallon
Synopsis 1:
An irresponsible husband leaves his family for long periods, and goes
off to find a grub stake. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A wastrel spends his money grubstaking prospectors completely
irresponsible of his family duties. Dreaming of that gold mine
in the sky, he finally goes off looking for one himself.
Years pass and it's assumed he's dead. Meanwhile, his family
goes to work and has a happy life, until one day the characterless
character ambles back into their lives, ready to resume his
head-of-the-house position but not to work. The old bum creates
a lot of friction as he can't understand why he isn't loved just
because he took a few years off chasing rainbows. Happy ending
comes when the wised-up wife grubstakes her hubby to hunt for a
mine she knows doesn't exist, and this time he never does return. [BH]
Review:
"Arthur Space turns in a convincing portrayal of the ne'er-do-well;
Kay Stewart registers as the ever-suffering wife and Dee Pollock,
Melodie McGowan, Stephen Wooton, Gail Bonney and Michael Vallon
contribute good support. Stuart McGowan's direction is tight and
cohesive and the teleplay by Ruth Woodman is a good one."
[Variety: Sept.28'54][BH]

2.17 Death Valley Days: SIXTH SENSE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 335 (ODAT: 8May54; OREG: LP3787)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast:
Jeanne Cooper
William Hudson
Joan Sedlow
Terry Frost
Betty Shewman
Gilbert Frye
Edward Ingram
Bud Osborne
Ben Maser
Synopsis:
A woman is bitter and discouraged because she is blind. A mining
camp superintendent gives her new hope with a pep talk. She
acquires a new interest in life when he teaches her how to
operate a telegraphic instrument. She's smitten with him by
now, but he falls in love with the boss's daughter. The blind
girl gets a job as a telegraph operator and in a fast-moving
sequence of events brings about the capture of a stagecoach
robber. [Variety: May 24'54][BH]

2.18 Death Valley Days: MISTER GODIVA [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 336 (ODAT: 17Jun54; OREG: LP4142)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Rusty Morris
Yvonne Cross
Emile Meyer
Paul Raymond
Helen Spring
Douglas Henderson
Bill Kennedy
Synopsis:
An eccentric young newspaper-man falls in love with a rich banker's
daughter but the tycoon wants the girl to marry a wealthy man.
He gets the girl on a bet that he can bank $1,000 in three days.
It's his "paper suit" which intrigues the townspeople enough to
seek his autograph for a price, which helps the newsman make
good on his bet. [BH]
Review:
"About as bare of the meaty sinew as Lady Godiva riding through
the streets of Coventry. The scripts of Ruth Woodman generally
have a factual basis ...but her she was tricked into a premise
that creaked with contrivances to justify the title."
[Variety: June 23 '54][BH]

2.19 Death Valley Days: DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 337 (ODAT: 29Apr55; OREG: LP4603)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast:
Jack Lomas ............ Scotty
William Schallert ..... Albert M. Johnson
Rusty Morris .......... Sam Swift
Yvonne Cross .......... Marjorie Delafield
Emile Meyer ........... Marcus Delafield
Steve Mitchell..........Blackie
Michael Vallon ........ Old Man West
Gordon Barnes
Fred Libby
John Hubbard
Howard Negley
Tex Terry
Allan Ray
John Cretain
Art Loggins
Bob Shannon
Synopsis 1:
One of Death Valley's most prominent and mysterious citizens, Death
Valley Scotty, kept the country on it's edge of its seat for decades.
The fabulous stories of secret gold mines and his million dollar
oasis kept newspapermen eager for the next story. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of the legendary Death Valley Scotty covers a lot of territory,
going back to 1885 when Scott meets an Easterner who's been told he has
only a few weeks to live. Scotty helps him recover and thus begins a
unique, life-long partnership. The Easterner later becomes a very wealthy
man and when Scotty builds a castle in the desert, claiming his source
of income is from a secret gold mine, it is really supplied by his
rich friend. [BH]
Review:
"Jack Lomas delivers a realistic portrayal of Death Valley Scotty, in
what stacks up as one of the best stanzas ever filmed in the Death
Valley series." [Variety: May 10'55][BH]
Note:
Scotty's Castle, an elaborate mansion built in Death Valley with funds
supplied by Scott's friend, Albert Johnson, still stands and is a
famous tourist attraction. Scotty died in 1954 at the age 81. [BH]
Note:
Copyright date puts this in season 3 - yet production no. puts it in season 2.
This list is in production no. order.

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16 New episodes (prod. nos. #338-#353)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

3.01 Death Valley Days: THE SAINT'S PORTRAIT [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 338 (ODAT: 24Sep54; OREG: LP4143)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Photography by Harry Neumann
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Eugenia Paul .................. Sabita
Rico Alaniz ................... Miguel
Maurice Jara .................. Felipe
Martin Garralaga .............. Father Lopez
Chief Thundercloud
Frank Nachero
George Lewis
Julian Upton
Neyle Morrow
Synopsis:
In New Mexico two Indian tribes feud over the 200-year-old portrait
of St.Joseph which according to superstition brings prosperity
to the tribe which owns it. One of the tribes, jealous of their
neighbors who have the portrait, steals it and sure enough, they
become prosperous and the other tribe fades. Eventually, the fight
is settled by the U.S.Supreme Court, which returns the portrait
to the rightful tribe owners. And in a moralistic roundup, the
local priest convinces both tribes it's hard work, not the portrait,
which makes for prosperity. [Variety: Oct.13'54][BH]

3.02 Death Valley Days: ELEVEN THOUSAND MINERS CAN'T BE WRONG [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 339 (ODAT: 25Sep54; OREG: LP4141)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Bill Kennedy ............ Leonard Pike
Bill Boyett ............. Jim Hardwicke
Claudia Barrett ......... Nella Corning
Gordon Barnes ........... Ed Barrett
Leonard Penn ............ Tom Sweeney
Keith Richards .......... Banker
Connie Coxon
Glenn Strange
Jack O'Shea
John Daly
Michael Vallon
Synopsis:
When the hero (Bill Boyett) kills a claim-jumper in self-defense,
and tells the law about it, an unscrupulous district attorney
frames him on a murder rap. All this is to show that the small
town of Columbia convicts its "killers." And why? Because
Columbia's citizens want their town to be named the capital
of California. All this happens in 1854. The politically
ambitious DA rounds up 11,000 signatures for a petition in
Columbia's behalf, while succeeding in having the hero
convicted at the same time. The hero's counsel swipes the
petition, however, fixes it up a bit so it's a request
for the prisoner's pardon, something the governor hastily
grants. [Variety: Oct.27'54][BH]

3.03 Death Valley Days: BLACK BART, THE PO-8 [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 340 (ODAT: 26Oct54; OREG: LP4330)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Don Beddoe
Helen Brown
Helene Heigh
John Damler
Bob Swan
Bud Osborne
Glenn Strange
Tex Terry
Richard Shackleton
Lee Tung Foo
Ralph Sanford
Synopsis:
A schoolteacher turns to holding up stages when a practical joke,
during which he impersonates a highwayman, nets him $2,000 in
coins and gold dust, more than he'd made in two years teaching.
He turns pro with much success and no trouble. Between holdups,
he resides in San Francisco where he meets and becomes friendly
with Wells Fargo detectives trying to solve the crimes. They
finally catch up to him, when he leaves a starched shirtcuff at
the scene and trace him by its laundry mark. A sly fellow,
Bolton's trademark was to leave a poem in the deserted strongbox
taken off the stage, signed "Black Bart - the Po-8."
[Variety: Nov.22'54][BH]
Note:
Black Bart's real name was Charles E.Bolton. He was almost 60 years
old when he began his stage robbing ca-reer and, because of his age,
only served a short term in the California State penitentiary for
his crimes. One of the verses Black Bart left in a strong box read:
"I've labored long and hard for bread, For honor and for riches.
But on my corns too long you've tred, You fine-haired sons-of-bitches." [BH]

3.04 Death Valley Days: LOLA MONTEZ (1955) (b&w)
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 341 (ODAT: 4Jan55; OREG: LP4392)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Paula Morgan .......... Lola Montez
James Lilburn
Michael Ferris
Glase Lohman
Gabor Curtis
William Tannen
Baynes Barron
George Milan
Burt Wendland
Bruce Riley
John Hubbard
Beverly Thompson
Synopsis 1:
Paula Morgan stars as the fiery world famous dancer. Born in Limerick,
Ireland as Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, escapes an ill-matched
marriage by fleeing to Spain. Under the name of "Lola Montez," she
becomes the dancing rage of Europe. Among her famous admirers, King
Ludwig I of Bavaria, showers her with palaces and a fortune. Revolt
forces her to flee and she eventually heads to America for more romance
and adventures.
Synopsis 2:
The story of Lola Montez, who was born Marie Gilbert in Limerick,
Ireland, in 1818, is told in this episode. She first found fame as
an actress and dancer in Europe and became notorious as the mistress
of Franz Liszt, Alexandre Dumas and Ludwig 1 of Bavaria. She arrived
in San Francisco in 1853 and again became a sensation. Her popularity
soon faded, however, but she found the answer to her search for love
and happiness by taking care of fallen women in New York. She died
in 1861. [BH]
Review:
"Paula Morgan, obviously picked for the lead because she's a looker,
fails to meet the requirements of the role. Mrs.Woodman's script
covers a lot of territory and so does Lola Montez. The story is
well developed in the writing as it covers the beauty's career
embracing several continents and quite a few males. But the
woodenness of Miss Morgan paradoxically makes it rarely
believable even though the yarn's based on fact." [Variety: Feb.14'55][BH]

3.05 Death Valley Days: TO BIG CHARLIE FROM LITTLE CHARLIE [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 342 (ODAT: 6Dec54; OREG: LP4393)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Don Megowan ............... Big Charlie
Douglas Henderson ......... Little Charlie
William O'Neal ............ Spencer Gates
Maureen Stephenson ........ Consuela Gates Loomis
Angie Dickinson
I.Stanford Jolley
John Daly
Britt Wood
Rama Bai
Synopsis:
The story covers three decades plus a lot of territory, rotating
between Nevada and New York as it tells the tale of what happens
when two prospectors strike it rich. But Ruth Woodman has
constructed her teleplay as well it's never cumbersome nor dull
despite the immense compression task.
The yarn follows the careers of the pair, known as Big Charlie
and Little Charlie. The ambitious big one weds a tycoon's daughter,
hies off to the big town and becomes a millionaire. But he's so
immersed in money-making that his wife leaves him and he wallows
sorrowfully in his wealth.
Little Charlie, on the other hand, isn't out for coin, and by
grubstaking others soon winds up broke. But with it all, he
derives from it an "inner satisfaction" moralizes Mrs.Woodman
as the play ends with the partners re-united for a Christmas
in the desert. [BH]

3.06 Death Valley Days: HALFWAY GIRL [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 343 (ODAT: 22Oct54; OREG: LP4331)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Barbara Bestar
Steven Clark
Bill Kennedy
Howard Wright
Hank Patterson
Hal Smith
Harry Harvey
Glen Kilburn
Synopsis:
The story takes its title from the fact that the girl meets the chap
she's in love with halfway between their respective ranches, due to
parental opposition on both sides. Each father blames the other for
the death years before of a son, and the quarrel has endured. When
the boy's father exacts an unwilling promise, as a deathbed request,
that his son won't wed his enemy's daughter, the romance hits a snag
and changes to great bitterness. But all ends sweet and lovely with
the discovery that the boy is adopted, not the dead man's son by birth.
[Variety: Nov.9'54][BH]

3.07 Death Valley Days: THE LIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 344 (ODAT: 19Nov54; OREG: LP4329)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Michael Colgan ......... William M. Stewart
Phyllis Coates ......... Annie Stewart
Glase Lohman ........... Richard Corey
Angie Dickinson ........ Salina Harris
Benny Burt
Baynes Barron
Jack Jordan
Norman Bartold
Jack O'Shea
Synopsis:
This episode tells the absorbing story of how Nevada was admitted to
the Union and the fight to eliminate corruption in order to gain
admittance. Billed as a true story "Light on the Mountain"
graphically revolves around two men and the way they expose
three crooked judges. These judges are so corrupt it isn't
enough to have one of them presiding over an important case
- they even bribe eight of the ju-rors to be sure of the verdict.
[Variety: Dec.6'54][BH]

3.08 Death Valley Days: SEQUOIA [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 345 (ODAT: 31Dec54; OREG: LP4391)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Lane Bradford
Eilean Rowe
Carol Thurston
Angie Dickinson
Baynes Barron
Chief Yowlachie
George Lewis
Robert Paquin
Melodie McGowan
Jerry Nader
Synopsis:
Once there was an Indian named Sequoyah, who despised his white
masters but envied them because they knew how to write. Invalided
by an accident, he decided to take it upon himself to create a
set of symbols for the tribesmen. With berries for ink, a tree
branch for a pen, and burchwood for paper, he gave the redman
his first written language. It was no pushover for old Sequoyah
to have his alphabet of 86 signs accepted by the Cherokees and
even his squaw turns on him for scratching senseless marks.
He was finally hailed as a hero and to perpetuate his great deed
the big redwoods up North were named for him. [Variety: Jan.18'55][BH]

3.09 Death Valley Days: DEATH AND TAXES [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 346 (ODAT: 3Feb55; OREG: LP4458)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Wayne Mallory
Charlita
Jean Lewis
Wes Hudman
Vernon Rich
Ralph Sanford
John Cason
George Sherwood
Bob Peterson
Jack O'Shea
Synopsis:
When a young tenderfoot from Kansas arrives in the rich silver camp
of Limbo, he is immediately sworn in as a deputy and commissioned
the never-before-attempted task of collecting taxes from the outlaws
who populate the area. On the point of gunning him down at such a
suggestion, the toughest desperado of them all so admired the youth's
gall that he backs him up with his sidearms when the other outlaws balk.
Planning to rob the deputy of his taxes, the outlaw instead turns up
a better nature and lets him return to town, adding his own taxes as well.
[Variety: March 29'55][BH]

3.10 Death Valley Days: MILLION DOLLAR WEDDING [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 347 (ODAT: 1Mar55; OREG: LP4525)
(rebroadcast 11Aug58)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast:
Virginia Lee ........... Aggie Feline
James Best ............. Tiny Stocker
Steve Mitchell ......... George Titus
Russ Todd .............. Russ Jenkins
Michael Vallon
William Schallert
Marjory Bennett
Synopsis 1:
A handsome gullible miner is tricked by unconscionable pranksters,
George and Russ into proposing to the camp's homely waitress,
Aggie. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Hoping to trick a fellow miner into proposing to a lonely plain-looking
waitress in a Death Valley mining community, two miners named George
and Ross plot a elaborate practical joke in which they promise him
$50,000 if he will wed her. They plan to pay off with a sack of
worthless shares in an abandoned gold mine. After the wedding and
the young couple learn they've been tricked, they settle down to
the humdrum life of mining when - of course! - a new vein is
discovered and the stock booms to $1,000,000. [BH]
Review:
"James Best and Virginia Lee deliver bang-up performances. Steve Mitchell
and Russ Todd handle trickster parts in good fashion." [Variety: March 14'55] [BH]

3.11 Death Valley Days: RIGGS AND RIGGS [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 348 (ODAT: 24Feb55; OREG: LP4526)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Jack Daly .............. Henry Riggs
Ella Ethridge .......... Alvirah Riggs
Dick Elliott ........... Bob Mitchell
Helene Heigh ........... Helen Mitchell
John Martin ............ Andrew Johnson
Gene Roth
Pat Gallagher
Wanda Barbour
Jacii Lee
Synopsis:
Henry Riggs goes to San Francisco to deposit the $70,000 he and his
wife have gotten from their mining claim. Instead, Henry meets a
sailor and sets off on a world cruise, spending the money on wine,
women and song. He returns home with lots of experience, but no
money, and finds that his wife has struck it rich with another
claim. This time, however, Mrs.Riggs has wised up and they'll
split the loot. [Variety: April 1955][BH]

3.12 Death Valley Days: LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 349 (ODAT: 29Mar55; OREG: LP4602)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA]
Bill Sheldon .......... Terry Burns
Helen Marshall ........ Nina Congdon
Regina Gleason ........ Vera
Garr Nelson ........... John Ferrand
Synopsis:
A young adventurer leaves his girl behind to go West to prospect for gold.
He's pretty startled when she walks into the gambling hall he frequents
- accompanied by her husband. [BH]

3.13 Death Valley Days: THE SEVENTH DAY [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 350 (ODAT: 28Apr55; OREG: LP5309)
(rebroadcast 22Apr57 NBC Mon)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest cast:
Alan Wells
Michael Moore
Barbara Lang
Synopsis 1:
Conflict arises when a prospector, guiding a wagon train to California
during the Gold Rush, insists that Sunday be kept as a day of rest. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A wagon train is troubled by the lust for gold among its passengers. [BH]

3.14 Death Valley Days: I AM JOAQUIN [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 351 (ODAT: 7Jun55; OREG: LP5377)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Cliff Field
Steve Conte
Jeanne Cooper
John Damler
Synopsis:
The story of Joaquin Murietta. The wife of a sea captain allows her
husband to take their daughter aboard his gold-carrying ship
and during the night bandits kidnap the child. [BH]

3.15 Death Valley Days: THE CRYSTAL GAZER [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 352 (ODAT: 3Jun55; OREG: LP5378)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Natalie Norwick ...... Eilley [LHA]
Morgan Jones
Michael Ferris
Michael Monroe
Synopsis:
The seventh daughter of a seventh daughter receives strange insights
into her future. [BH]

3.16 Death Valley Days: THE MORMONS' GRINDSTONE [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 353 (ODAT: 28Apr55; OREG: LP5308)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Clark Howatt .......... Murphy
Fran Bennett
William Boyett
Harry Lauter
Henry Rowland
Hank Patterson
Rusty Westcoatt
Synopsis:
Gold is where you find it, runs an old saying, and much the same can
be said for silver. In this tale of the historical Utah rush in 1876
that produced over $10,000,000 in precious ore, the romance of the
accidental discovery is made both interesting and educational.
An old grindstone gathering dust and grime in a storage corner of
a blacksmith shop led to the famous silver reef strike, but it
complicated the ro-mance of a young couple. [Variety: May 24'55][BH]

############# Death Valley Days ##############
############# season 4 1955-56 ##############
##############################################
20 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #354-#373)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

4.01 Death Valley Days: THE VALENCIA CAKE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 354 (ODAT: 23Sep55; OREG: LP5589)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Robert Tafur
Ariana Cole
Tom Hernandez
Harry Shearer
Donna Martell
Ernestine Barrier
Gabriel Curtiz
Rosa Turich
Gilbert Frye
Sid Kane
Heenan Elliott
Pilar Arcos
George Lewis
Fanny McEnroe
Synopsis:
This episode, set in Mexico, documents the fortunes of three generations
of the Fernandez family over a 60-year span on their million acre grant
from the King of Spain. What's called the "most priceless cake in history"
gives the story its title. The cake is baked on a paper base that, to
everyone's consternation, is the lost grant to save the family from
eviction when New Mexico becomes a U.S. possession. [Variety: Oct.28'55][BH]

4.02 Death Valley Days: RENO [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 355 (ODAT: 23Sep55; OREG: LP5588)
Producer, Dorrell McGowan
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
William Schallert
Frank Griffin
Stanley Clements
Tom Monroe
Paul Sorensen
Sam Flint
Florence Ayer
Jack O'Shea
I.Stanford Jolley
Synopsis:
Years after serving under Lt. Jesse Lee Reno in Mexico, two
prospectors learn of his death during the war between the states.
To honor their former officer, the pair name a Truckee River way
station "Reno" from which grew the city of Reno, Nevada.
[Variety: Oct.11'55][BH]

4.03 Death Valley Days: THE HOMELIEST MAN IN NEVADA [BH]
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 356 (ODAT: 24Oct55; OREG: MP6915)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Paul Wexler
Patricia Joiner
Richard Avonde
Synopsis:
A plain face proves to be the key to romance for the hero of this tale. [RF/BH]

4.04 Death Valley Days: CALIFORNIA'S FIRST ICE MAN [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 357 (ODAT: 12Dec55; OREG: LP5944)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Rhodes Reason ........... Peter Jeffries
I. Stanford Jolley ...... Colby
Donna Drew .............. Laura
Synopsis:
A young Bostonian comes to California during the gold rush days and
runs into the heavy who "ruined" his father back East. The heavy's
up to his old tricks, only now he's charging pioneers sky high prices
for snow in their drinks. This makes the young man so mad he imports
ice from Boston, ruins the heavy, and gets rich quick doing it. [BH]
Review:
"Just a fair entry in the series, with Mrs. Woodman's teleplay
providing few dramatics, little excitement." [Variety: Jan.4'56][BH]

4.05 Death Valley Days: THE HANGMAN WAITS [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 358 (ODAT: 19Dec55 ; OREG: LP5943)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Percy Helton
Clark Howat
Claire Weeks
Ken Christy
Synopsis:
Alex Grant faces conviction and death until a friend steps to the
witness stand on his behalf. [BH]

4.06 Death Valley Days: A KILLING IN DIAMONDS [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 359 (ODAT: 20Oct55; OREG: LP5792)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Michael Vallon
Robin Short
Baynes Barron
Emmett Vogan
Marc Hamilton
John Ayers
Sid Kane
Jack Gardner
Synopsis:
The gold fever was at its peak when two prospectors walked into booming San
Francisco and poured flashing diamonds from a sack. Under examination they
proved to be the real thing and now every-one wanted to get in on the
killing. A representative of the town's biggest bank even took a trip to
the diamond field, and sure enough, it was the real thing. What he didn't
know at the time was that the "prospectors" bought the gems in London and
"salted" the field. Being a true story, the epilog records that they took
the $600,000 for their shares and disappeared, one of them opening a bank
in Kentucky. [Variety: Nov.15'55][BH]
Note:
The year of the Great Diamond Hoax was 1872. The above episode was re-made in
Color by Madison Productions as "The Great Diamond Mines" c.Feb.23'68. [BH]
(see episode 16.12 prod. no. 798)

4.07 Death Valley Days: MIRACLE OF THE SEA GULLS [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 360 (ODAT: 14Nov55; OREG: LP5853)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Peter Dane
Catherine O'Hara
Austin Greene
Herbert C.Lytton
Almira Sessions
William O.Wayne
Bill Kennedy
Synopsis:
A counterfeiter joins Brigham Young's wagon train en route to Salt
Lake City, and finds that money, even good money if he had any,
will avail him nothing in the wilderness.
Review:
The script draws on the authenticated story of how the sea gulls arrived
hundreds of miles inland to devour the grasshoppers which threatened
the tiny Mormon settlement with extinction. Until then, the counterfeiter
had been skeptical of the Mormon piety but, impressed by the power of
prayer, joins the church, thus clearing the last bar to marrying a Mormon
girl who loves him. [Variety: Dec.6'55][BH]

4.08 Death Valley Days: NEVADA'S PLYMOUTH ROCK [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 361 (ODAT: 13Feb56; OREG: LP6434)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Liam Sullivan
Charmienne Harker
Bobby Beckman
Paul Knight
Helen Jay
Synopsis:
An Eastern family comes to Nevada, but the wife is fearful that
the rough and tumble climate will have an unhealthy effect on
their youngster, and she wants to go back to Boston. When the
kid is badly hurt in an accident, her husband agrees. But a
Nevadan comes back from the East, bearing with him a hunk of
the Plymouth Rock. On top of which the wife by now understands
they are pioneers, like the Pilgrims in their day, so she stays. [BH]
Review:
"Few can transmit the flavor of the Old West to TV as ex-pertly as Ruth
Woodman ...and she is at her best in this vignette of Old Nevada.
Mrs. Woodman brings to the screen in realistic fashion not only the
atmosphere of the Old West, but her characterizations are vivid,
invariably understandable." [Variety: Feb.27'56][BH]

4.09 Death Valley Days: WILDCAT'S FIRST PIANO [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 362 (ODAT: 21Nov55; OREG: LP5852)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Michael Garth ................. Chuck Latham
Marilyn Saris ................. Deborah Lee
Synopsis:
Culture comes to a Nevada mining town in the 1890's when the first
piano arrives - but no one can play it. [BH]

[--] prod. no. 363 MISSING - no copyright details

4.10 Death Valley Days: THE BARON OF ARIZONA [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no? (copyright date 06Feb56)
(possibly #363)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Kenneth Harp
Audrey Conti
Jack Gardner
Synopsis:
From the archives of the U. S. government comes this story of a
land-grabber who called himself the "Baron of Arizona." James
Reavis claimed title to a vast area of land and tried to turn
the homesteaders living on it into his slaves. In 1880, a
crusading reporter investigated the legitimacy of the "baron"
and he was brought to trial. [BH]

4.11 Death Valley Days: THE MAN WHO'D BET ON ANYTHING [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 364 (ODAT: 16Jan56; OREG: LP5956)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Mark Bennett....Abraham Curry
Helen Gilbert.......Mrs.Curry
Synopsis:
Way back in the mid-19th. century, Abraham Curry, who would bet
on anything, placed his biggest bet. He grabbed a lot of barren
land in the Western wastelands (which became Carson City) and
bet it would be the site of the state capital of Nevada which
wasn't even a state at the time. Curry sees the decision on the
state capital almost go to Virginia City, but his faith wins
out and a last minute decision sees Carson City become the
capital. [BH]
Review:
"Mrs.Ruth Woodman...transmits the superb grasp she has of the Old
West to the screen, and both the atmosphere and the men who made
the West grow are authentically mirrored here. Mark Bennett is
convincing as the free-wheeling visionary Westerner and Helen
Gilbert performs well as his wife." [Variety: Jan.30'56][BH]

