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'''Background:''' GGRC ("Gay Girls Riding Club") International was an American film company that formed somewhere in the 1960's that mainly focused on making drag parodies of movies that were popular at the time. They possibly dissolved around the 1970s. Their films where later used as archival footage for Something Weird Video's "Gay Camp Classics" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.
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Background: GGRC ("Gay Girls Riding Club") International was an American film company that formed somewhere in the 1960's that mainly focused on making drag parodies of movies that were popular at the time. They possibly dissolved around the 1970s. Their films where later used as archival footage for Something Weird Video's "Gay Camp Classics" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.


===1st Logo (1960)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background we see a oval with a ribbon that reads "A GGRC Production" a la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, inside there's the footage of a women with a costume that resembles the Columbia pictures lady. The angry women thrown the torch, which makes the scenary to "explode". The dizzy women then leaves.
1st Logo
(1970's)


'''Technique:''' Live action for the lady.
Logo: On a black background we see a oval with a ribbon that reads "A GGRC Production" a la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, inside there's the footage of a women with a costume that resembles the Columbia pictures lady. The angry women thrown the torch, which makes the scenary to "explode". The dizzy women then leaves.


'''Music/Sounds:''' The 20th Century Fox Fanfare.
Technique: Live action for the lady.


'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''Always on Sunday'', not in relation to the 1965 film of the same name.
Music/Sounds: The 20th Century Fox Fanfare.


Availability: Only seen on Always on Sunday, not in relation to the 1965 film of the same name.




===2nd Logo (1963)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black gradient background, we see a strange silhouette. After a few moments, it lights up and reveals to be a drawing of a sculpture (similar to the 20th Century Fox logo), where "GGRC" appears above, "International Production" under, and "A" on the top right corner. Some searchlights are seen behind.


'''Technique:''' Simple animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as above, but extended.
2nd Logo
(1970's)


'''Availability:''' Seen on GGRC's parody of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" called ''What Really Happened To Baby Jane''.
Logo: On a black gradient background we see the silhouette, after a few moment it light up, revealing to be a drawing of a sculpture (similar to the 20th Century Fox logo), where appear "GGRC" above, "International Production" under, and "A" on the top right corner. Some searchlights are seen behind.


Technique: Simple animation.


Music/Sounds: Same as above, but extended.


===3rd Logo (1969-1972)===
Availability: Seen on GGRC's parody of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane called What Really Happened To Baby Jane.
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'''Logo:''' On a cloudy background, we see a brown-stone sculpture with "A" floating above "GGRC" and "International Production" in black below. Some searchlights are seen behind the sculpture. The logo zooms slowly.


'''Technique:''' The zooming.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the last two logos.


'''Availability:''' Seen on ''All About Alice'' and ''Les Boys''.


3rd Logo
(1970's)


[[Category:American film logos]]
Logo: In a cloudy background we see a brown-stone sculpture, with "A" floating above "GGRC" and "International Production" in black under. Some searchlight are seen behind the sculpture.
[[Category:United States]]

[[Category:Film logos]]
Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last two logos.

Availability: Seen on All About Alice and Les Boys.

Revision as of 13:54, 24 January 2023

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Background: GGRC ("Gay Girls Riding Club") International was an American film company that formed somewhere in the 1960's that mainly focused on making drag parodies of movies that were popular at the time. They possibly dissolved around the 1970s. Their films where later used as archival footage for Something Weird Video's "Gay Camp Classics" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.


1st Logo (1960)


Logo: On a black background we see a oval with a ribbon that reads "A GGRC Production" a la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, inside there's the footage of a women with a costume that resembles the Columbia pictures lady. The angry women thrown the torch, which makes the scenary to "explode". The dizzy women then leaves.

Technique: Live action for the lady.

Music/Sounds: The 20th Century Fox Fanfare.

Availability: Only seen on Always on Sunday, not in relation to the 1965 film of the same name.


2nd Logo (1963)


Logo: On a black gradient background, we see a strange silhouette. After a few moments, it lights up and reveals to be a drawing of a sculpture (similar to the 20th Century Fox logo), where "GGRC" appears above, "International Production" under, and "A" on the top right corner. Some searchlights are seen behind.

Technique: Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as above, but extended.

Availability: Seen on GGRC's parody of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" called What Really Happened To Baby Jane.


3rd Logo (1969-1972)


Logo: On a cloudy background, we see a brown-stone sculpture with "A" floating above "GGRC" and "International Production" in black below. Some searchlights are seen behind the sculpture. The logo zooms slowly.

Technique: The zooming.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last two logos.

Availability: Seen on All About Alice and Les Boys.

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