(CBS Daytime, 1960 - 1961) [A short-lived series which attempted to make more of the genre of "Soap Opera" into what was presumptiously called "Daytime Drama" even though it was frought with the same ongoing angst and turmoils; It was modern in one respect -- the central character was a male drifter who got involved in romances -- sometimes with women who were married. Although this "romance novel" approach may have matched the fantasies of women who read romance novels, it wasn't easy to take -- seeing it realized in literal detail when the full sleaziness of the situation was acted out by real people; Certainly the daytime housewife audiences of 1960 weren't buying it; The series lasted only one season before being yanked from the CBS daytime schedule.]
[ASCAP title variations... aka: "Full Circle Main and End Title Theme"; Nine years after the Syndicated "Superman" TV Theme made his work (if not his name) famous, Leon Klatzkin's name was on a network THEME song -- this time on Daytime TV; Of course, several people who knew Klatzkin told Paul Mandel, co-producer of the "Adventures of Superman" Soundtrack CD that Klatzkin was basically a music editor, who may have hired ghost writers (a common industry practice throughout the low-budget film/TV production genre.) Still it is known that Klatzkin did compose several episode scores for "Gunsmoke", so it's possible that this THEME really was from his own pen. The episode scores for this daytime drama was taken from pre- recorded library music rather than a staff organist. Klatzkin worked with several packagers including Marlen Music, a subsidiary of David Gordon Music Publishing, and the CBS Music library which was supervised by CBS Music Director Lud Gluskin and recorded in France for tracking into CBS shows -- mostly nighttime series like "Gunsmoke" and "Have Gun, Will Travel".] Credited Composer: Leon Klatzkin (ASCAP) 1978 Publisher: Bourne Co. (ASCAP) 2001 Publisher: Bourne Co. (ASCAP) of New York, NY Composition Date: Recordings: