ABC Pictures Corporation
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Descriptions by
Nicholas Aczel
Captures by
TangoWhiskeyDelta
Video captures courtesy of
Jordan Rios Logo Vault, LogicSmash, Cassavetesforaday, Mr. Gann and Peakpasha
Nicholas Aczel
Captures by
TangoWhiskeyDelta
Video captures courtesy of
Jordan Rios Logo Vault, LogicSmash, Cassavetesforaday, Mr. Gann and Peakpasha
Background
ABC Pictures Corporation was a film production division of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The studio's films were distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation. The studio never turned a profit for ABC and was shut down in 1972. Walt Disney Pictures has owned the rights to the studio's library since 1996 when Disney acquired ABC. The home media rights are licensed to Kino Lorber after they were previously released by MGM Home Entertainment, Fox Video and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
(September 23, 1968-February 13, 1972)
Logo: We see a picture of a rotating globe on a blue (or pale blue/gray) background. The letter "b" sketches in the center of the globe and the letters "a" and "c" uncover from the left and right of the "b" to form "abc". The globe turns black over the transparent "abc" letters, the words "PICTURES CORP." fade in below the "abc" as the logo moves to the left and a filmstrip with another rotating globe grows out from the right of the logo. The byline "A SUBSIDIARY OF THE AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC." fades in below, and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below the filmstrip.
Variant: A rare variant exists where the background is white as the byline in orange, as the "PRESENTS" text in black.
Technique: Cel animation, with live-action for the globe.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film, or none.
Availability: Was near extinction due to DVD releases from MGM Home Entertainment having ether the 2001 MGM logo (or in some cases, having it blacked out with the opening theme), but is now uncommon. It can be seen on the Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?, Kotch, The Grissom Gang, Song of Norway, and The Last Valley. Some films such as Straw Dogs (on The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-Ray release (except the MGM and Anchor Bay Entertainment DVDs) only contains the 1968 Cinerama Releasing Corporation logo. It was also seen on the original Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Laserdisc of They Shoot Horse's Don't They? (current prints have the ABC Pictures International logo), and the Anchor Bay DVD release and TCM airings of Too Late The Hero (though removed on the MGM DVD).
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