Ponds Theatre (dramatic anthology)

    (ABC Primetime, 1955)

    [This series was sponsored by the makers of Ponds Cold Cream,
     a hand lotion, and was a continuation of a dramatic anthology
     series "Kraft Television Theatre" sponsored by Kraft Foods 
     which began on ABC in 1953.]

---

Theme 1: "Ponds Theatre Theme"

    [Theme title and composer credit in "Film and TV Music", 
     Mar.-Apr., 1955 issue. Selinsky also scored many episodes
     of "Kraft Television Theatre" and some episode cues appeared
     on his LP album "Music For Kraft Television Theatre".]

     Composer: Wladimir Selinsky (ASCAP)

     1952 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP Performance Index, 1952] 
     1954 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP Performance Index, 1954]
     1978 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP Performance Index, 1978]
     2000 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP Repertoire Database]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

---

Theme 2: "Dusk"

    [THEME and composer verified by THEME collector Ray Clark;
     Verified in a TV Guide issue in the 1950s as well...]

     Composer: Cecil Armstrong ("C. Armstrong") Gibbs 
                                   (ASCAP/orig. British PRS)

     1978 Publisher: Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Cypress Creek--Boosey/Hawkes (ASCAP)
                        of Boca Raton, FL; and
                     Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (PRS)
                        of London, England

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

Return to the 1950s TV Series Title Page