In June 1990, a group led by Robert Halmi, and film distributor New Line Cinema purchased the assets of Qintex Entertainment and renamed it to RHI Entertainment Inc. It co-owns the Laurel and Hardy and the Little Rascals/Our Gang films with CBS Media Ventures and Turner Entertainment Co. The company had a good relationship with Hallmark Cards, which co-produced movies for Hallmark Hall of Fame, and it even had its TV distribution subsidiary New Line Television Distribution. In 1994, Hallmark Cards acquired the company and renamed it to Hallmark Entertainment with RHI and Signboard Hill becoming subsidiaries. The brand became dissolved in 1997.
Logo: On a blue-black gradient background, we see the letters RHI" zoom out from the center of the screen in a Star Wars-like angle. The word "entertainment inc." fades in below the logo.
Variants:
Technique: Computer animation.
Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme of the TV movie.
Music/Sounds Variant: On some prints of the 1991 TV movie Bump in the Night, the Craig Anderson Productions theme plays over the early version due to bad plastering. On the original CBS airing, the RHI logo was seen silent, followed by the aforementioned logo.
Availability: Rare, as it was used as a placeholder during the transition between the Qintex and the RHI eras. Appears on Dracula: The Series and some TV movies, such as Mrs. Lambembert Remembers Love and Bump in the Night.
Logo: On a black background, the large CGI letters "RHI" flip from the top and land in the middle of the screen, with a red line and "RHI Entertainment, Inc." appearing below.
Variants:
Technique: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A whooshing sound, followed by a synth harp theme with drums that ends in a chime. This was composed by Charles Gross. Sometimes, the logo is silent, or the ending theme or the show.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Rare.
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RHI Entertainment (1990-1997) |
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