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===Background=== |
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Charles B. Mintz |
George Winkler (with Charles B. Mintz as head manager) opened his animation studio in 1928 to produce animated film shorts, using various vanity cards, which include "Color Rhapsody", "Phantasy", and "Fable" among others. [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Pictures Corporation]] distributed the 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. |
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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". |
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". |
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Columbia later revived the "Screen Gems" name for its [[Screen Gems Television|its television arm]], and then as [[Sony Entertainment|Sony]]'s [[Screen Gems Pictures|genre film division]]. |
Columbia later revived the "Screen Gems" name for its [[Screen Gems Television|its television arm]], and then as [[Sony Entertainment|Sony]]'s [[Screen Gems Pictures|genre film division]]. |
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=== 1st Logo (1929-1931) === |
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=== 1st Logo (1929-1939) === |
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File:QFzhKdOcpYCU9IiUyyhylA24088.jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(1).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(1).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1930) (Taken from Slow Beau).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(8).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(8).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1931) (Taken from The Stork Market).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1931) (Taken from The Restless Sax).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1933) (Taken from The Medicine Show).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1934) (Taken from Southern Exposure).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from Krazy Kat).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from Kannibal Kapers).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1937) (Taken from Railroad Rhythm).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1932) (Taken from Fare Play).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1933) (Taken from The Beer Parade).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1936) (Taken from Scrappy's Boy Scouts).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1937) (Taken from I Want to Be an Actress).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(10).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(10).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(11).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(11).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(13).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(13).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from Make Believe Revue).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(15).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(15).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1938) (Taken from Bluebirds' Baby).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(50).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(50).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1935) (Taken from a redrawn colorized print of Patch Man Britches).png |
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</gallery> |
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'''Note:''' Krazy Kat was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio. |
'''Note:''' Krazy Kat was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio. |
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'''Logo:''' It's Columbia Pictures' then-current print logo used onscreen |
'''Logo:''' It's Columbia Pictures' then-current print logo used onscreen, overlapped with the second credits. |
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'''Closing Title:''' Same as the opening, but instead of the credits, we can now see clearly the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by "The End" written in script and "A KRAZY KAT COMIC" below. Later in 1930, the disclaimer changed to "A WINKLER KRAZY KAT COMIC", and beginning with ''The Apache Kid'', the end title is filled to the screen. |
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'''Variants:''' |
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*On 1929-1930 ''Krazy Kat'' cartoons, the logo can be barely seen on the second card of the opening credits. |
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*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. |
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*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. |
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*On 1935-1938 color cartoons, the text "The End" is not shown over the logo. |
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*Starting in 1937, the Columbia Pictures print logo is upgraded. |
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'''Technique:''' |
'''Technique:''' 2D animation for the first opening/closing titles. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The intro/outro of the cartoon's music |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The intro/outro of the cartoon's music. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Only seen on the Krazy Kat cartoons. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare, as many 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. |
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=== 2nd Logo (1938-1946) === |
=== 2nd Logo (1938-1946) === |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(16).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(16).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(18).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(18).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1940) (Taken from The Greyhound and the Rabbit).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(22).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(22).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(23).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(23).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Taken from a redrawn colorized print of Sadie Hawkins Day).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(26).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(26).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1942) (Taken from Song for Victory).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(27).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(27).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(53).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(53).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1943) (Taken from Way Down Yonder in the Corn).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(56).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(56).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(32).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(37).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(58).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons(59).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Opening) (Taken from Magic Strength).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1944) (Closing) (Taken from Magic Strength).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1942) (Taken from Wolf Chases Pigs).png |
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</gallery> |
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'''Logo:''' It's [[Columbia Pictures]]' 1936 logo, noticeably redrawn, with |
'''Logo:''' 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. It also has the cartoon series name and "IN TECHNICOLOR" overlapping the pedestal. Starting in 1942, the American flag was changed into a plain drape (as in the movie logo). Two color schemes for the 1942 variant are known: |
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*Orange clouds, purple company name, with the Torch Lady holding a pink (or purple due to film deterioration) drape. |
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*Blue clouds, navy blue company name, with the Torch Lady holding a periwinkle drape. |
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'''Closing Title:''' TBA |
