[based upon the radio series of the same name created by
Don Quinn, which aired first on NBC radio from 1949 - 52;
about the life and times of a college president named William
Todhunter Hall and his wife, a former British star of stage
and screen living in the college town of "Ivy"; it was a
cozy warm sitcom written with sensitivity and intelligence,
which lasted on radio for three seasons;
It only lasted a single season in first-run television,
but was seen in re-runs for a few years after that;
In his book "The Great American Broadcast", Leonard Maltin
writes that originally the lead roles were to be played by
Gale Gordon and Edna Best, but CBS rejected Gordon since
he was co-starring with Eve Arden in "Our Miss Brooks";
So the lead roles were played by the real-life husband
and wife team of Ronald Coleman and Benita Hume who had
originally played them on radio; in retrospect it's hard
to imagine any other actors who could have played these
roles with more resonance; and amazing to think this
fortuitous casting was an "afterthought" at the time...]
(CBS Primetime, 1954 - 1955;
Network re-runs)
[same theme used on radio and TV]
Composers: Vick Knight (ASCAP) and
Henry Russell (ASCAP)
[professional name of Henry Russell Olson]
Original Publisher: Ivy Music Corp. (ASCAP)
1997 Publisher: Ivy Music Corp. (ASCAP)
c/o Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., and
Round Table Music (ASCAP)
Copyright Date: 1950, on Piano/Vocal sheet music
Unpublished Copyright: April 5, 1950; EU 201 431.
Published Copyright: Sep. 15, 1950; EP 49 334.
[Published TTBB Male Chorus arrangement]:
Published Copyright: Feb. 6, 1951; EP 53 253.
[Published SATB Mixed Chorus arrangement]:
Published Copyright: Feb. 6, 1951; EP 53 256.
Recordings:
45rpm single Capitol F1505 (1951)
The Voices of Walter Schuman