Background
According to Alain Silver, the antique "Tio Vivo Carousel" built in 1882 in Taos, New Mexico, was the model for the carousel in the novel Ride The Pink Horse. The same carousel was purchased by the producers and shipped from Taos to the set of Universal where it was reconstructed for use in the film. The burning of the Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom") effigy during the Fiestas de Santa Fe, figures prominently (and incidentally sets the exact date of the events).
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