(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 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]
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[This piece began life as the third movement waltz of a
dance suite for orchestra, named "Fancy Dress" (Op.82, No.1)
which Gibbs composed in 1934. Throughout the next 10 years,
several British arrangers made versions of this waltz by
itself for various chamber orchestras and solo instruments.
In 1949 it was re-registered as a "Valse-Song with anonymous
words adapted by the composer." He added the sub-title so the
vocal version was named "Dusk (Velvet the Sky)."
THEME and composer verified by THEME collector Ray Clark;
Verified in a TV Guide issue in the 1950s as well...The writer's
name is sometimes abbreviated as "C. Armstrong Gibbs"]
Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (British PRS/ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (British PRS)
2001 Publisher: Cypress Creek--Boosey/Hawkes (ASCAP)
of Boca Raton, FL; and
Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (British PRS)
of London, England
[registered as part of the dance suite "Fancy Dress (Op.82, No.1)"]:
U.S. Original Copyright Date: Sept. 6, 1935; EF 41 185.
U.S. Original Renewal Date:
[registered by itself, as an arrangement for orchestra]:
U.S. Orch. Arr. Copyright Date: Jul. 22, 1949; EF 13 879.
U.S. Orch. Arr. Renewal Date:
[registered by itself, as a song version]:
U.S. Vocal Copyright Date: Jul. 22, 1949; EF 13 881.
U.S. Vocal Renewal Date:
Recordings: