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"Emperor Norton" (1956) — Season 4, Episode 21, of Death Valley Days

by: McGowan Productions, Inc.

Publication date: 1956

Topics: Emperor Norton, Joshua Abraham Norton, history, San Francisco, Death Valley Days, Western, Anthology, McCann-Erickson, Pacific Coast Borax

Film contributed by The Emperor Norton Trust, a Boston-based nonprofit that advances the legacy of Emperor Norton, through its ARchive of Emperor Norton in Art, Music & Film (ARENA). (Originally contributed when the Trust was known as The Emperor's Bridge Campaign and based in San Francisco.)

Film may be under copyright. It is presented here solely for non-commercial, educational purposes.

Concept McCann-Erickson, Inc.

Original air date 15 June 1956

Credits

CREW

Director — Stuart E. McGowan
Executive Producer — Dorrell McGowan
Production Supervisor for McCann-Erickson — Dorothy McCann
Screenplay — Ruth C. Woodman
Director of Photography — Carl Berger
Supervising Editor — Arthur H. Nadel, A.C.E
Music — Eve Newman
Production Manager — Clark Paylow
Assistant Director — Harry Slott

CAST

Joshua Norton — Parker Garvie
Franklin Duffy — Pat O'Hara
Horace Cooper — Mauritz Hugo
Adam — Charles Heard
Godfey — Michael Barrett
Banker — Sam Flint
DuBois — George Milan
Thomas King — Leonard Penn

The Old Ranger (host) — Stanley Andrews
Borax spokesperson — Rosemary DeKamp