[1954 alternate summer title: "Lux Summer Theatre"] (CBS TV Primetime, 1950 - 1954; NBC TV Primetime, 1954 - 1957) ["Lux Radio Theatre" began on the NBC Radio Blue Network in 1934-35, and continued on CBS 1935-54, and ended back on NBC during in the 1954-55 season.] [Cecil B. DeMille hosted the radio series from 1936-45. The CBS-TV series did not have regular hosts. But the NBC hosts were James Mason, Otto Krueger, and Gordon McCrae.] [The summer-time version was called "Lux Summer Theatre", and was hosted by announcer Ken Carpenter.]
["Seventh Heaven" was the title of the first radio episode on which it was used on NBC in 1934.] [Also used as the first radio THEME; composer verified in the book "Lux Presents Hollywood: a show-by-show history of the Lux Radio Theatre and the Lux Video Theatre, 1934—1957" by Connie Billips and Arthur Pierce (c) 1995, McFarland & Co.] Composer: Robert Armbruster (ASCAP) Original Publisher: [unknown, not an ASCAP composition, according to the above book...] 1998 Publisher: [not listed in ASCAP or BMI] Copyright Dates: [not found] Recordings:
[Also used on NBC radio; THEME composer verified in the book "Lux Presents Hollywood: a show-by-show history of the Lux Radio Theatre and the Lux Video Theatre, 1934—1957" by Connie Billips and Arthur Pierce (c) 1995, McFarland & Co.] [The book says the THEME melody derives from cues Rudy Schrager composed for a 1942 radio episode of Lux Radio Theatre entitled, "City for Conquest".] Composers: Rudy Schrager (ASCAP) [professional name of Rudolph Noachim Schrager] 1978 Publisher: Spina Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 1998 Publisher: [no ASCAP Publisher listed] Creation Date [1942, as verified in above book]: Copyright Date: [none found] Recordings:
[verified on a video aircheck is the fact that this closing credits THEME matches the melody of the Open, but is arranged in a "dance-band ballad" style, reminiscent of Guy Lombardo.] [The book says the THEME melody derives from cues Rudy Schrager composed for a 1942 radio episode of Lux Radio Theatre entitled, "City for Conquest"] Composer: Rudy Schrager (ASCAP) [professional name of Rudolph Noachim Schrager] 1978 Publisher: Spina Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 1998 Publisher: [no ASCAP Publisher listed] Copyright Date: [none found] Recordings: