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Background

This is a production company owned by José Frade (b. 1938), a retired film producer who spent his career between Spain and Italy. He owns the rights to several of Samuel Bronston's films as well. His company now works on television series and specials.

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1st Logo (March 26, 1965-1980)	2nd Logo (December 19, 1980-1993)	3rd Logo (1993-)

1st Logo (March 26, 1965-1980)

Visuals: On a hot pink background, a pair of white circles outlined in dark green zoom in and take up the whole screen, with the yellow letters "JF" appearing in each circle in an odd boxy font. The circles then zoom out into the background as they move up a bit, and a white box outlined in yellow fades in below, containing "FILMS" in it. A smaller box then appears below, along with 3 yellow lines arranged in a fan-like form appear one-by-one, forming a tripod of sorts and making the logo resemble an abstract camera, as "DE DISTRIBUCION,S.A." appears below in white and a yellow underline draws in below it. Finally, the background fades to a dark blue vortex-like tunnel made of overlapping light blue and pink bands zooming out.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A bombastic orchestral fanfare that gets more intense towards the end.

Availability: Seen on films distributed and produced by JF Films, like Kleinhoff Hotel, Los Heroes Millonarios, 1990 Los Guerreros del Bronx, and other films. Its still intact on some prints of these movies.

2nd Logo (December 19, 1980-1993)

Visuals: On a turquoise background, 2 glowing white lines draw in from opposite sides of the screen, set fairly close to each other. As they meet in the middle, they curve inwards to create a small hole and zoom in towards the screen, while rotating 90 degrees to the left. After they stop zooming in, the scene slowly fade away to reveal new colors for them: red for the left curve and orange for the left side of the screen, and blue for the right curve and sky blue for the right side of the screen. It then zooms out slowly to reveal them as the current José Frade logo, an abstract "FJ" shape, as the background is revealed to be a black background dotted with stars that slowly zoom forwards, as well as a blue vignette surrounding the edges. Above the logo, "JOSE FRADE" appears in a neon Art Deco-esque font, followed by "PRODUCCIONES CINEMATOGRAFICAS, S.A." below it in white. At the end of the logo, "presenta" appears below in a neon style.

Technique: Traditional 2D animation.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on El Liguero Mágico, El Castigador, and possibly other films. Its still intact on some prints like the last logo.

3rd Logo (1993-)

Visuals: On a shaded dark blue background, 2 3D curves, one cyan and the other orange, appear in the background and come flying towards the screen with arched paths, with the cyan curve coming to the left and the orange curve coming to the right. As they take positions, a purple sphere, which slowly turns a mixture of red and blue, zooms in and the curves slowly gravitate and revolve around the sphere, swerving slightly as the sphere turns into smaller curves, the left red and the right blue, and the curves tilt towards the left and spread apart. Then, the pieces quickly come together to form the José Frade logo and flash white, before moving upwards and swerving towards the front of the screen, all the while the logo shines and stars line the edges. As it settles at the top of the screen, the text "JOSE FRADE", in a Gill Sans font, fades in below it. "Producciones Cinematográficas, S.A." follows suit in a smaller size, and then "PRESENTA" flips in letter-by-letter below.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the previous logos.

Availability: Seen on Spanish DVD prints of El Cid and For A Few Dollars More.

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-=== Background ===
+===Background===
 This is a production company owned by '''José Frade''' (b. 1938), a retired film producer who spent his career between Spain and Italy. He owns the rights to several of Samuel Bronston's films as well. His company now works on television series and specials.
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-=== 1st Logo (1965-1980) ===
+=== 1st Logo (March 26, 1965-1980) ===
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-'''Logo:''' On a pink background, we see 2 white circles both with a horrid color outline. "JF" in a weird font fades in, divided in each circle. They zoom out, and then a box with "FILMS" in it appears, surrounded with a yellow outline. Another box and 3 yellow lines appear, forming a movie camera-like object. "DE DISTRIBUCION, S.A" appears also, and a yellow line draws below it. The background then changes to a black background with a blue/red vortex-like overlay zooming towards the screen.
+'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|hotpink|hot pink}} background, a pair of white circles outlined in dark green zoom in and take up the whole screen, with the yellow letters "{{color|gold|'''JF'''}}" appearing in each circle in an odd boxy font. The circles then zoom out into the background as they move up a bit, and a white box outlined in yellow fades in below, containing "'''FILMS'''" in it. A smaller box then appears below, along with 3 yellow lines arranged in a fan-like form appear one-by-one, forming a tripod of sorts and making the logo resemble an abstract camera, as "DE DISTRIBUCION,S.A." appears below in white and a yellow underline draws in below it. Finally, the background fades to a dark blue vortex-like tunnel made of overlapping {{color|lightblue|light blue}} and pink bands zooming out.
-'''Technique:''' Simple and choppy animation.
+'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A somewhat random orchestral piece (sounds a bit like four pieces of music arranged together).
+'''Audio:''' A bombastic orchestral fanfare that gets more intense towards the end.
-'''Availability:''' Very rare.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on films distributed and produced by JF Films, like ''Kleinhoff Hotel'', ''Los Heroes Millonarios'', ''1990 Los Guerreros del Bronx'', and other films. Its still intact on some prints of these movies.
-'''Legacy:''' The fanfare is quite bombastic and random, so it might scare some people.
-=== 2nd Logo (1980-1993) ===
+=== 2nd Logo (December 19, 1980-1993) ===
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-'''Logo:''' On a sky blue background, two shiny white lines slide from the left and right parts of the screen and merge in the center. The merged line rotates counter-clockwise and zooms out until the merged part engulfs the screen. It then fades out to reveal a leaf (or eye)-like logo consisting on a stylized orange-red F and a blue-sky blue J merged together. The camera pans backwards to reveal the logo being on a space background. Once it stops, "JOSE FRADE" in hot pink, flickers in above the logo glows like neon. Then "PRODUCCIONES CINEMATOGRÁFICAS S.A." fades in below and "presenta" appears at the end at the very bottom of the finished logo, the same font as the previous text, but glows the same way as the 1st row.
+'''Visuals:''' On a turquoise background, 2 glowing white lines draw in from opposite sides of the screen, set fairly close to each other. As they meet in the middle, they curve inwards to create a small hole and zoom in towards the screen, while rotating 90 degrees to the left. After they stop zooming in, the scene slowly fade away to reveal new colors for them: red for the left curve and orange for the left side of the screen, and blue for the right curve and {{color|deepskyblue|sky blue}} for the right side of the screen. It then zooms out slowly to reveal them as the current José Frade logo, an abstract "'''FJ'''" shape, as the background is revealed to be a black background dotted with stars that slowly zoom forwards, as well as a blue vignette surrounding the edges. Above the logo, "{{color|hotpink|'''JOSE FRADE'''}}" appears in a neon Art Deco-esque font, followed by "{{font|Arial|'''PRODUCCIONES CINEMATOGRAFICAS, S.A.'''}}" below it in white. At the end of the logo, "{{font|Arial|{{color|hotpink|'''presenta'''}}}}" appears below in a neon style.
 '''Technique:''' Traditional 2D animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' See the last logo.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
-'''Availability:''' Scarce; some Spanish DVD prints of films by this producer should contain it.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''El Liguero Mágico'', ''El Castigador'', and possibly other films. Its still intact on some prints like the last logo.
-'''Legacy:''' Same as before, as well as the bright colors at the beginning
 === 3rd Logo (1993-) ===
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-'''Logo:''' On a blue background, the J and the F from the previous logo come zooming out and place themselves about the middle of the screen. They rotate towards each other as a blue sphere zooms in. The letters move and spin around the sphere, turning it into a red-blue circle. The two parts separate and elongate to turn into the narrower parts of the J and the F. The four parts merge and form the full JF logo, flashing when complete. It shines via stars on its sides, and tilts side by side, placing itself in the upper part of the screen. "JOSE FRADE" and "PRODUCCIONES CINEMATOGRÁFICAS S.A." fade in below the logo in a cyan Gill Sans font with modifications, as letters slide in to form "PRESENTA".
+'''Visuals:''' On a shaded dark blue background, 2 3D curves, one cyan and the other orange, appear in the background and come flying towards the screen with arched paths, with the cyan curve coming to the left and the orange curve coming to the right. As they take positions, a purple sphere, which slowly turns a mixture of red and blue, zooms in and the curves slowly gravitate and revolve around the sphere, swerving slightly as the sphere turns into smaller curves, the left red and the right blue, and the curves tilt towards the left and spread apart. Then, the pieces quickly come together to form the José Frade logo and flash white, before moving upwards and swerving towards the front of the screen, all the while the logo shines and stars line the edges. As it settles at the top of the screen, the text "{{color|cyan|'''JOSE FRADE'''}}", in a Gill Sans font, fades in below it. "{{color|cyan|'''Producciones Cinematográficas, S.A.'''}}" follows suit in a smaller size, and then "{{color|cyan|'''PRESENTA'''}}" flips in letter-by-letter below.
-'''Technique:''' Standard CGI at the time.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' See the first logo.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logos.
-'''Availability:''' Common; seen on Spanish DVD prints of ''El Cid'' and ''For A Few Dollars More''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on Spanish DVD prints of ''El Cid'' and ''For A Few Dollars More''.
-'''Legacy:''' Fine CGI, to be honest even by its dated standards, but the fanfare is becoming just more and more grainy-sounding.
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