[Film star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. produced this anthology series which was filmed in both Great Britain and the United States; Mr. Fairbanks also acted in a few of the episodes; In the U.S., the series was syndicated nationally to individual television stations; it often had local-area sponsorship and was re-named with a title specific to the sponsor; For example, in New York City, episodes of this series were shown as part of "Rheingold Theater", named for its sponsor, the brewery of Rheingold Beer; "Rheingold Theater" also included several episodes of other dramatic anthology programs which were hosted by Henry Fonda; At one point in 1955 episodes of "Rheingold Theater" with hosts Henry Fonda and Douglas Fairbanks aired on the NBC network under the "Rheingold" title] (Syndicated, 1953 - 1957)
[British film/TV music researcher John R. Docherty writes to inform us that this series was scored first by Allan Gray and later by Bretton Byrd, both British composers affiliated with the British PRS -- Performing Rights Society; and a few episodes were scored by American composer Von Dexter; No Main Title or End Credits THEME is listed in the U.S. ASCAP or BMI databases; However since Allan Gray was the original composer who scored the majority of episodes, Mr. Docherty said it is likely Gray was the composer of the Main Title/End Credits THEME; For those episodes "re-cycled" on NBC under the title "Rheingold Theater" the THEME was the jingle "My Beer Is Rheingold, The Dry Beer" based upon Estudiantina Waltz by Lacome-Waldteufel] Composer: Allan Gray (British PRS/ASCAP/BMI) [professional name of Josef Zmigrod] 1978 Publisher: 2001 Publisher: U.S. Copyright Date: U.S. Renewal Date: Recordings: