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Background

In 1921, Margaret J. Winkler opened their animation studio as M.J. Winkler Pictures to produce animated film shorts, using various vanity cards, which include "Color Rhapsody", "Phantasy", and "Fable" among others. Winkler would then take control of Out of the Inkwell and Felix the Cat until 1923, when they partnered with Walt Disney to produce Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit until 1928. Charles B. Mintz joined the company in 1926 and became Winkler Pictures after Mintz became married to Winkler in 1924. Besides Krazy Kat, which Winkler was producing for R-C Pictures, then Paramount Pictures beginning in 1925, the company also produced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons for Universal Pictures from 1927 until 1929 and Toby the Pup cartoons for RKO Radio Pictures.

In 1931, the company was relocated to Los Angeles and Winkler Pictures became The Charles Mintz Studio. Columbia Pictures Corporation released their cartoons starting in 1929 and then later acquired a stake in the company in 1933 and launched "Screen Gems". However, when Mintz became indebted to Columbia in 1939, he ended up selling his studio to them. Under new management, the Screen Gems became a full time animation studio in 1940 until 1946 when Columbia closed its animation unit. Columbia would later supplant its animation outings with United Productions of America in 1948 and Hanna-Barbera in 1957, whose only theatrical cartoon was Loopy De Loop before exiting theatrical animation for good in the late 1960s.

The "Screen Gems" name was inspired by an early Columbia Pictures slogan, "Gems of the Screen", itself based on an American patriotic song entitled "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean". Columbia later revived the "Screen Gems" name for its television arm in 1948, and then as Sony's genre film division in 1998.

General Titles

Contents

1st Logo (December 5, 1929-1939)	2nd Logo (June 3, 1938-1946)	3rd Logo (April 27, 1945-June 30, 1949)

Reissue Titles

Contents

1st Logo (Late 1940s-1950s)	2nd Logo (1950s-1960s)

General Titles

1st Logo (December 5, 1929-1939)

Note: Krazy Kat was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio.

Visuals: It's Columbia Pictures' 1928 print logo used onscreen. Usually it was used as a closing logo, with the print logo framed by a TV screen-like outline, the cartoon series' name at the top, which is overlapped by "The End" in a fancy script font, and below it was "A CHARLES MINTZ PRODUCTION".

Variants:

On 1929-1930 Krazy Kat cartoons, the logo can be barely seen on the second card of the opening credits.
At the end of early Krazy Kat cartoons, the text "A KRAZY KAT COMIC" or "A WINKLER KRAZY KAT COMIC" is shown below the print logo.
On B&W cartoons from 1931-1939, at the bottom of the outlined shape is the text "a Charles Mintz production". Starting in 1933/1934, the text is bolder.
On The Restless Sax, "THE END" appears in a bolded sans-serif font over the logo.
Starting in 1934/1935, the text "Recorded by RCA Victor "HIGH FIDELITY" Sound System" is shown below the logo. This was used on B&W cartoons, and on the Color Rhapsodies until 1935.
On 1935-1938 color cartoons, the text "The End" is not shown over the logo.
Starting in 1937, the Columbia Pictures print logo is upgraded.

Technique: A still painted picture. For Krazy Kat, traditional animation is used.

Audio: The intro/outro of the cartoon's music, or a custom fanfare.

Availability: Most of the Krazy Kat and Scrappy shorts were reissued by Samba Pictures, Inc. Most of the films with the logo were destroyed, because of KFS' practices with destroying the master Barney Google film prints. Most of the Color Rhapsodies featuring the logo had fallen victim to plastering with the reissue titles.

2nd Logo (June 3, 1938-1946)

Visuals: It's Columbia Pictures' 1936 logo, noticeably redrawn, with the words "COLUMBIA" in chiseled letters and the clouds behind the Torch Lady (who is holding an American flag) drawn in blue. Starting in 1942, the American flag was changed into a plain periwinkle drape (as in the movie logo).

Variants:

On the Phantasies and Fables, the logo is in black and white, and the "COLUMBIA" text is lighter.
On the intros of Phantasies and Fables starting in 1941, "Presents" appears or fades in below.
On The Playful Pest, "Presents" appears in a different font.
Starting in 1942, the opening version has the word "Presents" below the Torch Lady, and it has orange clouds and having a purple company name, with the Torch Lady holding a pink (or purple due to film deterioration) drape.
An earlier version of the closing logo exists where the text is shifted up, and below it was the text "A CHARLES MINTZ Production" is shown below the logo. This was only seen on Window Shopping.
An end title gag version was shown on Way Down Yonder in the Corn where the white screen explodes to reveal the log.
Another end title gag version was seen on The Greyhound and the Rabbit, where the ship flies into the logo.
On The Tangled Angler from Fables, "A COLUMBIA FABLE" are absent.
On Tangled Travels, both "The End" and "A COLUMBIA PHANTASY" are absent.

Closing Title: It's the standard logo, but with the cartoon's title, and below it was (for color cartoons only), the text "IN TECHNICOLOR") is shown below the logo. On B&W cartoons and on color cartoons since 1942, the text "The End" appears in a script font.

Technique: A still painted picture.

Audio: The theme of the cartoon.

Availability: Most of the color cartoons with the logo have fallen victim to wiping with the reissue titles. However, this has turned up on a few Color Rhapsody cartoons shown on MeTV's Toon In with Me.

3rd Logo (April 27, 1945-June 30, 1949)

Visuals: On a black or blue background, there is the text "The End" in cursive. Below it, there is the following cartoon series title.

Variants:

On Phantasy cartoons from 1945 to 1946, the logo is in black and white.
Starting in 1946, the logo appeared within the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye.
- On 1947 Phantasy cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is brown. It was spotted on Wacky Quacky.
- On 1947 Color Rhapsody cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is blue.
- On 1947-1948 Phantasy cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is with two dark teal rings and a teal-light teal outline.
- On 1948-1949 Color Rhapsody cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is with two blue rings and a red-yellow outline.
On Phantasy cartoons from 1947 to 1948, the text "IN CINECOLOR" was shown below the logo. Starting with Leave Us Chase It, the text "in Cinecolor" is in a different font.
On most color cartoons, the text "in Technicolor" was in script below the logo.

Technique: A still painted picture.

Audio: The ending theme of the cartoon. Around 1947, most of the color shorts started having all a definite and unique end logo fanfare, a small jazzy tune played by trumpets.

Availability: Most cartoons have fallen victim to wiping with the opening logo. It was last seen on the Color Rhapsody short of Cat-Tastrophy.

