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''The Cisco Kid'' is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 165〕 It was also the first television series to be filmed in color,〔(Interview with Frederick W. Ziv ), in: Irv Broughton, ''Producers on Producing: The Making of Film and Television'', McFarland, 1986, p. 18. ISBN 978-0-89950-199-4.〕 although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s. ==Production notes== The central character was created by the American short story author O. Henry in "The Caballero's Way", published in 1907 in the collection ''Heart of the West''. Radio, television, and films have depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, but in the original story, the Kid is non-Hispanic and a real, unusually vicious outlaw.〔"He killed for the love of it — because he was quick-tempered — to avoid arrest — for his own amusement — any reason that came to his mind would suffice." O. Henry, "The Caballero's Way", ''(Heart of the West )''.〕 The character was adapted as the radio drama ''The Cisco Kid'' in 1942–1955.〔"(Program Reviews )", ''Billboard'', Nov. 7, 1942, p. 8.〕〔(Humongous Old-Time Radio Database ), The Original Old Time Radio (OTR) WWW Pages.〕 Jackson Beck played the title role 1942–1945, and Jack Mather from 1946–1955. The TV series began production in 1949, and was filmed by ZIV Productions at the Ray Corrigan Ranch in Simi Valley in Ventura County, California.〔 Renaldo, a native of Romania, and Carrillo, a native of Los Angeles, were the first regular Hispanic television stars. (Desi Arnaz, Sr, of Cuban descent, went on the air with his wife and co-star, Lucille Ball, in ''I Love Lucy'' a year later.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Cisco Kid'':Summary )〕 When the series began, Carrillo was already 70 years of age; Renaldo, 46. Part of the humor of the series is reflected in Carrillo's mangling of the English language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Cisco Kid'' )〕 Pancho's catch-phrase, when amused by Renaldo, was a drawn-out "Ohhh, Ceesco!" Viewers also became acquainted with the characters' horses, Cisco's Diablo and Pancho's Loco. The program, somewhat similar to ''The Lone Ranger'', aired via syndication from 1950–1956. It was originally filmed in 16 mm Kodachrome,〔(The History of Cinematography, Part 3: Advancing the Art Form ), Kodak.〕 later in 35 mm when the network owned-and-operated stations preferred the higher quality format.〔(Interview with Frederick W. Ziv ), in: Irv Broughton, ''Producers on Producing: The Making of Film and Television'', McFarland, 1986, p. 19. ISBN 978-0-89950-199-4.〕 Because the 156 episodes were filmed in color, the series was in demand until the 1970s.〔 However, most viewers of the original run saw the program in black-and-white.〔"To date there have been only experimental showings of color prints." "(Ziv Producing Sixth Year of 'Cisco Kid,' Its Oldest )", ''Billboard'', April 30, 1955, p. 8.〕 In 1956, the year the original run ended, only 0.05 percent of U.S. households with a television set had a color set, and 10 years later only 9.7 percent had a color set.〔 page 864〕 The television series was sponsored in First-Runs by local Bread companies owned by Institute Brands as well as the radio series was. ''The Cisco Kid'' was nominated in 1953 for an Emmy Award for children's programming. By 1955 it was the most popular filmed television series among American children.〔"('Cisco Kid' in Top Kid Spot )", ''Billboard'', April 30, 1955, p. 8.〕 In the 1960s, the series was distributed by Walter Schwimmer with the ZIV Television logo deleted from the opening/closing credits and replaced with a title card still: "A Walter Schwimmer Presentation." 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「The Cisco Kid (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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