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=== 1st Logo (1958-March 6, 1974) ===
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'''Nickname:''' "Filmways Globe"
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=== 2nd Logo (1975-1976) ===
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'''Nicknames:''' "Cheesy Filmways", "The Telephone Logo", "Droste Filmways", "Telephone Beeps"
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=== 3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-1977) ===
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'''Nicknames:''' "Boring Filmways", "Effortless Filmways"
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=== 4th Logo (1977-March 21, 1981) ===
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'''Nickname:''' "Filmways Trail"
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=== 5th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983) ===
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'''Nickname:''' "Abstract F"
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Filmways, Inc. was originally founded in 1958 by Martin Ransohoff. It was acquired by the Orion Pictures Company in 1982; the same year, Filmways Television was renamed as Orion Television and Filmways Pictures was folded into "Orion Pictures Corporation" in June. Today, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction (both were distributed by Viacom Enterprises but are now owned by CBS Television Distribution, while Orion Television retains the copyright on all episodes that have not gone into the public domain), Thundarr: The Barbarian and Fangface are both owned by Warner Bros. Television after Turner Broadcasting acquired the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears Productions library. Eye Guess, The Face is Familiar and Personality are owned by Sony Pictures Television via Stewart Television and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman/Forever Fernwood is owned by SPT with ELP Communications owning the copyright. The remainder of the Filmways Television library is currently owned by MGM Television with Orion Pictures owning the copyright.
Nickname: "Filmways Globe"
Logo: We start with a small globe of Earth, horizontally stretched out in the center of the screen. The globe has longitude (left to right) lines on it, and the equator extends beyond the globe, with little Richter-scale like lines on part of it. The globe is on a blue, starry background, with most of the stars clumped in the upper left and right hand corners. From behind the globe, the text "A FILMWAYS", in a 3D font and arched to match the globe's position, zoom-in a north-forward direction. Shortly after, the text "TELEVISION PRESENTATION" fades-in below the globe. Sometimes, the Seal of Good Practice appears below. You can see clouds in the background flying to the right.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The waves and the zooming-up of "FILMWAYS" with the rest of the text.
Music/Sounds: At least on Filmways' more successful shows, there would be a voice over saying "This has been a Filmways (television) presentation". Those who uttered the phrase are listed below. The in-credit variant uses the end theme of the show. Several voice-overs who said the phrase on this logo on the shows they appeared on:
Availability: Common.
Editor's Note: A nifty logo from the '50s that remains well-remembered and a favorite by many as it was involved in some classic television shows from the time period.
Nicknames: "Cheesy Filmways", "The Telephone Logo", "Droste Filmways", "Telephone Beeps"
Logo: A small Filmways logo, which appears in a stretched Bauhaus 93 font, is seen on a blue background. Another Filmways logo appears behind it, which is larger than the logo that appeared first. This effect repeats four times, making the logo looks like it appears in a Droste effect. The additional logos disappears piece by piece, in order of appearance, leaving a much larger Filmways logo isolated. A copyright appears on the bottom.
FX/SFX: The logos appearing piece by piece.
Music/Sounds: Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.
Music/Sounds Trivia: The telephone beeps, when translated to numbers, spell out "345-9989".
Availability: Woefully extinct. This recently surfaced on an unsold pilot for ABC titled Mason.
Editor's Note: A rather intriguing, but still cheesy logo, for its early Scanimation, telephone beeps, and the first appearance of the familiar Filmways logo, which would be kept and refined in the following years.
Nicknames: "Boring Filmways", "Effortless Filmways"
Logo: On a black background, "FILMWAYS", colored blue and in a rounded font called Bauhaus 93, fades in and out.
Variant: The logo may appear in-credit on some programs.
FX/SFX: The fading in and out.
Music/Sounds: Silent or the closing theme of the program.
Availability: Extremely rare. So far it's only known appearance is the TV movie 21 Hours at Munich.
Editor's Note: The Filmways logo has been redone to look less strange, but other than that, it's just boring.
Nickname: "Filmways Trail"
Logo: On a black screen, many orange and cream-colored "FILMWAYS" zoom up from the bottom of the screen toward a white "FILMWAYS". All the multicolored "FILMWAYS" merge into the white "FILMWAYS". They are all in the same font as above.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The merging of the "FILMWAYS" text.
Music/Sounds: A seven-note descending bell tune with guitars playing or the closing theme of the show.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Rare.
Editor's Note: While the animation at the time was decent if a bit unrefined, it's known by some for its groovy and catchy theme.
Nickname: "Abstract F"
Logo: A shortened version of the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo, but with the text "FILMWAYS TELEVISION" instead.
Trivia: By this time, the company was also known as Filmways Enterprises.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Same as the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo.
Music/Sounds: A shortened version of the fanfare from the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo, the closing theme from the program or none.
Availability: Very rare.
Editor's Note: Same as the 1981 Filmways Pictures logo.
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