Squadron of Doom / Ace Drummond (adventure, starring John "Dusty" King)

    (Syndicated, 1937 - 1952)

    [Despite the adventures of "Hopalong Cassidy", "The Lone Ranger"  
     and "The Cisco Kid" which were early TV shows based upon B-pictures
     often credited as the "first" filmed TV series...this series 
     filmed in 1937 by Motion Pictures For Television, distributed by
     MCA-Universal Studios, this was one of the first series which was
     specifically created for the upcoming new medium of television;

     It was syndicated during the earliest days of television through 
     the late 1940s and early 1950s...but due to its not being a TV
     network creation, it sometimes "fell off the radar" in discussing
     the history of the medium]

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Theme: "The Squadron Song"

    [TV music "song" credit and composer credit listed in 
     the Internet Movie Database; the listings below are found 
     in the 1978 Internet Movie Database and in the 2001 ASCAP
     ACE Repertoire Database without a composer credit]

     Composer: Kay Kellogg (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Robbins Music Corp. (ASCAP)

     2000 Publisher: EMI-Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
                        C/O EMI Music Publishing, Inc. 
                        of New York, NY
    
     Copyright Date:
     Renewal   Date:

     Recordings:

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