Please identify the music? Charlie Chaplin? Ragtime? Silent Movies?

Please identify the music in the background!!! I need to know what it is... it's been bugging me!

Various Television commercials from Australia:

The adventures of Silly Billy: National Safety Council of Australia (1980's)

This public announcement was first broadcast on Australian television some time in the 80's.

Please identify the music.

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[BHSRagtime]

This is a silent film piece of music by Sam Fonteyn.

[AustralianAds]

@BHSRagtime THANK YOU! A BIG THANK YOU!!!!

[aussietv]

I've been trying to find out the theme playing in the background of the Franco Cozzo commercials?

[AustralianAds]

I have no idea... i watched the ad but cannot identify it.

[Paldasan]

A quick look hasn't shown me anything but it's rag, or ragtime music but not a separately performed piece. You might want to search for cinema music between 1900-1915. I did find some 'railway' music but it was a different piece.

[AustralianAds]

thank you... i'll try that!

[MrRazorspirit]

Sounds like a "classic" piano piece from silent film era when their would be a pianist at the theatre's playing music in time with what was happening on screen to help build tension etc.

[Maxxply]

Can only concur with the others - the consensus seems to be it's the music from that "Railway" scene when the damsel is being tied up on the tracks by the bad guy.

[AdamAdamant2001]

Was this piece not used for the old "Perils of Pauline" shorts? The ones when she is tied to a railway track by the top hat/cape wearing villian while a speeding train is heading closer towards her and out dashing hero in white is trying to save her?

[AustralianAds]

thank you, that's one step closer to an answer.