Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers

Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers
Starring	Eric Fleming Ed Peck Fran Lee Luis Van Rooten David Anderson Joe Graham Harry Kingston Ben Hoffman
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	DuMont
Original release	April 7, 1951 – March 2, 1952

Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

Broadcast history

The series ran from April of 1951 to March of 1952. It was an action-adventure series originally starring B-movie actor Eric Fleming. Fleming was replaced in July 1951 by Ed Peck.^[1] Other actors included Fran Lee (as Ma Wong), Luis Van Rooten, David Anderson, Joe Graham, Harry Kingston, and Ben Hoffman. According to Brooks and Marsh (2007), the roles these actors portrayed has been lost to time.^[2]

Major Dell Conway was loosely based on a true story about pilot who flew with the Flying Tigers in World War II China. The series has been called "an extremely low-budget production".^[2] The program was produced by Gen Genovese, who had served as a pilot during the war. The program aired on Saturday at 6:30 pm EST on most DuMont affiliates. In May 1951, the series went on hiatus, returning to the air on Sunday afternoons from July 1951 to March 1952. The final episode aired on March 2, 1952.^[2]

Episode status

Like most DuMont programs, no episodes of this program are known to exist today.

References

↑ McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
1 2 3 Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

Bibliography

David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

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