Thank you Chip,

I guess that means even movies from TCM that they broadcast, there could be movies that they show where they had to replace the music.

So, I guess if you are fortunate to have a working 16mm projector, and have a stock of bulbs, the only way to view the movies the way they were originally shown in movie theaters, would be to try and find used copies of them on film.  I can remember growing up where you could buy a lot of these movies on 16mm and show them in your own home.  Or if you were fortunate enough to get them on BETA or VHS when the format first came out, long before DVD.

I know for example, one of the versions of "A Christmas Carol"/"Scrooge" that is in B&W, my BETA copy is slightly longer than the VHS and DVD of the movie.  I just can't remember which one but we have discussed this before in another thread.  I am fairly certain it was either Alastair Sim from the 1951 release, or Reginald Owen from the 1938 release, or Sir Seymour Hicks from the 1935 release.

It's such a shame because I remember seeing something awhile back about preserving all types of news broadcasts, Presidential Speeches, and so on and digitizing them and having them available for schools and stuff.  I think it is for The National Archives, but might be something else, and there is a group that is trying to get a lot of Classic Films preserved and digitized being they are deteriorating and decomposing because of the type of file they were made on and they want to preserve these movies and Classic TV also, but if they can't preserve them using the original music, than is it really worth it?  Being the technically isn't the original movie anymore.

The Copyright Holders have made so much money from these movies, you would think they would want to see these movies kept in their original state and not want to charge so much for being able to use the original music.  I believe that a lot of movies are now Public Domain, so Copyright shouldn't have anything to do with them.

It's the same with Classic Cartoons that are Public Domain.  When they start the cartoon out, it may have a red or blue background but the block out the copyright date with the same color and then when the credits and copyright information are done, they show the full frame of the cartoon that wasn't digitally edited to cover up the credits and copyright date.

Wow, that's pretty disappointing....With few exceptions maybe in some very early episodes of ABC-TVs HAPPY DAYS, it seemed that most of the music was either re-recorded by the original recording artists or covered to sound like the originals by studio musicians. I'm not aware of any original broadcast material used back in the 1970s not being included in later broadcasts over the last 40 years - but then again, I haven't seen either of these shows on TV for quite some time. It would seem odd (if not stupid) for any station not to include the music since it was such was an integral part of both 1950s and early '60s themed shows, but I don't doubt it happening for whatever reason.

I do have the first season of HAPPY DAYS on DVD (Paramount Television) but I haven't watched either them yet to notice if any musical changes were actually made after all these years.  Is Season 2 still a Paramount product or is it CBS?