4.12 Death Valley Days: THE HOODOO MINE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 365 (ODAT: 2Mar56; OREG: LP6444)
(rerun in "Pioneers" series 1968)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Tyler McDuff ............. Norman Berry
Duane Thornsen ........... Bill Snyder
Linda Brent .............. Lupin
Synopsis 1:
A young prospector is left by his partner to die from thirst
after striking out a rich claim.
Synopsis 2:
A young prospector is left by his partner to die of thirst in the
wilderness. An Indian maiden saves his life but she puts a curse
on the rich silver mine he and his partner has found. [BH]

4.13 Death Valley Days: GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 366 (ODAT: 9Jan56; OREG: LP5957)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Claudia Barrett
Michael Bryant
George Mathews
George Baxter
Synopsis:
When one of his stagecoaches is held up and robbed, a Wells Fargo
detective is accused of being involved in the theft and fired.
He goes away for several months, but returns with the two crooks
- and the stolen gold - in hand. [BH]
Review:
"Despite the fact this yarn - a detective story - is off-beat for this
series "Gold" is purely pedestrian." [Variety: Feb.15'56][BH]

4.14 Death Valley Days: MISTER BIGFOOT [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 367 (ODAT: 12Mar56; OREG: LP6443)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Charles Martin...Stubby Weeks
Duane Thorsen.....Dutch Hogan
Ann McCrea......Merinda Pratt
Paul Keast......Prof.Muchmore
Synopsis:
Two men - one small in stature, the other, large - are both fond
of the same girl. A visiting anthropologist plants fake footprints
of a "giant" in Death Valley, which scares the big guy away. The
little guy goes after the mythical giant, how-ever, thus proving
to the girl that he's the bravest and wins her. [BH]
Review:
"This in not much on which to devote a half-hour, and rates as one
of Mrs.Woodman's poor-er scripting efforts." [Variety: March 26'56][BH]

4.15 Death Valley Days: TWO BITS [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no.368 (ODAT: 07Apr56; OREG: LP6565)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Harry Mackin ............ Pvt. Sam Loomis
Charlie Heard ........... Col. Downey
Synopsis:
An emaciated race horse arrives at a remote fort in the Arizona
Territory in 1864 and is saved from destruction by a young private.
The horse becomes a hero during an Apache uprising when it sprints
through the Indians after its rider has been shot off, and gets
help for the under-manned fort. [BH]

4.16 Death Valley Days: ESCAPE [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 369 (ODAT: 30Mar56; OREG: LP6564)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Mark Dana ............... Harry Neilson
Beverly Tyler ........... Evelyn Neilson
Synopsis:
A couple, on the verge of divorce, is menaced by an es-caped killer
for 12 harrowing hours. [BH]

4.17 Death Valley Days: BILL BOTTLE'S BIRTHDAY [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 370 (ODAT: 27Apr56; OREG: LP7072)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Don Kent
Barbara Lang
Camille Franklyn
Homer Clayton
Synopsis:
A pompous prospector puts an ad in the newspaper inviting anyone
bearing the name of Bottle to attend his birthday party. [BH]

4.18 Death Valley Days: THE SINBUSTER [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 371 (ODAT: 4May56; OREG: LP7070)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Peter Thompson
Lyn Thomas
Don Kelly
Synopsis:
An itinerant preacher, arriving in the California town of Mojave,
is given a hostile greeting by the miners and cowhands who live
there. [BH]

4.19 Death Valley Days: THE LONGEST BEARD IN THE WORLD [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 372 (ODAT: 1Jun56; OREG: LP7071)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast: [LHA/BH]
Guy Prescott .......... Lawyer Barnaby Taylor
Patricia Donahue
Lucille Sewall
Synopsis:
Barnaby Taylor, a young Western lawyer, runs for Congress on
the merits of his four-foot-long beard, but when someone else
turns up with a longer beard, Barnaby figures he should throw
in the sponge. The depressed lawyer is urged by his girlfriend
to shave off his whiskers and the public goes for him because
he's clean-shaven and they vote him in. [BH]

4.20 Death Valley Days: PAY DIRT [BH]
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 373 (ODAT: 25May56; OREG: LP7073)
Directed by Stuart McGowan/ Teleplay by Ruth Woodman
Hosted by Stanley Andrews
Guest Cast:
Barbara Long ........... Norman Gordon
Bradford Jackson ....... MacGordon
Paul McGuire ........... Don Daley
Synopsis:
A pair of newlyweds head West, hoping to strike it rich. When
the husband is tricked into buying a phony gold mine, the hoax
almost breaks up their marriage. [BH]

############# Death Valley Days ##############
############# season 5 1956-57 ##############
##############################################
18 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #374-#391)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

5.01 Death Valley Days: FARO BILL'S LAYOUT
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 374 (ODAT: 14Sep56; OREG: LP7125)
Guest Cast:
Britt Lomond ............ Faro Bill
Diane Brewster .......... Grace Fallon
Synopsis:
Gambling boss Faro Bill protects a pretty girl from a drunk. [RF]
(rebroadcast 23Oct61 CBS Mon 10:30 ET Abilene)

5.02 Death Valley Days: THE BEAR FLAG
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 375 (ODAT: 21Sep56; OREG: LP7126)
Guest Cast:
Don Harvey ........... Ezekial Merritt
Robert Tafur

5.03 Death Valley Days: EMPEROR NORTON
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 376 (ODAT: 15Jun56; OREG: LP7074)
Guest cast:
Parker Garvie ......... His Majesty, Emperor Joshua Norton I
Leonard Penn .......... Thomas King, the Newspaper Editor
Pat O'Hara ............ Franklyn Duffy
Mauritz Hugo .......... Horace Cooper
Synopsis:
Successful businessman Joshua Norton and his partners are about
to corner the rice market when a series of ships from China
arrive and reverse their fortunes. [RF]

5.04 Death Valley Days: THE ROSE OF RHYOLITE
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 377 (ODAT: 3Dec56; OREG: LP7382)
Guest Cast:
Lee Rhodes
Regina Gleason
Jeff Alexander

5.05 Death Valley Days: THE LAST LETTER
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 378 (ODAT: 8Dec56; OREG: LP7383)
Guest Cast:
William Pullen ......... Alex Todd
Clint Eastwood ......... John Lucas

5.06 Death Valley Days: LOGGERHEADS
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 379 (ODAT: 17Nov56; OREG: LP7856)
Guest Cast:
Bill Catching
Camille Franklin
Gregg Palmer