Reissue Titles

Background

As with Warner Bros. and MGM, Columbia too reissued a large portion of its color cartoon library beginning roughly when the studio closed in 1946.

1st Logo (Late 1940s-1950s)

Visuals: On a blue background with white stars, there is a yellow shape that contains the red text "a COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and below, the name of the cartoon and "Color by TECHNICOLOR" on a rainbow print. Several characters from the Columbia cartoons are surrounding the logo (a la the 1942-1946 Color Rhapsodies logo and the 1942-1944 Phantasies logo) including Li'l Abner's pig Salami from Porkuliar Piggy (1944), the buffalo and Indian from Lo the Poor Buffal (1948), the turkey and moose from Topsy Turkey (1948), the Daffy-esque duck and the hunter from Wacky Quacky (1947), and the dog and cat from Flora (1948) among others.

Closing Title: Early reissued cartoons had the original end titles. On later cartoons, the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and (below) "The End" (in script) appear on a background which varies depending on the cartoon (along with the fonts for the text).

Variant: On the 2003 rerelease of Skeleton Frolic (1937), the black words "Directed by UB IWERKS" were added below the title of the cartoon.

Technique: A still painted picture.

Audio: The intro of the cartoon theme.

Availability: Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: The Way of all Pests (1941), Bon Bon Parade (1935), Window Shopping (1938), Frog Pond (1938), Mr. Moocher (1944), The Fox and The Grapes (1941), Skeleton Frolic (1937), The Herring Murder Mystery (1943), Mountain Ears (1939) and Rocky Road to Ruin (1943) among others.

2nd Logo (1950s-1960s)

Visuals: On a background with colorful rombs, on the top of the screen are the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" in white letters. Below it, there is the cartoon name in big yellow letters and below it, the text "PRINT BY TECHNICOLOR" or "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". On the bottom of it the words "REPRINT" are written in an inflated bottom script.

Closing Title: Same as the previous logo.

Trivia: This title was designed by United Productions of America.

Variants:

On UPA-reissued cartoons like The Magic Fluke (1949), the copyright stamp was added below "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". This is followed by the credits and then the UPA logo appears.
On Totally Tooned In, the "REPRINT" script is blacked out.

Technique: A still painted picture.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: Kitty Caddy (1947), Boston Beanie (1947), Up 'n Atom (1947), Concerto in B-flat minor (1942), The Magic Fluke (1949), Mother Hubba-Hubba Hubbard (1947), Be Patient, Patient (1944), Foxy Flatfoots (1946), and Kuku Nuts (1945), among others. The end titles also appear on the UPA cartoons, as well as several rereleases of Loopy De Loop, but the latter cut it out on Turner prints, and went back to the original end titles.

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+===Background===
+In 1921, Margaret J. Winkler opened their animation studio as '''M.J. Winkler Pictures''' to produce animated film shorts, using various vanity cards, which include "Color Rhapsody", "Phantasy", and "Fable" among others. Winkler would then take control of ''Out of the Inkwell'' and ''Felix the Cat'' until 1923, when they partnered with Walt Disney to produce ''Alice Comedies'' and ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' until 1928. Charles B. Mintz joined the company in 1926 and became '''Winkler Pictures''' after Mintz became married to Winkler in 1924. Besides ''Krazy Kat'', which Winkler was producing for R-C Pictures, then [[Paramount Pictures]] beginning in 1925, the company also produced ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' cartoons for [[Universal Pictures]] from 1927 until 1929 and ''Toby the Pup'' cartoons for [[RKO Radio Pictures]].
-Background: Charles B. Mintz and his wife Margaret J. Winkler opened their animation studio in 1929 to produce animated film shorts, using various vanity cards, which include "Color Rhapsody", "Phantasy" and "Fable" among others.Columbia Pictures Corporation released their cartoons and then later acquired a stake in the company in 1933 and launched "Screen Gems". However, when Mintz became indebted to Columbia in 1939, he ended up selling his studio to them. Under new management, the Screen Gems became a full time animation studio in 1940 until 1946 when Columbia closed its animation unit.
+In 1931, the company was relocated to Los Angeles and '''Winkler Pictures''' became '''The Charles Mintz Studio'''. [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Pictures Corporation]] released their cartoons starting in 1929 and then later acquired a stake in the company in 1933 and launched "'''Screen Gems'''". However, when Mintz became indebted to Columbia in 1939, he ended up selling his studio to them. Under new management, the Screen Gems became a full time animation studio in 1940 until 1946 when Columbia closed its animation unit. Columbia would later supplant its animation outings with [[United Productions of America]] in 1948 and [[Hanna-Barbera]] in 1957, whose only theatrical cartoon was ''Loopy De Loop'' before exiting theatrical animation for good in the late 1960s.
-Background Trivia: The "Screen Gems" name was inspired on an early Columbia Pictures slogan that said "Gems of the Screen", itself based on an old American patriotic song named "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean".
+The "Screen Gems" name was inspired by an early Columbia Pictures slogan, "Gems of the Screen", itself based on an American patriotic song entitled "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean". Columbia later revived the "Screen Gems" name for its [[Screen Gems Television|television arm]] in 1948, and then as [[Sony Entertainment|Sony]]'s [[Screen Gems|genre film division]] in 1998.
+{{SeparateTOC
+|General Titles|
+{{ImageTOC
+|Screen Gems Cartoons (1931) (Taken from Svengarlic).png|1st Logo (December 5, 1929-1939)
+|Color Rhapsody closing logo (Window Shopping).jpeg|2nd Logo (June 3, 1938-1946)
+|Screen Gems Cartoons (1945) (Taken from Goofy News Views).png|3rd Logo (April 27, 1945-June 30, 1949)
+}}
+|Reissue Titles|
+{{ImageTOC
+|Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Bon Bon Parade).png|1st Logo (Late 1940s-1950s)
+|Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Scary Crows).png|2nd Logo (1950s-1960s)
+}}}}
+==General Titles==
-Krazy Kat
+===1st Logo (December 5, 1929-1939)===
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+Krazy Kat and Scrappy titles=
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+Screen Gems Cartoons (1929) (Taken from Farm Relief).png
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+Screen Gems Cartoons (1930) (Taken from Slow Beau).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1931) (Taken from Svengarlic).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1931) (Taken from The Restless Sax).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1933) (Taken from The Medicine Show).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1934) (Taken from Southern Exposure).png
+Screen_Gems_Cartoons_KK_Closing_Title_(with RCA Victor HF text).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1937) (Taken from Railroad Rhythm).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1932) (Taken from Fare Play).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1933) (Taken from The Beer Parade).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1936) (Taken from Scrappy's Boy Scouts).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(8).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1937) (Taken from I Want to Be an Actress).png
+</gallery>
+|-|
+Color Rhapsody titles=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Screen Gems Cartoons(10).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(11).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(13).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from Make Believe Revue).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(15).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1938) (Taken from Bluebirds' Baby).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(50).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from a redrawn colorized print of Patch Man Britches).png
+</gallery>
+</tabber>
+'''Note:''' ''Krazy Kat'' was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio.
+'''Visuals:''' It's Columbia Pictures' 1928 print logo used onscreen. Usually it was used as a closing logo, with the print logo framed by a TV screen-like outline, the cartoon series' name at the top, which is overlapped by "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|The End}}" in a fancy script font, and below it was "{{Font|Arial Narrow|'''A CHARLES MINTZ PRODUCTION'''}}".
+'''Variants:'''
-st Logo
+* On 1929-1930 ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons, the logo can be barely seen on the second card of the opening credits.
-(1929-1930)
+* At the end of early ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons, the text "A KRAZY KAT COMIC" or "A WINKLER KRAZY KAT COMIC" is shown below the print logo.
-Columbia Krazy Kat opening (first variant)Krazy Kat variant (2nd part)Classic Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems Cartoons - CLG WikiClassic Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems Cartoons - CLG Wiki
+* On B&W cartoons from 1931-1939, at the bottom of the outlined shape is the text "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|a Charles Mintz production}}". Starting in 1933/1934, the text is bolder.
+* On ''The Restless Sax'', "'''THE END'''" appears in a bolded sans-serif font over the logo.
+* Starting in 1934/1935, the text "Recorded by RCA Victor "HIGH FIDELITY" Sound System" is shown below the logo. This was used on B&W cartoons, and on the ''Color Rhapsodies'' until 1935.
+* On 1935-1938 color cartoons, the text "The End" is not shown over the logo.
+* Starting in 1937, the Columbia Pictures print logo is upgraded.
+'''Technique:''' A still painted picture. For ''Krazy Kat'', traditional animation is used.
-Note: Krazy Kat was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio.
+'''Audio:''' The intro/outro of the cartoon's music, or a custom fanfare.
-Logo: In the first cap, we see a big screen surrounded by curtains while a weird-looking creature conducts an orchestra totally full of animals. The screen says "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. presents KRAZY KAT" with the episode title and the "A Winkler Picture" logo below, the credits for the animators (Ben Harrison and Manny Gould in this case) and the copyright disclaimer. The second cap is the credits for the comic book version's creator George Herriman and the music composer (Joe De Nat) with the Columbia Pictures' print logo barely seen.
+'''Availability:''' Most of the ''Krazy Kat'' and ''Scrappy'' shorts were reissued by Samba Pictures, Inc. Most of the films with the logo were destroyed, because of KFS' practices with destroying the master ''Barney Google'' film prints. Most of the ''Color Rhapsodies'' featuring the logo had fallen victim to plastering with the reissue titles.
