(Syndicated, 1958) [aka: "The Adventures of Tugboat Annie"; This series was based upon a character in stories which appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post" magazine during the early 1930s, written by Norman Raine; The irascible female character who piloted a tugboat in the waters of the Pacific Northwest was developed into three comedy-adventure movies between 1933 and 1945; The first 1933 movie was produced by MGM; it featured Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery, and was scored by a number of uncredited composers including Irving Bibo, Walter Donaldson and Paul Marquardt; The second movie produced in 1940 featured Marjorie Rambeau and Alan Hale (who was much later to play the Skipper on "Gilligan's Island"; It was scored by Adolph Deutsch with uncredited cues by Max Steiner; The final movie in 1945 was a B-picture produced at Republic Studios scored by Edward J. Kay and featured Jane Darwell and Edgar Kennedy; On the TV show, character actress Minerva Urecal was featured in the title role; Walter Sande played rival tugboat Capt. Horatio Bullwinkle in this series produced by Leon Fromkess with co-funding from the British Independent Television Corporation (ITC); this TV version suffered from predictable plots, and a low budget]
Composer: Emil Newman (BMI) 1978 Publisher: 2001 Publisher: TPA Music Company, Inc. (BMI) c/o EMI Entertainment World, Inc. div. of EMI Music Publishing of New York, NY Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings:
Composer: Emil Newman (BMI) 1978 Publisher: 2001 Publisher: TPA Music Company, Inc. (BMI) c/o EMI Entertainment World, Inc. div. of EMI Music Publishing of New York, NY Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: