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Background

Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd. was a Hong Kong film distributor established in the late 1970s. It distributed Western films and ran a circuit of theaters located at main streets of Hong Kong. In 1980s, they began to distribute Chinese films, having invested in HK film companies such as Cinema City, Always Good and Magnum. They later set up a production company, Golden Princess Film Production. Becuase of the decline of the HK film industry in the mid 90's (with factors including digital piracy and rise of ticket prices), Golden Princess was struggling to keep up. They sold off their cinemas to Newport, and they shut down later in 1995, alongside the production company.

Logo (1980s-1992)

Visuals: Over a starry space background, a glowing "GP" shaped object zooms towards the camera. Then the object stops zooming and dims its glowing, and the words "GOLDEN PRINCESS AMUSEMENT CO. LTD.", with "PRESENTS" below, zooms in below. Finally, the Cantonese text "金公主娛樂有限公司" zooms out while the starry space continues to sparkle.

Trivia: This logo shares the same template with the Hwang Jang Lee Production Company and Vikings Film (H.K.) Ltd. logos.

Technique: Camera-controlled animation.

Audio: Starts with a drumroll, followed by a loud, bombastic, suspenseful horn fanfare ("Breakout No. 9" by Jack Trombey from the De Wolfe Music Library).

Audio Trivia: The stock fanfare was also used in Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (a 1996 adventure game by 7th Level, based on the 1975 UK film Monty Python and the Holy Grail at when you finally get the Holy Grail), as well as Mushroom Pictures' first logo.

Availability: It was originally used as a cinema trailer and was seen before the "Coming Attraction" trailers.

As a film distributor, it was seen on films such as The Raid, The Royal Scoundrel and strangely at the end of Angel Hunter and some prints of School on Fire.
It is retained on the Mei Ah DVD of the former film before the 3rd Cinema City Co. logo.
It is also retained on a laserdisc of the aforementioned School on Fire and on an HK DVD of The Royal Scoundrel.

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+===Background===
+'''Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd.''' was a Hong Kong film distributor established in the late 1970s. It distributed Western films and ran a circuit of theaters located at main streets of Hong Kong. In 1980s, they began to distribute Chinese films, having invested in HK film companies such as [[Cinema City Company Limited|Cinema City]], [[Always Good Film Co., Ltd.|Always Good]] and [[Magnum Films|Magnum]]. They later set up a production company, [[Golden Princess Film Production]]. Becuase of the decline of the HK film industry in the mid 90's (with factors including digital piracy and rise of ticket prices), Golden Princess was struggling to keep up. They sold off their cinemas to [[Newport Entertainment|Newport]], and they shut down later in 1995, alongside the production company.
-===Background=== <!--T:1-->
+===Logo (1980s-1992)===
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-Golden Princess Amusement Co. Ltd. was a Hong Kong film distributor established in the late 1970s. It distributed Western films and ran a circuit of theaters located at main streets of Hong Kong. In 1980s, they began to distribute Chinese films, having invested in HK film companies such as [[Cinema City Company Limited|Cinema City]], [[Always Good Film Co., Ltd.|Always Good]] and [[Magnum Presentation|Magnum]]. They later set up a production company, [[Golden Princess Film Production|Golden Princess Film Production]]. Becuase of the decline of the HK film industry in the mid 90's (with factors including digital piracy and rise of ticket prices), Golden Princess was struggling to keep up. They sold off their cinemas to [[Newport Entertainment|Newport]], and they shut down later in 1995, alongisde the production company.
+GoldenPrincessAmusement.jpg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/CemXZeAykss}}
+'''Visuals:''' Over a starry space background, a glowing "{{color|gold|'''GP'''}}" shaped object zooms towards the camera. Then the object stops zooming and dims its glowing, and the words "{{color|cyan|GOLDEN PRINCESS AMUSEMENT CO. LTD.}}", with "{{color|cyan|PRESENTS}}" below, zooms in below. Finally, the Cantonese text "{{color|red|金公主娛樂有限公司}}" zooms out while the starry space continues to sparkle.
+'''Trivia:''' This logo shares the same template with the [[Hwang Jang Lee Production Company]] and [[Vikings Film (H.K.) Ltd.]] logos.
-===(1980s-1992)=== <!--T:2-->
-[[File:GoldenPrincessAmusement.jpg|400px|center]]
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+'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation.
-<!--T:3-->
-'''Logo:''' Over a starry space background, a glowing yellow "GP" shaped object zooms towards us. Then the object stops zooming and dims its glowing, and the words "GOLDEN PRINCESS AMUSEMENT CO. LTD." with "PRESENTS" below zooms in below. Finally, the Cantonese text "金公主娛樂有限公司" in red zooms out while the starry space continues to sparkle.
+'''Audio:''' Starts with a drumroll, followed by a loud, bombastic, suspenseful horn fanfare ("Breakout No. 9" by Jack Trombey from the De Wolfe Music Library).
-<!--T:4-->
-'''FX/SFX:''' The glows, the zooming, and the sparkling starry space background.
+'''Audio Trivia:''' The stock fanfare was also used in ''Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail'' (a 1996 adventure game by 7th Level, based on the 1975 UK film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' at when you finally get the Holy Grail), as well as [[Mushroom Pictures]]' first logo.
-<!--T:5-->
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Starts with a drumroll, followed by a loud horn fanfare ("Breakout No. 9" by Jack Trombey from the De Wolfe Music Library).
+'''Availability:'''  It was originally used as a cinema trailer and was seen before the "Coming Attraction" trailers.
-<!--T:6-->
+* As a film distributor, it was seen on films such as ''The Raid'', ''The Royal Scoundrel'' and strangely at the end of ''Angel Hunter'' and some prints of ''School on Fire''.
-'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The stock fanfare was also used in ''Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail'' (a 1996 adventure game by 7th Level, based on the 1975 UK film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' at when you finally get the Holy Grail), as well as [[Mushroom Pictures (Australia)|Mushroom Pictures']] first logo.
+* It is retained on the Mei Ah DVD of the former film before the 3rd Cinema City Co. logo.
+* It is also retained on a laserdisc of the aforementioned ''School on Fire'' and on an HK DVD of ''The Royal Scoundrel''.
+[[Category:Hong Kong]]
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+[[Category:Hong Kong film logos]]
-'''Availability:''' Near extinction. It was originally used as a cinema logo and was seen before the "Coming Attraction" trailers. As a film distributor, it was seen on films such as ''The Raid'', ''The Royal Scoundrel'' and strangely at the end of ''Angel Hunter'' and some prints of ''School on Fire''. It is retained on the Mei Ah DVD of the former film before the 3rd Cinema City Co. logo. It is also retained on a laserdisc of the aformentioned ''School on Fire'' and on an HK DVD of ''The Royal Scoundrel''.
+[[Category:Hong Kong cinema trailers]]
+[[Category:Cinema trailers]]
-<!--T:8-->
+[[Category:Film logos]]
-'''Legacy:''' This logo shares the same template with the [[Hwang Jang Lee Production Company|Hwang Jang Lee Production Company]] and [[Vikings Film (H.K.) Ltd.]] logos. The logo's appearance at the end of ''Angel Hunter'' may startle some.
+[[Category:Logos with library music]]
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