Valiant Lady (daytime serial)

    (CBS Daytime, 1953 - 1957)

    [originally this serial created by Frank and Anne Hummert ran on
     network radio from 1938 - 1952; It was succeeded on TV by another
     Hummert creation, "Hotel Cosmopolitan" which see...]

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Basis for Theme 1: Estrellita (My Little Star), No. 2 from 'Dos Canciones Mexicanas' (Two Songs of Mexico)

     Composer: Manuel M. Ponce (Mexican SACM)

     Original Publishers: Friedrich Hofmeister
                             of Leipzig, Germany; and
                          A. Wagner y Levien Sucs. S. en C. 
                             of Mexico City, Mexico

     2001 Publisher: [in the public domain]
    
     Composition Date: 1913

     U.S. Copyright Date: Feb. 24, 1914;
     U.S. Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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Theme 1: Valiant Lady Theme [based upon "Estrellita (My Little Star)"]

    [Title "Valiant Lady Theme" listed without composer credit in 
     the 1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions; John Gart
     performance credit in "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory" by 
     Craig W. Pattillo; Gart also composed the THEME for the
     sequel, "Hotel Cosmopolitan"; The song "Estrellita" was a
     old standard which had various sets of lyrics in Spanish
     and English.]

     Adapter/Arranger: John Marion Gart (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher [of "Valiant Lady Theme"]: Emil Ascher, Inc. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: [not listed in 2001 ASCAP Database]

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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Theme 2: "True Devotion (Theme from 'Valiant Lady')"

    [THEME title and composer verified by TV Theme Collector Ray Clark]

     Composers: John Marion Gart (ASCAP),
                Kathleen G. ("Kay") Twomey (ASCAP) and
                Fred Wise (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2001 Publisher: Anne-Rachel Music Corporation (ASCAP)
                        c/o Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
                        of Los Angeles, CA

     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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