RKO-Pathé Pictures
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Background: RKO-Pathé Pictures was founded in 1928, but they didn't start using a logo until around 1929.
1st Logo (c. 1929-c. 1932) RKO-Pathé Pictures (c. 1929-c. 1932)
Nickname: "The Globe and the Rooster"
Logo: On a cloudy tower we see a rotating globe with a rooster on top similar to the RKO logo. While the earth is moving, the rooster spreads his wings. The rooster crows, and the words
AN RKO-Pathé PICTURE
appear in the middle.
FX/SFX: The clouds (like the Warner Bros 3rd logo), the earth moving, and the rooster noises.
Music/Sounds: The rooster crowing.
Availability: Seen on newsreels from the era. Seen also on Sweepstakes.
