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Flying A Productions was a primarily western television production company founded in 1950 by singer and motion picture star Gene Autry. The company offered four syndicated and three network programs until all seven of its series had halted production by 1957 or moved to another studio. Autry also had a Flying A Pictures company for B movies. By 1960, Autry's business interests included the California Angels baseball team. ==Television series== Autry's first television series, ''The Gene Autry Show'', aired on CBS from 1950 to January 1956. The second Flying A (the "A" stood for Autry) Production, ''The Range Rider'', was broadcast from 1951 to 1953; it starred Jock Mahoney and former child actor Dick Jones.〔〔''The Billboard'', February 13, 1954, p. 14〕 In 1955, Jones obtained his second Flying A series which ran for forty-two episodes, ''Buffalo Bill, Jr.'', with Harry Cheshire and Nancy Gilbert, a fictional portrayal of a youthful Texas marshal and his younger sister, both named for but unrelated to William Frederick Cody and Calamity Jane.〔"Mars Candy Co. Eyeing Gene Autry's Buffalo Bill, Jr.", ''The Billboard'', December 25, 1954, p. 2〕〔Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", ''West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), p. 113〕 Another Flying A Productions, ''Annie Oakley'', which aired from 1954 to 1957, starred Gail Davis as the western sharpshooter Annie Oakley, with Brad Johnson and Jimmy Hawkins also in the cast. In 1955, ''The Billboard'' declared ''Annie Oakley'' the "Best Non-Network Western Series" and Davis as "Best Performer Appearing Regularly in a Non-Network Western Series."〔"Film Producers and their Winning Programs and Talents", ''The Billboard'', August 5, 1955, p. 6〕 In addition to ''The Gene Autry Show'', the Flying A offered two other network series, ''Cavalcade of America'', an anthology drama from 1952 to 1957 on NBC and then ABC, and ''The Adventures of Champion'', based on Autry's famous horse; the series aired on CBS from 1955 to 1956.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flying A Productions )〕 From 1952 to 1954 the Flying A produced ''Death Valley Days'', a western anthology hosted by Stanley Andrews as "The Old Ranger", Ronald W. Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. In 1954, the brothers Dorrell (1899-1997) and Stuart E. McGowan (1904-1999) severed their ties with Autry and launched their own production company,〔"McGowan Org takes "Death", "Dr. Christian", ''The Billboard'', June 5, 1954, p. 8〕 which produced ''Death Valley Days'' from 1954 to 1956. Then McCann-Erickson took over the program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Death Valley Days'' )〕 Later, Filmmaster and then Madison produced ''Death Valley Days'' until its concluding episode in the spring of 1970. The series began on October 1, 1952,〔"New TV-Film Series in Production: Death Valley Days, ''The Billboard'', September 6, 1952, p. 27〕 with an episode focusing on how Death Valley obtained its name. It closed with its 452nd half-hour segment in the 26-episode 18th season on April 24, 1970, with the oddly-named "Early Candle Lighten".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Death Valley Days )〕〔The Internet Movie Data Base lists the Flying W as the production company of all ''Death Valley Days'' episodes. This is unlikely because the Flying W would have had only that one remaining series in production from 1957, when all its other series had ceased their operations, until the last ''Death Valley Days'' episode in 1970.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flying A Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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