-Closing Title: Same as the opening, but instead of the credits, we can now see clearly the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by the "The End" written in script and "A KRAZY KAT COMIC" below. Later in 1930, the disclaimer changed to "A WINKLER KRAZY KAT COMIC".
+===2nd Logo (June 3, 1938-1946)===
-FX/SFX: The whole orchestra. We don't know if the curtains were also animated.
+<tabber>
+Color titles=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Color Rhapsody closing logo (Window Shopping).jpeg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(18).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1940) (Taken from The Greyhound and the Rabbit).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(22).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(23).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Taken from a redrawn colorized print of Sadie Hawkins Day).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(26).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1942) (Taken from Song for Victory).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(27).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(53).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1943) (Taken from Way Down Yonder in the Corn).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(56).jpg
+</gallery>
+|-|
+Black and white titles=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Screen Gems Cartoons(32).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1943) (Taken from The Playful Pest).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons(37).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(58).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons(59).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1941) (Taken from The Tangled Angler).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Opening) (Taken from Magic Strength).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Closing) (Taken from Magic Strength).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1942) (Taken from Wolf Chases Pigs).png
+Screen_Gems_Cartoons_(1944)_(Taken_from_Tangled_Travels).png
+</gallery>
+</tabber>
+'''Visuals:''' It's [[Columbia Pictures]]' 1936 logo, noticeably redrawn, with the words "{{color|#000080|COLUMBIA}}" in chiseled letters and the clouds behind the Torch Lady (who is holding an American flag) drawn in blue. Starting in 1942, the American flag was changed into a plain {{color|#8080f0|periwinkle}} drape (as in the movie logo).
-Music/Sounds: The intro/outro of the cartoon's music.
+'''Variants:'''
-Availability: Rare, as many of the Krazy Kat shorts were reissued by Samba Pictures, Inc.
+* On the ''Phantasies'' and ''Fables'', the logo is in black and white, and the "COLUMBIA" text is lighter.
+* On the intros of ''Phantasies'' and ''Fables'' starting in 1941, "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|Presents}}" appears or fades in below.
+* On ''The Playful Pest'', "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|Presents}}" appears in a different font.
+* Starting in 1942, the opening version has the word "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|Presents}}" below the Torch Lady, and it has orange clouds and having a purple company name, with the Torch Lady holding a pink (or purple due to film deterioration) drape.
+* An earlier version of the closing logo exists where the text is shifted up, and below it was the text "{{Font|Serif|''A'' CHARLES MINTZ ''Production''}}" is shown below the logo. This was only seen on ''Window Shopping''.
+* An end title gag version was shown on ''Way Down Yonder in the Corn'' where the white screen explodes to reveal the log.
+* Another end title gag version was seen on ''The Greyhound and the Rabbit'', where the ship flies into the logo.
+* On ''The Tangled Angler'' from ''Fables'', "{{font|Monotype Corsiva|A}} {{font|Serif|COLUMBIA FABLE}}" are absent.
+* On ''Tangled Travels'', both "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|The End}}" and "{{font|Serif|A COLUMBIA PHANTASY}}" are absent.
+'''Closing Title:''' It's the standard logo, but with the cartoon's title, and below it was (for color cartoons only), the text "{{font|Serif|IN TECHNICOLOR}}") is shown below the logo. On B&W cartoons and on color cartoons since 1942, the text "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|The End}}" appears in a script font.
-Editor's Note: None whatsoever.
+'''Technique:''' A still painted picture.
+'''Audio:''' The theme of the cartoon.
+'''Availability:'''  Most of the color cartoons with the logo have fallen victim to wiping with the reissue titles. However, this has turned up on a few ''Color Rhapsody'' cartoons shown on MeTV's ''Toon In with Me''.
-nd Logo
-(1930-1933)
+===3rd Logo (April 27, 1945-June 30, 1949)===
-Logo: Krazy Kat and his girlfriend are hammering a wood banner. On the banner are the words: "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. presents KRAZY KAT" with the episode titleKrazy Kat Title (1930-33) and the "A Winkler Picture" logo below, the credits for the animators (Ben Harrison and Manny Gould in this case) and the copyright stamp.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1945) (Taken from Goofy News Views).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1945) (Taken from Simple Siren).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from The Schooner the Better).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1947) (Taken from Wacky Quacky).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1947) (Taken from Leave Us Chase It).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1945) (Taken from Carnival Courage).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Polar Playmates).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1947) (Taken from Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1948) (Taken from Pickled Puss).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Foxy Flatfoots).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Unsure Runts).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Catnipped).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a black or blue background, there is the text "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|The End}}" in cursive. Below it, there is the following cartoon series title.
-Closing Title: TBA
+'''Variants:'''
-FX/SFX: None.
+* On ''Phantasy'' cartoons from 1945 to 1946, the logo is in black and white.
+* Starting in 1946, the logo appeared within the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye.
+** On 1947 ''Phantasy'' cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is brown. It was spotted on ''Wacky Quacky''.
+** On 1947 ''Color Rhapsody'' cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is blue.
+** On 1947-1948 ''Phantasy'' cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is with two {{color|#008080|dark teal}} rings and a teal-{{color|#00c0c0|light teal}} outline.
+** On 1948-1949 ''Color Rhapsody'' cartoons, the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye is with two blue rings and a red-yellow outline.
+* On ''Phantasy'' cartoons from 1947 to 1948, the text "{{Font|Serif|IN CINECOLOR}}" was shown below the logo. Starting with ''Leave Us Chase It'', the text "{{Font|Impact|{{color|#00ffff|in Cinecolor}}}}" is in a different font.
+* On most color cartoons, the text "{{Font|Monotype Corsiva|in Technicolor}}" was in script below the logo.
+'''Technique:''' A still painted picture.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the cartoon. Around 1947, most of the color shorts started having all a definite and unique end logo fanfare, a small jazzy tune played by trumpets.
-Availability: Rare since many Krazy Kat shorts were reissued by Samba Pictures, Inc.
+'''Availability:''' Most cartoons have fallen victim to wiping with the opening logo. It was last seen on the ''Color Rhapsody'' short of ''Cat-Tastrophy''.
-Editor's Note: None.
+==Reissue Titles==
+===Background===
+As with Warner Bros. and MGM, Columbia too reissued a large portion of its color cartoon library beginning roughly when the studio closed in 1946.
+===1st Logo (Late 1940s-1950s)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Bon Bon Parade).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Foolin' Bunny).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Kangaroo Kid).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The House That Jack Built).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Peaceful Neighbors).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (B&W) (Taken from a rerelease of Untrained Seal).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Happy Tots Expedition).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a 2003 rerelease print of Skeleton Frolic).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Dog, Cat and Canary).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Fiesta Time).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a blue background with white stars, there is a yellow shape that contains the red text "a COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and below, the name of the cartoon and "Color by TECHNICOLOR" on a rainbow print. Several characters from the Columbia cartoons are surrounding the logo (a la the 1942-1946 Color Rhapsodies logo and the 1942-1944 Phantasies logo) including Li'l Abner's pig Salami from ''Porkuliar Piggy'' (1944), the buffalo and Indian from ''Lo the Poor Buffal'' (1948), the turkey and moose from ''Topsy Turkey'' (1948), the Daffy-esque duck and the hunter from ''Wacky Quacky'' (1947), and the dog and cat from ''Flora'' (1948) among others.
-rd Logo
-(1932-1933)
+'''Closing Title:''' Early reissued cartoons had the original end titles. On later cartoons, the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and (below) "The End" (in script) appear on a background which varies depending on the cartoon (along with the fonts for the text).
-Logo: On a triangles background we see Krazy Kat on the left and his girlfriend on the right. In the middle of them are the words: "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. presents". Krazy Kat Title (1932-33)Below are the big letters "KRAZY KAT" with the episode name below. Below is the Charles Mintz Production logo and the credits for the animators (Ben Harrison and Manny Gould in this case) and the copyright disclaimer.
+'''Variant:''' On the 2003 rerelease of ''Skeleton Frolic'' (1937), the black words "Directed by UB IWERKS" were added below the title of the cartoon.
-Closing Title: TBA
+'''Technique:''' A still painted picture.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
+'''Audio:''' The intro of the cartoon theme.
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: ''The Way of all Pests'' (1941), ''Bon Bon Parade'' (1935), ''Window Shopping'' (1938), ''Frog Pond'' (1938), ''Mr. Moocher'' (1944), ''The Fox and The Grapes'' (1941), ''Skeleton Frolic'' (1937), ''The Herring Murder Mystery'' (1943), ''Mountain Ears'' (1939) and ''Rocky Road to Ruin'' (1943) among others.
-Availability: Rare.
+===2nd Logo (1950s-1960s)===
-Editor's Note: None.
+<tabber>
+Opening logo=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Scary Crows).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Concerto in B-flat minor).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Magic Fluke).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Kuku Nuts).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Loco Lobo).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Hot Footlights).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Foxy Flatfoots).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Up 'n Atom).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Topsy Turvy).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Robin Hoodlum).png
+</gallery>
+|-|
+Closing titles=
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="113">
+Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony, 1953).jpg
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Novelty Shop).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Glee Worms).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Let's Go).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Foxy Pup).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Mountain Ears).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Miner's Daughter).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Trouble Indemnity).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Pete Hothead).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Little Boy with a Big Horn).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Spellbound Hound).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Wonder Gloves).png
+Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing, 1951).jpg
+Screen Gems Cartoons (Madeline, 1952).jpg
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Bon Bon Parade).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Air Hostess).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Egg Hunt).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Rooty Tooty Toot).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Animal Cracker Circus).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Ballet-Oop).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Grizzly Golfer).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from The Man on the Flying Trapeze).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from Willie the Kid).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease print of The Ragtime Bear).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of A Boy and His Dog).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Doctor Bluebird).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Emperor's New Clothes).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Tell-Tale Heart).png
+Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Bringing Up Mother).png
+</gallery>
+</tabber>
+'''Visuals:''' On a background with colorful rombs, on the top of the screen are the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" in white letters. Below it, there is the cartoon name in big yellow letters and below it, the text "PRINT BY TECHNICOLOR" or "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". On the bottom of it the words "REPRINT" are written in an inflated bottom script.
+'''Closing Title:''' Same as the previous logo.
+'''Trivia:''' This title was designed by United Productions of America.
-th Logo
-(1933-1934)
+'''Variants:'''
-Logo: On the same background, Krazy Kat appears on the right. There are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. presents KRAZY KAT". Below is the Charles Mintz Krazy Kat Title (1933-34)Production logo and the credits for the story, musical scores and animation. Below is the copyright stamp.
+* On UPA-reissued cartoons like ''The Magic Fluke'' (1949), the copyright stamp was added below "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". This is followed by the credits and then the UPA logo appears.
+* On ''Totally Tooned In'', the "REPRINT" script is blacked out.
+'''Technique:''' A still painted picture.
-Closing Title: TBA
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
-FX/SFX: None.
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: ''Kitty Caddy'' (1947), ''Boston Beanie'' (1947), ''Up 'n Atom'' (1947), ''Concerto in B-flat minor'' (1942), ''The Magic Fluke'' (1949), ''Mother Hubba-Hubba Hubbard'' (1947), ''Be Patient, Patient'' (1944), ''Foxy Flatfoots'' (1946), and ''Kuku Nuts'' (1945), among others. The end titles also appear on the UPA cartoons, as well as several rereleases of ''Loopy De Loop'', but the latter cut it out on Turner prints, and went back to the original end titles.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
+{{Animation-Navbox}}{{Navbox-Sony}}
-Availability: Rare.
+[[Category:American animation logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
-Editor's Note: None.
+[[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:Sony Corporation]]
+[[Category:Sony Pictures Entertainment]]
+[[Category:Columbia Pictures]]
-th Logo
+[[Category:English-language logos]]
-(1934-1939)
-Logo: Now, on the same background, Krazy Kat appears on a slightly different design. On the top of the screen, only "KRAZY KAT" appears in big bold letters without the Krazy Kat Title (1934-39)Columbia script and the Charles Mintz Production logo. The copyright stamp is also different.
-Closing Title: On a black background with an outline looking like a TV screen, the words "A KRAZY KAT CARTOON" appear in big bold letters on the top of the screen. On the middle is the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by the "The End" written in script and below are the words "Recorded by RCA Victor "HIGH FIDELITY" Sound System". On the bottom of the screen is the Charles Mintz Production logo.
-Variant: When the cartoons were re-released by Samba Pictures Inc., a variation of this logo was used with the words "SAMBA PICTURES PRESENTS" on the top of the screen.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
-Availability: Rare.
-Editor's Note: None.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Scrappy
-st Logo
-(1930-1933)
-Scrappy (1930-1933)Scrappy (1930-1933)
-Logo: On a curtains background, we see words "CHARLES MINTZ presents", the big word "SCRAPPY" and below it "by DICK HEUMOR". Below are the credits for the animation and musical scores. On the bottom of the screen is the copyright disclaimer. Scrappy appears on the right.
-Closing Title: TBA
-Later Variant: From 1932, some changes were made on the logo. The Charles Mintz disclaimer was replaced with the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. presents" and instead, the words "a Charles Mintz Production" appear below the "SCRAPPY" big letters. The words "by DICK HEUMOR" were moved on the same place above the credits. Also, Scrappy appears on a slightly different design along with his puppy.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
-Availability: Ultra rare, as the majority of the Scrappy cartoons were re-released by Samba Pictures.
-Editor's Note: None.
-nd Logo
-(1934-1939)
-Scrappy (1934-1939)Scrappy end titles (1934-1939)
-Logo: Nearly same as the 1934-1939 Krazy Kat but Scrappy appears with the hands on a fence instead of Krazy Kat and the big words "SCRAPPY" appear.
-Closing Title: Same as the 1934-1939 Krazy Kat closing title but the words "A SCRAPPY CARTOON" appear in big bold letters on the top of the screen.
-Variant: When the cartoons were re-released by Samba Pictures Inc., a variation of this logo was used with the words "SAMBA PICTURES PRESENTS" on the top of the screen.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
-Availability: Ultra rare.
-Editor's Note: None.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Color Rhapsodies
-st Logo
-(1934)
-Color Rhapsodies early opening titleColumbia Pictures Cartoons - CLG Wiki
-Note: This is the first opening title of the short-lived series of animated shorts named "Color Rhapsody", created by Charles B. Mintz.
-Logo: In a black background with red, gray and blue bubbles, are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. PRESENTS A" and below, in huge fonts, "COLOR RHAPSODY". Underneath, the credits and the copyright stamp. There are two characters and a pup with a cello.
-Closing Title: Following an iris-out, in orange background, we see "A Color Rhapsody" very above in red majestic font and the 30s Columbia Pictures' print logo with the world-famous "The End" words overlapping the Torch Lady. Underneath has the following: the sound for RCA Victor; seen on nearly all the 30s shorts from many other companies, and the text"A CHARLES MINTZ PRODUCTION" very below.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The opening/closing theme of a short.
-Availability: Rare, as it was seen only on the very first Color Rhapsody short, named "Holiday Land".
-Editor's Note: Minimal. The dark background of the opening may bother some, but it's harmless.
-nd Logo
-(1934-1936)
-Color Rhapsody (1935-1936)Color Rhapsody (1935-1936 end title)Color Rhapsody (Little Rover end title)
-Note: These were the last titles for the 2-strip Technicolor era.
-Logo: In a light cyan background, we see the "Color Rhapsody" in big bold red-outlined white letters below the "Columbia Pictures Corporation" banner. It is overlapping a partiture with musical notes and all. It has credits for the producer, writer, animator and music composer (in the image, respectively: Charles Mintz, Arthur Davis - credited as Art Davis - Sid Marcus and Joe de Nat).
-Closing Title: Same as the last one, with three differences. The light cyan background, the Color Rhapsody font is different and the print logo has the "Columbia Pictures" banner in green instead of black. "Little Rover" (1935), however, has the end title superimposed over a city-at-night background.
-FX/SFX: None if you don't want to count the iris-out.
-Music/Sounds: See the 1st logo.
-Availability: Very rare, although Totally Tooned In had these opening titles uncut.
-Scare factor: None.
-rd Logo
-(1936-1938)
-Color Rhapsodies opening (1935-1939)Color Rhapsodies ending from 1935Color Rhapsodies ending (1937-1938)Color Rhapsody end titleColumbia Torch lady (Color Rhapsodies ending 1938-1939)
-Note: These are the final titles from the Charles Mintz era. Also the first titles shown in 3-strip Technicolor.
-Logo: In a curtain background, are the words "SCRAPPY PRESENTS" in little letters above blocks with "A COLOR RHAPSODY" written. Then, the opening cuts off to the credits.
-Closing Titles: Three closing titles were used in the 1935-1939 period:
-st Closing Title (1935-1937): The first closing title was on white background. There are the words "A COLOR RHAPSODY" in red on a "musical diagram", with "IN TECHNICOLOR" in yellow. Underneath, a simplified drawing of the Columbia Pictures' Torch Lady, with the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" in bold inside a circle. Below the Columbia logo is the text "A CHARLES MINTZ PRODUCTION" in red. No "THE END", though.
-nd Closing Title (1937-1938): The 2nd closing title was nearly the same as the 1935-1937 end title. Nearly, because the Columbia Pictures logo is inside a square this time, with the Torch Lady more detailed compared to the 1st closing title. Again, no "THE END".
-rd Closing Title (1938): This closing title is different. It's Columbia Pictures' official logo, with the words "COLUMBIA" in chiseled letters, with the clouds behind the Torch Lady (who is holding an American flag) drawn in blue. It also has, "A COLOR RHAPSODY" and "IN TECHNICOLOR" overlapping the pedestal. Still, no "THE END".
-Closing Variant: The early variant of the 3rd closing title has been spotted recently on Totally Tooned In, The same concept, but the "A COLOR RHAPSODY" and "IN TECHNICOLOR" text were pulled from below to the middle of the screen to give space to another text: "a CHARLES MINTZ production", with "CHARLES MINTZ" in uppercase lettering and everything else in script. The title is very dark due to print deterioration and it was only seen on "Window Shopping" (1938).
-FX/SFX: None, except for the iris-out in the opening and the ending.
-Music/Sounds: Again, the music of a short.
-Availability: Some recent prints only show the "Blocks" opening without the credits and the Torch Lady ending. Totally Tooned In shown the 1937-1938 end title. "The Little Match Girl" (1937) had the 1st end title before it was replaced by the UPA's "A Columbia Favorite" reissue end title. Fortunately, these titles (except the Charles Mintz variant of the 3rd closing title) were recently restored and shown uncut on DVD.
-Editor's Note:
-Opening: None.
-Closing: None, despite the cheap drawing of the clouds behind the Torch Lady.
-th Logo
-(1938-1942)
-Columbia Color Rhapsody title (Scrappy variant)Color Rhapsodies opening (1940-1942)Columbia Torch lady (Color Rhapsodies ending 1938-1939)Columbia end title variant
-Note: This is the first opening title from the Frank Tashlin era.
-Logo: In majestic background, with a castle above the clouds, the "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION PRESENTS" opening title above "A COLOR RHAPSODY" in huge letters, with "IN TECHNICOLOR" arched above the copyright stamp. Then, it cuts off to the opening credits.
-Early variant: A rare early variant has Scrappy's name instead of the "Columbia Pictures Corporation" banner. It was the last opening title to bear his name. This particular variant was seen from 1938 to 1940.
-Closing Title: Same as the 3rd closing title from the last version. In 1940, it added the "The End" in white script below the "COLUMBIA" lettering. It was only seen on one cartoon: "Cinderella Goes to a Party".
-FX/SFX: Only the iris-in during the opening and the iris-out at the end.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of a short or a customized fanfare.