5.07 Death Valley Days: YEAR OF DESTINY
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 380 (ODAT: 31Dec56; OREG: LP8203)
Guest Cast:
Craig Hill ........... Bret Harte
Doreen Dare

5.08 Death Valley Days: MERCER GIRL
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 381 (ODAT: 07Jan57; OREG: LP8201)
Guest Cast:
Norma Ward
Brad Jackson
Peggy O'Connor

5.09 Death Valley Days: PAT GARRETT'S SIDE OF IT
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 382 (ODAT: 22Oct56; OREG: LP7262)
Guest Cast:
Joel Collins ........ Axel Sharpe
Mack Williams

5.10 Death Valley Days: THE HIDDEN TRASURE OF CUCAMONAGA
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 383 (ODAT: 05Nov56; OREG: LP7855)
Guest Cast:
Anna Navarro
Richard Gilden
Tony Lawrence

5.11 Death Valley Days: THE WASHINGTON ELM
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 384 (ODAT: 04Mar57; OREG: LP8204)
Guest Cast:
Dunne Cress
Eric Bond

5.12 Death Valley Days: CALIFORNIA'S PAUL REVERE
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 385 (ODAT: 28Jan57; OREG: LP8202)
Guest Cast:
Don C. Harvey
Alex Sharpe
Irene James
Synopsis:
After the American forces have captured Los Angeles in 1846, they move
their troops north to Monterey, leaving the garrison sparsley manned.
Then the Mexican forces start a counter- attack [TA]
(Local 02Aug63 Ch 4 WTMJ (NBC) Milwaukee, Fri 8:30pm)

[--] prod. no. 386 - MISSING - no copyright details

x.xx The Rosebush of Tombstone (1957.03.03) - possibly no 386
Daria Massey
Peter Thompson
 
5.14 Death Valley Days: THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod.no. 387 (ODAT: 25Mar57; OREG: LP8205)
Guest Cast:
Bill Boyett
John Sorrentino
Rosemary Ace

5.15 Death Valley Days: THE TRIAL OF RED HASKELL
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 388 (ODAT: 25Feb57; OREG: LP8206)
Guest Cast:
Chuck Roberson
Gregg Palmer

5.16 Death Valley Days: LADY ENGINEEER
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 389 (ODAT: 1Apr57; OREG: LP8207)
Guest Cast:
Allison Hayes ................. Mary Granger
Gregg Palmer
Frederick Ford

5.17 Death Valley Days: TRAIN OF EVENTS
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 390 (ODAT: 22Apr57; OREG: LP8273)
Guest Cast:
Craig Hill
Audrey Conti
Anne Gwynne

5.18 Death Valley Days: THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER LICKED (copyright title)
(not Liked ?) )
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 391 (ODAT: 29Apr57; OREG: LP8272)
Guest Cast:
Bill Hudson ........ Elias Jackson Baldwin
Daria Massey

############# Death Valley Days ##############
############# season 6 1957-58 ##############
##############################################
33 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #392-#424)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

6.01 Death Valley Days: ARSENIC SPRINGS
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 392 (ODAT: 14Oct57; OREG: LP9712)
Guest Cast:
Louis Zito
Bert Hanson
Joan Swift

6.02 Death Valley Days: CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH IN REVERSE (1957.10.21)
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 393 (ODAT: 30Sep57; OREG: LP9714)
Guest Cast:
Doug McClure ........ Lt. Losier [LHA]
Stanley Lachman
Roy W. Gordon
Guy Prescott
I. Stanford Jolley
Mabel Rea

6.03 Death Valley Days: CAMEL TRAIN
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 394 (ODAT: 1Oct57; OREG: LP9796)
Guest Cast:
William Reynolds
Stanley Lachman
Hadji Ali

6.04 Death Valley Days: FITEEN PACES TO FAME
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 395 (ODAT: 7Nov57; OREG: LP9795)
Guest Cast:
Paul Donovan .................. Ganse Taylor
Doug McClure
Mayo Loizeaux
Gene O'Donnell

6.05 Death Valley Days: CALIFORNIA'S FIRST SCHOOLMARM
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 396 (ODAT: 12Oct57; OREG: LP9713)
04-Nov-57
Guest Cast:
Dorothy Granger
Richard Keith
Shera Stennette
Synopsis:
The schoolteacher wife of a pioneer starts classes in an old mission. [TA]

6.06 Death Valley Days: FIFTY YEARS A MYSTERY
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 397 (ODAT: 30Oct57; OREG: LP10103)
Guest Cast:
Pat Waltz
John Holland
Rosemary Ace

6.07 Death Valley Days: THE CALICO DOG
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 398 (ODAT: 29Nov57; OREG: LP9794)
Guest Cast:
Carol Nugent .................. Nancy Drake
Robert Veneveds ............... Dave Chapman
Steve Conte ................... Narrer Frost

6.08 [--] 399 (no copyright details)

6.09 Death Valley Days: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.400 (ODAT: 23Jan58; OREG: LP9931)
Guest Cast:
William Hudson

6.10 Death Valley Days: YANKEE PIRATE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 401 (ODAT: 13Feb58; OREG: LP10251)
Guest Cast:
Ken Clark ..................... Joseph Chapman
Pamela Duncan ................. Lupe Ortega
Edward Colmans

6.11 Death Valley Days: THE GIRL WHO WALKED WITH A GIANT (1958.04.22)
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 402 (ODAT: 12Apr58; OREG: LP11072)
Guest Cast:
Stephen Chase ................. Sam Houston
Nancy Rennick ................. Margaret Lea

6.12 Death Valley Days: AUTO INTOXICATION (1958.03.03)
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 403 (ODAT: 28Feb58; OREG: LP10286)
Guest Cast:
Raymond Hatton
Lizz Slifer

6.13
Prod. no. 404 - MISSING

6.14 Death Valley Days: THE GREATEST SCOUT OF ALL (1958.01.13)
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.405 (ODAT: 2Jan58; OREG: LP10099)
Guest Cast:
Bruce Kaye
Frank Richards
Maureen Hingeft

6.15 Death Valley Days: THE LAST BAD MAN
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 406 (ODAT: 9Dec57; OREG: LP10101)
Guest Cast:
Jean Moorehead
Roy Gordon
Morgan Sha'an
Armand Alzamora

6.16 Death Valley Days: ROUGH AND READY
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 407 (ODAT: 7Dec57; OREG: LP10102)
Guest Cast:
Ronald Foster ................. Siles Begg
Philip Van Zandt .............. Joe Sweigart
Maralou Gray .................. Jessie Babcock

6.17 Death Valley Days: MAN ON THE RUN
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.408 (ODAT: 30Jan58; OREG: LP10249)
Guest Cast:
Billy Nelson .................. Billy Benson
Mary Field .................... Annie

6.18 Death Valley Days: TWO-GUN NAN
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 409 (ODAT: 27Feb58; OREG: LP10287)
Guest Cast:
Penny Edwards ................. Nan
William O'Neal ................ Buffalo Bill

6.19 Death Valley Days: THE MYSTERY OF SUICIDE GULCH (1958.04.01)
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 410 (ODAT: 28Mar58; OREG: LP11068)
Guest Cast:
Stephen Chase ................. Ed Pratt
Lee Anthony ................... Loren Pratt

6.20 Death Valley Days: TEN IN TEXAS
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.411 (ODAT: 14Feb58; OREG: LP10250)
Directed By Stuart McGowen [SC]
Teleplay By Jacqualine Rhodes [SC]
Guest Cast: [SC]
Rober Fuller............as Johnny Santos
Harry Strang
(Incomplete)

6.21 Death Valley Days: QUONG KEE
McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 412 (ODAT: 27Nov57; OREG: LP9793)
Guest Cast:
Victor Sen Yung

6.22 Death Valley Days: BIRTH OF A BOOM
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.413 (ODAT: 31Jan58; OREG: LP10100)
Guest Cast:
Roy Barcroft .................. Jim Butler
Keith Byron ................... Tasker Oddie

6.23 Death Valley Days: THE BIG RENDEZVOUS
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 414 (ODAT: 5Apr58; OREG: LP11074)
Guest Cast:
Peter Walker
Gardner McKay
Laurie Carroll

6.24 Death Valley Days: COCKEYED CHARLIE PARKHURST
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 415 (ODAT: 13Mar58; OREG: LP11071)
24Mar1958 NBC Mon 7pm ET WBAL-TV Balitmore Maryland.
Guest cast:
Frank Gerstle
Glenn Strange
Synopsis:
A boy at an early age learns to love horses and eventually
becomes one of the best drivers in New England. [RF]

6.25 [--] prod. no. 416 (no copyright details)

6.26 Death Valley Days: JERKLINE JITTERS (1958)(b&w)
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 417 (ODAT: 4Jan58; OREG: LP11069)
("Pioneers" version with Will Rogers, Jr. as host)
Guest Cast:
Clay Randolph ................. Brad Tyson
Audrey Conti .................. Enid
Synopsis:
After a series of unfortunate, events starting with loosing a passenger
on the return tip from Death Valley, the seasoned old teamster gambles
away a pair of the 20-Mule Team! What a jam! How will he tell Supt.
Perry?! A young man in love with the grizzled teamster's daughter has to
prove himself worthy, to boot!

6.27 Death Valley Days: THE TELESCOPE EYE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 418 (copyright date 27Mar58)

6.28 [--] 419 (no copyright details)


6.29 Death Valley Days: EMPIRE OF YOUTH
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no.420 (ODAT: 13Jan58; OREG: LP9932)
Guest Cast:
Gregg Palmer .................. William T. Coleman
Virginia Lee

6.30 Death Valley Days: THE GREAT AMULET
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 421 (ODAT: 14Mar58; OREG: LP11073)
Guest Cast:
Don Reardon ................... Robert Lewis Stevenson


6.31 [--] prod. no. 422 (no copyright details)
6.32 [--] prod. no. 423 (no copyright details)
6.33 [--] prod. no. 424 (no copyright details)


############# Death Valley Days ##############
############# season 7 1958-59 ##############
##############################################
38 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #425-#462)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger


7.01 Death Valley Days: HEAD OF THE HOUSE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 425 (ODAT: 29Sep58; OREG: MP9141)
Guest Cast:
Harold T. Daye
Morgan Jones

7.02 Death Valley Days: THE MOVING-OUT OF MINNIE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 426 (ODAT: 13Oct58; OREG: MP9189)
(no guest cast details)

7.03 [--] prod. no. 427 (no copyright details)
7.04 [--] prod. no. 428 (no copyright details)
7.05 [--] prod. no. 429 (no copyright details)

7.06 Death Valley Days: THE CAPTURE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 430 (ODAT: 2Oct58; OREG: MP9142)
Guest Cast:
Irene Barton .......... Keepo
Nancy Hale ............ Mary Jane
Molly McGowan ......... Betsy
Earl Robie ............ Charlie

7.07 Death Valley Days: SHIP OF NO RETURN
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 431 (ODAT: 9Oct58; OREG: MP9188)
Guest Cast:
David Frankham
Myra Monsour

7.08 [--] prod. no. 432 (no copyright details)
7.09 [--] prod. no. 433 (no copyright details)


7.10 Death Valley Days: THE RED FLANNEL SHIRT
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 434 (ODAT: 27Oct58; OREG: MP9256)
Guest Cast:
Ewing Mitchell ........ Fred Gerlock

7.11 [--] prod. no. 435 (no copyright details)

7.12 Death Valley Days: BIG LIZ
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 436 (ODAT: 30Oct58; OREG: MP9255)
Guest Cast:
Hope Emerson
Percy Helton

7.13 Death Valley Days: THE JACKASS MAIL
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 437 (ODAT: 12Nov58; OREG: MP9259)
Guest Cast:
John Pickard
Mourn Murphy
Frank Gerstle

7.14 Death Valley Days: THORN OF THE ROSE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 438 (ODAT: 10Nov58; OREG: MP9257)
Guest Cast:
Virginia Lee .......... Rose
Will White ............ Matt Smart
Walter Barnes

7.15 Death Valley Days: THE GAMBLER AND THE LADY
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 439 (ODAT: 27Nov58; OREG: MP9260)
Guest Cast:
Kathy Case ........... Ruth Stewart
Mark Dana ............ Brad Forrester

7.16 Death Valley Days: PERILOUS CARGO
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 440 (ODAT: 24Nov58; OREG: MP9258)
Guest Cast:
Gregg Palmer .......... Tom Horn
Jean Carson ........... Della Allison

7.17 Death Valley Days: THE GUNSMITH
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 441 (ODAT: 11Dec58; OREG: LP12802)
23Dec58 syndicated airdate
Directed by Stuart E. McGowan [SC]
Screenplay by Buckley Angell [SC]
Guest Cast:
Anthony Caruso ......... Frank Leslie
Anita Gordon ........... Mary
Robert Fuller .......... Alex
Synopsis:
A trick-shot artist threatens to kill the fiancé of the girl who was
once his "human target" unless she rejoins his act. The fiancé, a
gunsmith, devises a dangerous and daring plan to foil the ace shot. [TA]
(syndicated rerun on "Pioneers" - 20Oct63)

7.18 Death Valley Days: OLD GABE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 442 (ODAT: 08Dec58; OREG: LP12803)
16Dec58 syndicated airdate
Guest Cast:
Harry Shannon ......... Jim Bridger
Ron Hagerthy .......... Felix

7.19 Death Valley Days: A TOWN IS BORN
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 443 (ODAT: 16Jan59; OREG: LP12804)
Guest Cast:
Albert Carrier ......... Captain Molet
Than Wyenn ............. Isaacs
Jean Howell ............ Ruth

7.20 Death Valley Days: A BULLET FOR THE CAPTAIN
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 444 (ODAT: 03Jan59; OREG: LP12807)
Guest Cast:
Michael Emmett ......... Capt. Owen Manners
John Parrish
Laurie Carroll

7.21 Death Valley Days: A PIANO GOES WEST
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 445 (ODAT: 02Jan59; OREG: LP12806)
Guest Cast:
Wally Brown
Britt Lomond

7.22 Death Valley Days: SAILOR ON A HORSE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 446 (ODAT: 17Jan59; OREG: LP12805)
Guest Cast:
Robert Dix
Roy Engel

7.23 Death Valley Days: WHEELBARROW JOHNNY
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 447 (ODAT: 31Jan59; OREG: LP12809)
Guest Cast:
Harry Lauter ........... Mel Hardin
Gil Lasky .............. John Studebaker
Robert Ellis ........... Ben

7.24 Death Valley Days: GOLD LAKE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 448 (ODAT: 30Jan59; OREG: LP12808)
03-Feb-1959 (22Mar59 CBS Sat 9:30pm ET Columbus)
Guest cast:
Harry Lauter .......... Mel Hardin
Jack Lomas ............ Tom Stoddard
Synopsis:
A lack of news, a mysterious prospector and a greedy town result in
an unbelievable hoax. [RF]

7.25 Death Valley Days: ERUPTION AT VOLCANO
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 449 (ODAT: 14Feb59; OREG: LP13079)
Guest Cast:
Stephen Chase ......... Coleman
I. Stanford Jolley .... Taylor

7.26 Death Valley Days: STAGECOACH SPY
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 450 (ODAT: 13Feb59; OREG: LP13078)
Guest Cast:
Brad Johnson .......... Tom Fuller
Claudia Barrett ........ Lee Whipple
George Neise ........... Ed Chase
Synopsis:
The beautiful victim of a stagecoach robbery volunteers to act as a
spy until the outlaw band is apprehended. [RF]

7.27 Death Valley Days: PIONEER CIRCUS
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 451 (ODAT: 28Feb59; OREG: LP13086)
Guest Cast:
Doug Odney ............. Dan Rowland
Joyce Vanderveen ....... Juliette Bonet
Joanna Lee ............. Laura
John Holland ........... Duke Jordan

7.28 Death Valley Days: PRICE OF A PASSPORT
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 452 (ODAT: 27Feb59; OREG: LP13087)
Guest Cast:
Dan Barton ............ Pattie
Rodolfo Hoyos .......... Governor

7.29 Death Valley Days: THE BLONDE KING
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 453 (ODAT: 14Mar59; OREG: LP13080)
24Mar1959 synd. airdate (rebroadcast 17Aug59)
Guest Cast:
Lane Bradford .......... James Savage
Brad Johnson ........... John Trask
Synopsis:
A trader, revered as an Indian king opposes a mining agent who
schemes to take over tribal gold claims. [RF]

7.30 Death Valley Days: THE INVADERS
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 454 (ODAT: 13Mar59; OREG: LP13081)
17Mar1959 (rebroadcast 24Jun61)
Guest Cast:
Nestor Paiva ............ Rosselli
Anthony Caruso .......... Cabrio
Chris Warfield .......... Jim Preston
Jill Jarmyn .............. Lucia
Synopsis:
The Mafia comes to a growing Western town and terrorizes its Italian
population. [RF]

7.31 Death Valley Days: OLD BLUE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 455 (ODAT: 28Mar59; OREG: LP13077)
Guest Cast:
Richard Cutting .......... Wilkes
Frank Killmond ........... John
Barbara Beaird ........... Arabella

7.32 Death Valley Days: THE NEWSPAPER THAT WENT TO JAIL
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 456 (ODAT: 27Mar59; OREG: LP13076)
31Mar1959 (27Mar59 CBS Fri 7pm ET Columbus)
Guest cast:
Richard Vath ............. Fred Hale
Larry Johns .............. Judge Clinton
Synopsis:
A newspaper editor accuses a judge of stupidity in his dealings
with a crooked mining syndicate. [RF]

7.33 Death Valley Days: THE TALKING WIRE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 457 (ODAT: 11Apr59; OREG: LP13213)
Guest Cast:
Michael Emroert .......... Steve Warren
Arthur Space ............. Ben Cannon
Morris Ankrum ............ Phillips
Molly McGowan ............ Susie

7.34 Death Valley Days: PERILOUS REFUGE
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 458 (ODAT: 10Apr59; OREG: LP13212)
Guest Cast:
Gregg Palmer ............. John Brewster
Anthony George ........... Carlos Ortega

7.35 Death Valley Days: HALF A LOAF
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 459 (ODAT: 25Apr59; OREG: LP13383)
Guest Cast:
Richard Crane ............. Monte
Mason Alan Dinehart ....... Greg
Mauritz Hugo .............. Murdock

7.36 Death Valley Days: RX--SLOW DEATH
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 460 (ODAT: 24Apr59; OREG: LP13384)
Guest Cast:
Sumner William ........... Justin Gates
Charles Watts ............. Prof. Peacock
Pamela Duncan ............. Princess Nadja

7.37 Death Valley Days: FORTY STEPS TO GLORY
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 461 (ODAT: 09May59; OREG: LP13578)
Guest Cast:
Don Megowan .............. Buff McCloud
Gregg Palmer ............. Randall

7.38 Death Valley Days: VALLEY OF DANGER
McCann-Erickson, Inc. prod. no. 462 (ODAT: 8May59; OREG: LP13577)
Guest Cast:
Don Wilbanks .................. William Marshall
John Merrick .................. John Warner
Angela Stevens ................ Anita
Gregg McCabe .................. Jonathan

############# Death Valley Days ##############
############# season 8 1959-60 ##############
##############################################
39 New episodes
(McCann Erickson, Inc. prod. nos. #7201-#7239)
hosted by Stanley Andrews - The Old Ranger

############# Death Valley Days ##############
############### end of part 1 ##################
##############################################

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