[Film star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. produced this anthology series
which was filmed in both Great Britain and the United States;
Mr. Fairbanks also acted in a few of the episodes;
In the U.S., the series was syndicated nationally to individual
television stations; it often had local-area sponsorship and
was re-named with a title specific to the sponsor;
For example, in New York City, episodes of this series were
shown as part of "Rheingold Theater", named for its sponsor,
the brewery of Rheingold Beer; "Rheingold Theater" also included
several episodes of other dramatic anthology programs which
were hosted by Henry Fonda;
At one point in 1955 episodes of "Rheingold Theater" with hosts
Henry Fonda and Douglas Fairbanks aired on the NBC network under
the "Rheingold" title]
(Syndicated, 1953 - 1957)
[British film/TV music researcher John R. Docherty writes to
inform us that this series was scored first by Allan Gray and
later by Bretton Byrd, both British composers affiliated with
the British PRS -- Performing Rights Society; and a few episodes
were scored by American composer Von Dexter;
No Main Title or End Credits THEME is listed in the U.S. ASCAP
or BMI databases; However since Allan Gray was the original
composer who scored the majority of episodes, Mr. Docherty
said it is likely Gray was the composer of the Main Title/End
Credits THEME;
For those episodes "re-cycled" on NBC under the title "Rheingold
Theater" the THEME was the jingle "My Beer Is Rheingold, The
Dry Beer" based upon Estudiantina Waltz by Lacome-Waldteufel]
Composer: Allan Gray (British PRS/ASCAP/BMI)
[professional name of Josef Zmigrod]
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