-Availability: Shorts on Totally Tooned In only show the "Castle" opening title without the credits and the Torch Lady ending. The early variant was very tough to find, as many of the cartoons from this era were reissued by UPA. However the titles (except the Scrappy variant) were recently restored and shown uncut on DVD.
-Editor's Note:
-Opening: Low. The huge letters in the opening title may get to some, but it's harmless due to the background.
-Closing: Low. See above in the scare factor section for the "Blocks" opening.
-th Logo
-(1942-1946)
-Color Rhapsodies opening (1942-1946)Columbia Color Rhapsody Title - "The Fox and the Crow" variantColor Rhapsody special opening titleColor Rhapsody end title variant
-Color Rhapsodies ending title (1944-1945)Color Rhapsodies ending title (1945-1946)
-Note: Cartoons from this era were produced by former Paramount animator Dave Fleischer.
-Logo: The logo is nearly the end title, but the clouds are orange instead of blue, although some shorts do have the opening with blue clouds. Below we see "Presents" in script. It also has a difference in the Torch Lady. Instead of an American flag, she is grabbing a pink (or purple due to print deterioration) drape. Then it cuts off to the opening credits.
-Series Title: On a red background on a yellow placard are the words "A Color Rhapsody" in white letters and below "IN TECHNICOLOR" in black letters. On the top of the placard is the copyright disclaimer. Surrounding it are several characters from the Columbia cartoons including The Fox and The Crow, the baby and the bulldog from The Bulldog and the Baby (1942) and Professor Small and Mr. Tall among others.
-Variant: On cartoons featuring The Fox and The Crow, the words read "a Color Rhapsody THE FOX AND THE CROW".
-Closing Titles: Two end titles were used during this period:
-st Closing Title (1942-1945): The 1st closing title was the 1938-1942 Torch Lady ending, only with two differences:
-It has the "The End" words in white script.
-The pink (or purple) drape explained above.
-nd Closing Title (1945-1946): The 2nd ending was a simplified one. Was only the "The End" in script and the text, "A COLOR RHAPSODY" in bold and "In Technicolor" in script on blue background.
-Variants:
-A rare variant without the "THE END" exists only on one cartoon: Fox and Crow's "Woodsman Spare that Tree" (1942).
-In 1942, a special opening variant was shown in the cartoon "Song of Victory". On a blue background, we see the V of victory overlapped by the "Columbia Pictures Corporation presents" banner and "A Color Rhapsody" in the exact same font. This was the very first cartoon directed by Dave Fleischer since he left Paramount. This was also the last cartoon of the Frank Tashlin era.
-FX/SFX: The iris-out and the characters moving in the opening credits.
-Music/Sounds: Again, the theme of a short or a customized fanfare.
-Availability: The opening is quite rare. On TV, via Totally Tooned In, only the end titles survive. The titles were recently restored on DVD.
-Editor's Note: None.
-th Logo
-(1947-1949)
-Color Rhapsodies last opening title (1947-1949)Color Rhapsodies ending (1947)Color Rhapsodies ending (1947-1949)
-Logo: In a background with red and metallic stripes, zooms in rapidly a "TV Tube" with the opening "A COLOR RHAPSODY" in yellow bold and "Cartoon" in red script. Underneath, the text "IN TECHNICOLOR".
-Closing Titles: Two end titles were used in the last years of the Color Rhapsodies.
-st Closing Title (1947): Nearly the same as the 1945-1946 closing title, but it has a background that resembles the Merrie Melodies ending from the 30s.
-nd Closing Title (1947-1949): Again the Merrie Melodies-like bullseye, but with two blue rings and yellow-red outline.
-FX/SFX: The zooming in on the opening title.
-Cheesy Factor: The zooming in of the opening is too fast-paced and rough.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of a short or a customized fanfare. It also have an exclusive theme for the ending.
-Availability: Saved on many cartoons on Totally Tooned In. These titles were recently restored on DVD.
-Editor's Note:
-Opening: High for people who hate titles zooming in rapidly towards them.
-Closing: None.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Columbia Phantasies
-st Logo
-(1939-1942)
-Columbia Phantasies Torch Lady (1939-1945)Phantasy Cartoon variantPhantasy variantPhantasies Opening Title (1939-1942)Phantasies Closing Title (1939-1945)
-Logo: Nothing but the Columbia movie logo from the 30s, only with two changes:
-It has "Presents" in white script below. A variant shows the logo with "Presents" fading in after a few seconds.
-The shining of the torch is a bit different.
-Series Logo: In a special background, we see the words "A Phantasy Cartoon" and the copyright stamp. The words "A Phantasy" is in huge script font and "CARTOON" is in stylized font. It had three variants used in tandem with each other:
-In the 1st variant, it had the "Columbia Pictures Corporation presents" banner above "A Phantasy cartoon" and "featuring Scrappy" below. And it had credits, for story, animation and music.
-In the 2nd variant, the "Columbia Pictures Corporation presents" banner is absent, and it doesn't have Scrappy's name, only the credits.
-The 3rd variant has no credits at all. Only the "A Phantasy cartoon" banner in a stylized background.
-Closing Title: Same as the opening, but with "The End" in white script instead of "Presents". The text, "A COLUMBIA PHANTASY" is seen below "The End".
-FX/SFX: None as far as we know.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of a short or a customized fanfare.
-Availability: Very tough to find, specially the Scrappy variant, as many of these cartoons were reissued by Official Films in the 50s.
-Editor's Note: Minimal to low. The dark background may give some jumps, but the music lowers the scare factor.
-nd Logo
-(1942-1944)
-Columbia Phantasies Torch Lady (1939-1945)Phantasies Opening Title (1942-1944)Phantasies Closing Title (1939-1945)
-Logo: Same as the 1st logo.
-Series Logo: Even though the words and the texts hasn't changed (not counting the production year), the title has been overhauled. The font is different and there are the characters from various cartoons including The Fox and the Crow.
-Closing Title: Same as the 1st logo as well.
-FX/SFX: The characters moving in the series logo.
-Music/Sounds: Again, the theme of the respective short or customized fanfare.
-Availability: See 1st logo.
-Editor's Note: Minimal. No dark background in the series logo lowers the scare factor even further.
-rd Logo
-(1944-1945)
-Columbia Phantasies Torch Lady (1939-1945)Phantasies Opening Title (1944-1945)Phantasies Closing Title (1939-1945)Phantasies Closing Title (1945-1946)
-Logo: Again, same as the 1st logo.
-Series Logo: Same as the 2nd series logo, but with changes. The characters are inside papers and there is no animation.
-Closing Title: Again, same as the 1st logo.
-Alternate Closing Title: In black background, we see the "The End" words in white script with "A PHANTASY CARTOON".
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: Again, the theme of a short or customized fanfare.
-Availability: See the 1st logo again.
-Editor's Note: See the 2nd logo.
-th Logo
-(1945-1946)
-Phantasies Opening Logo (1945-1946)Phantasies Closing Title (1945-1946)Phantasies Alternate Closing Title (1945-1946)
-Logo: This time, no Torch Lady opening. Only the "A Phantasy Cartoon" opening in simplified background.
-Closing Title: Same as the alternate ending for the 3rd logo.
-Alternate Closing Title: Again same as the 3rd logo, but with the "Bullseye" background of the 1947 short-lived ending.
-FX/SFX: None, unlike the previous logos.
-Cheesy factor: They should at least have kept the "Characters-in-papers" opening.
-Music/Sounds: Once again, either the theme of a respective short or a customized fanfare.
-Availability: See the 1st logo.
-Editor's Note: If it wasn't for the music, the scare factor would be low to medium, but is very low.
-th logo
-(1947)
-Phantasy opening title (1947)Phantasy closing title (1947)
-Note: These were the last titles from the Phantasy cartoons, which used the 2-color Cinecolor process for this era.
-Logo: Same as the 1947-1949 Color Rhapsody opening title, only with "Phantasy" replacing "Color Rhapsody" and "IN CINECOLOR" replacing "IN TECHNICOLOR".
-Closing Title: We see the "The End" in a different script over a bullseye background with two teal rings and a teal-white outline. Below, "A PHANTASY CARTOON" in red and "In Cinecolor" in teal are seen.
-FX/SFX: Same as the 1947-1949 Color Rhapsody opening title.
-Music sounds: See above.
-Availability: Tough to find, but Totally Tooned In did show the titles on "Leave Us Chase It".
-Scare factor: Very low.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Barney Google
-Background: Barney Google is the name of a comic strip (later Barney Google and Snuffy Smith) created by Billy De Beck in 1919. From 1935 to 1936, Charles B. Mintz created a cartoon with him. The series only had four episodes.
-(1935-1936)
-Barney Google opening titleBarney Google ending title
-Logo: In blue background, are the titles "SCRAPPY PRESENTS" with "SCRAPPY" in yellow. Below the name of the character and Barney himself. The title cuts off to the credits.
-Closing Title: On a light blue background, following an iris-out, we see the 1935-1937 ending for the Color Rhapsodies only with a few changes:
-Instead of "A COLOR RHAPSODY" with musical diagram, the title reads "A BARNEY GOOGLE CARTOON".
-The drawing of the Torch Lady is a bit cheap.
-The words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" are in blue instead of red and the inside of the circle is also blue.
-The text "A CHARLES MINTZ PRODUCTION" are also in blue rather than red.
-FX/SFX: Nothing but the iris-out.
-Cheesy Factor: The titles are still, but the drawing of the Torch Lady in the ending is choppy.
-Music/Sounds: Probably the theme of a short.
-Availability: If you find it, then you're as lucky as everyone can get. It's way, way, way, WAAAY too hard to find.
-Editor's Note: None if you ignore the scratchy prints.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Fox and Crow
-(1943-1946)
-Color Rhapsodies opening (1942-1946)Fox and Crow Opening Title (1943-1946)Fox and Crow Closing Title (1943-1946)Fox and Crow Alternate Closing Title (1945-1946)
-Studio Logo: The Torch Lady opening from the 1942-1946 Color Rhapsodies, orange clouds, "Presents" and all.
-Series Logo: We see the Fox and the Crow in dark background with their names written with wood sticks.
-Closing Title: Same as the 1942-1945 closing title of the Color Rhapsodies, but with "A FOX AND CROW" below "The End".
-Alternate Closing Title: Same as the 1945-1946 end title of the Color Rhapsodies, but with the difference explained above.
-FX/SFX: None if you don't want to count the iris-out.
-Music/Sounds: As usual, the theme of a short or a customized fanfare.
-Availability: Very hard to find as UPA has reissued the shorts with their "A Columbia Favorite" opening and ending. However, the original Torch Lady closing title has been spotted on some cartoons via Totally Tooned In.
-Editor's Note: Minimal.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Li'l Abner
-(1943-1946)
-Color Rhapsodies opening (1942-1946)Li'l Abner Opening Title (1943-1946)Li'l Abner Closing Title (1943-1946)
-Studio Logo: The 1942-1946 Torch Lady opening from the Color Rhapsodies, orange clouds, "Presents" and all.
-Series Logo: On a blue background, we see Li'l Abner inside a yellow circle, his name in huge letters, and "IN TECHNICOLOR" in white. It cuts off to the opening credits seconds later.
-Closing Title: The 1942-1945 Torch Lady ending from the Color Rhapsodies, only with "A L'IL ABNER" below "The End". The title is also a bit darker.
-FX/SFX: None if you don't want to count the iris-out.
-Music/Sounds: The theme of a short or its own fanfare.
-Availability: The Torch Lady ending is easy to find, as it was used in all Li'l Abner shorts. We can't say the same about the opening.
-Scare factor: Medium, because of the darkness.
-_______________________________________________________________
-Fables
-(1939-1945)
-Columbia Phantasies Torch Lady (1939-1945)Fables Opening Title (1939-1945)Fable alternate end titleFables Closing Title (1939-1945)
-Studio Logo: The same Torch Lady as the first two "Phantasies".
-Series Logo: In a stylized dark background, we see "A Fable" in huge fancy script letters, and a small "Cartoon" below". In the corners we see the MPPDA and an odd RCA logo. And sandwiched between those two logos, the credits of the director, the writer, and the music composer (in the photo, respectively: Arthur Davis (billed as "Art Davis"), Frank Tashlin (billed as "Tish Tash") and Paul Worth). At the very bottom we see a small copyright text.
-Closing Title: The "Torch Lady" logo. This end title has three variants:
-The first variant has no "THE END" below the Torch Lady. Instead the text says "A FABLE CARTOON" in a Times New Roman-ish font.
-The second variant has the "The End" title in the same white script as the Color Rhapsody's torch lady ending from 1942-1945. Below, the text reads, "A COLUMBIA FABLE".
-The third variant has the "The End" in the same script, but without the "A COLUMBIA FABLE" disclaimer.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: If you read those descriptions above, you'll know where this is going.
-Availability: Very hard to find, as some of these "Fables" were reissued by Official Films in the 50s.
-Scare factor: The dark background may put some people off, but it's fairly harmless.
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-Reissue Titles
-Background: As with Warner Bros. and MGM, Columbia too reissued a large portion of its color cartoon library beginning roughly when the studio closed in 1946.
-st Logo
-(1940s)
-Columbia Cartoons Reissue Title (1940s)Columbia Cartoons Reissue Title (1940s, Ub Iwkers variant)
-Logo: On a blue background with white stars is a yellow shape. On the shape are the red words "a COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and below the name of the cartoon and "Color by TECHNICOLOR" on a rainbow print. Several characters from the Columbia cartoons are surrounding the logo (a la the 1942-1946 Color Rhapsodies logo and the 1942-1944 Phantasies logo) including Li'l Abner's pig Salami from "Porkuliar Piggy" (1944), the buffalo and Indian from "Lo the Poor Buffal" (1948), the turkey and moose from "Topsy Turkey" (1948), the Daffy-esque duck and the hunter from "Wacky Quacky" (1947), and the dog and cat from "Flora" (1948) among others.
-Closing Title: Early reissued cartoons had the original end titles. On later cartoons, the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" and below "The End" in script appears on a background and font of the words depending on the cartoon.
-Variant: On cartoons directed by Ub Iwerks like Skeleton Frolic (1937), the black words "Directed by UB IWERKS" were added below the title of the cartoon.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The intro of the cartoon theme.
-Availability: Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: The Way of all Pests (1941), Bon Bon Parade (1935), Window Shopping (1938), Frog Pond (1938), Mr. Moocher (1944), The Fox and The Grapes (1941), Skeleton Frolic (1937), The Herring Murder Mystery (1943), Mountain Ears (1939) and Rocky Road To Ruin (1943) among others.
-Editor's Note: Minimal. The long music staying on an alone logo may scare a few.
-nd Logo
-(1950s)
-Columbia Cartoons Reissue Title (1950s)Columbia Cartoons Reissue Title (1950s, UPA variant)Columbia Cartoons Reissue Title (1950s, Totally Tooned In variant)
-Logo: On a background with colorful rombs, on the top of the screen are the words "A COLUMBIA FAVORITE" in white letters. Below it's the cartoon name in big yellow letters and below it "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". On the bottom of it the words "REPRINT" are written in an inflate bottom script.
-Closing Title: Same as the previous logo.
-Trivia: This title was designed by United Productions of America.
-Variants:
-On UPA-reissued cartoons like The Magic Fluke (1949), the copyright stamp was added below "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". This is followed by the credits and then the UPA logo appears.
-On Totally Tooned In, the "REPRINT" script is blacked out.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.
-Availability: Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: Kitty Caddy (1947), Boston Beanie (1947), Up N' Atom (1947), Concerto In B Flat Minor (1942), The Magic Fluke (1949), Mother Hubba-Hubba Hubbard (1947), Be Patient, Patient (1944), Foxy Flatfoots (1946), and Kuku Nuts (1945), among others.
-Editor's Note: Same as the previous logo.