I should have known that there was a different version of the Pilot. On the
U.S. Copyright Office, there is evidence of there being one. I had known about this information for 6 or 7 years, but I had never really put 2 & 2 together, until now.
There are copyright details on a videotaped copy, and a final draft, both published in January of 1985. Before ABC officially picked up the show. There is also a copyright description on a musical score from Jimmie Haskell. I had NO idea what it was for, until now. Haskell arranged and conducted the opening and ending themes for the Pilot. His credit was removed on the re-cut version (which is on the DVD).
Type of Work: Motion Picture
Registration Number / Date: PA0000247566 / 1985-04-24
Title: Mr. Belvedere : 3T01, pilot / a production of Lazy B/F. O. B. Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television ; producer, Patricia Rickey ; directed by Tony Sheehan.
Imprint: Los Angeles : 20th Century Fox Television, c1985.
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
Notes: Based on the character, Belvedere, created by Gwen Davenport.
Cast: Christopher Hewett, Ilene Graff, Rob Stone et al.
Credits: Written by Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein; director of photography: George Spiro Dibie; musical supervision: Lionel Newman; videotape editor: Mike Weitzman.
Copyright Claimant: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date of Creation: 1985
Date of Publication: 1985-01-14
Authorship on Application: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, employer for hire.
Basis of Claim: New Matter: all cinematographic material excluding final draft screenplay, original musical score & music & lyrics.
Variant title: Mr. Belvedere : 3T01
Other Title: Mister Belvedere : 3T01
Type of Work: Dramatic Work and Music; or Choreography
Registration Number / Date: PAu000685684 / 1985-01-22
Title: Strangers in the night : final draft, Jan. 7, 1985 / written by Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein.
Description: 61 p.
Series: Mister Belvedere
Notes: Screenplay.
Copyright Claimant: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date of Creation: 1985
Authorship on Application: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, employer for hire of Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein.
Type of Work: Music
Registration Number / Date: PAu000686333 / 1985-01-14
Title: Mister Belvedere : The Pilot / Jimmie Haskell.
Description: 1 v.
Notes: Musical score.
Copyright Claimant: W B Music Corporation & Rewind Music, Inc.
Date of Creation: 1985
Authorship on Application: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, employer for hire.
Other Title: The Pilot