Albert C. Gannaway

Albert C. Gannaway (April 3, 1920 – August 27, 2008) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Gannaway produced the children's talent program Half-Pint Party on WCBS-TV and was listed as star and co-owner of It's a Small World, an audience-participation TV program that was being filmed in 1952.

He directed western films such as Hidden Guns (1956), Raiders of Old California (1957), starring Faron Young, Marty Robbins; Buffalo Gun (1961), starring Webb Pierce; Man or Gun (1958), and Plunderers of Painted Flats (1959).

He also directed the pioneer Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) along Ismael Rodríguez and starring Lon Chaney Jr., Faron Young, Kem Dibbs, Damian O'Flynn, Jacqueline Evans and Bruce Bennett. The song was scored by Gannaway and sang by Hal Levy.

The script of Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) was optioned by Gannaway in 1958, but he could not get financing to make the picture. He directed the 1958 drama film No Place to Land, about crop-duster pilots in post-war rural California competing with each other for work and starring John Ireland.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 3, 1920 (Charlottesville), Died August 27, 2008

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor D7VB-2588 10-in. 12/4/1947 The sad cowboy Louis Prima Orchestra ; Louis Prima Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gannaway, Albert C.," accessed October 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/369251.

Gannaway, Albert C.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/369251.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/369251

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