Hal Roach Studios

Credits

Captures by
Shadeed A. Kelly, Livin' and Eric S.

Editions by
indycar

1st Logo (Mid-1980s)

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Logo: On a black background, the words "HAL ROACH STUDIOS" in orange and in an Art Deco font appears. The word "presents" in white appears below it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, but, as a result of plastering, the fanfare from whatever logo on the original print would play over this one.

Availability: Practically extinct. Was seen on Roach's Award Quality Movie Greats VHS collection, which has been out of print for years.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1985-1986)

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Logo: We see the following in-credit text:

A
HAL ROACH
STUDIOS, INC.
PRODUCTION

The byline "A Division of International HRS Industries, Inc." is below the logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of Kids Incorporated.

Availability: Extinct. It was seen on 1985-1986 episodes of Kids Incorporated.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (Mid 1980s-1988)

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Nicknames: "The Whoosh Box", "UAV's Cousin", "The Loud Box", "Box of Doom"

Logo: On a changing brownish gradient background, we see a silver box with the following text in an angular, art-deco font shifting from the right:

HAL
ROACH
STUDIOS

The box has line borders between each word. After it stops shifting, a bar of light shimmers the box from the right, eventually stopping.

Variants:

• At the beginning of television shows and some distributed movies, a silver bar with "P R E S E N T S" is shown.
• Some programs feature the copyright line below the logo.

FX/SFX: The shifting.

Music/Sounds: 2 loud whooshes.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• Sometimes, only 1 whoosh is heard.
• Other times, the end title theme from any show carries over this logo.

Availability: Rare.

• Was seen on colorized versions of movies such as the Video Treasures release of It's a Wonderful Life.
• This also appeared at the end of early episodes of Kids Incorporated.
• This logo can be seen on The Laurel and Hardy Show on This TV and TCM broadcasts of Topper Returns.
• Recently appeared at the beginning of an INSP airing of Angel and the Badman.

Editor's Note: None.