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*On the ''Phantasies'' and ''Fables'', the logo is in black and white, and the "COLUMBIA" text is lighter. |
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*On the intros of ''Phantasies'' and ''Fables'' starting in 1941, "Presents" appears or fades in below. |
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*Starting in 1942, the opening version has the word "Presents" below the Torch Lady, and it has {{color|orange}} clouds and having a {{color|purple}} company name, with the Torch Lady holding a {{color|pink}} (or {{color|purple}} due to film deterioration) drape. |
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*An earlier version of the closing logo exists where the text is shifted up, and below it was the text "{{Font|Times New Roman|''A'' CHARLES MINTZ ''Production''}}" is shown below the logo. This was only seen on ''Window Shopping''. |
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*An end title gag version was shown on ''Way Down Yonder in the Corn'' where the white screen explodes to reveal the log. |
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*Another end title gag version was seen on ''The Greyhound and the Rabbit'', where the ship flies into the logo. |
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'''Closing Title:''' It's the standard logo, but with the cartoon's title, and below it was (for color cartoons only), the text "{{font|Times New Roman|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. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon. |
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'''Availability:''' TBA |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Most of the color cartoons with the logo have fallen victim to wiping with the reissue titles. |
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===3rd Logo ( |
=== 3rd Logo (1939-1945) === |
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Screen Gems Cartoons |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(32).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons(37).jpg |
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Screen Gems Cartoons |
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Screen Gems Cartoons |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1947) (Taken from Leave Us Chase It).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1945) (Taken from Carnival Courage).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Polar Playmates).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1947) (Taken from Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1948) (Taken from Pickled Puss).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Foxy Flatfoots).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Unsure Runts).png |
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Screen Gems Cartoons (1946) (Taken from Catnipped).png |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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'''Logo:''' On a black or {{color|blue}} background, we see the text "The End" in cursive. Below it was the cartoon's title. |
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'''Logo:''' Nothing but the 1936 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo, only with two changes: |
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'''Variants:''' |
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*It has "Presents" in white script below. A variant shows the logo with "Presents" fading in after a few seconds. |
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*On ''Phantasy'' cartoons from 1945 to 1946, the logo is in black and white. |
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*The shining of the torch is a bit different. |
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*Starting in 1946, the logo appeared within the "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseye. |
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*On 1948-49 ''Color Rhapsodies'', the logo appeared within multi-colored "Merrie Melodies"-esque bullseyes. |
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'''Closing Title:''' TBA |
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*On ''Phantasy'' cartoons from 1947 to 1948, the text "IN CINECOLOR" was shown below the logo. |
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*On most color cartoons, the text "in Technicolor" was in script below the logo. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare |
'''Availability:''' Rare. |
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==Reissue Titles== |
==Reissue Titles== |
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'''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. |
'''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. |
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===1st Logo (1940s |
===1st Logo (1940s)=== |
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'''Logo:''' On a {{color |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Bon Bon Parade).png |
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|blue|blue}} background with white stars is a {{color|gold|yellow}} shape. On the shape are the {{color |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Foolin' Bunny).png |
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|red|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. |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Kangaroo Kid).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The House That Jack Built).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (B&W) (Taken from a rerelease of Untrained Seal).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a 2003 rerelease print of Skeleton Frolic).png |
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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue|blue}} background with white stars is a {{color|gold|yellow}} shape. On the shape are the {{color|red|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. |
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'''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). |
'''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). |
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'''Variant:''' On |
'''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. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The intro of the cartoon theme. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The intro of the cartoon theme. |
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'''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 |
'''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. |
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===2nd Logo (1950s |
===2nd Logo (1950s)=== |
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<center>'''Opening logo'''</center> |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Scary Crows).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of Concerto in B-flat minor).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a rerelease of The Magic Fluke).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Up 'n Atom).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Topsy Turvy).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Taken from a Totally Tooned In version of Robin Hoodlum).png |
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</gallery> |
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<center>'''Closing title'''</center> |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony, 1953).jpg |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Novelty Shop).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Glee Worms).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Let's Go).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Foxy Pup).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Mountain Ears).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Miner's Daughter).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Trouble Indemnity).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Pete Hothead).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Little Boy with a Big Horn).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Spellbound Hound).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Wonder Gloves).png |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing, 1951).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing, 1951).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Madeline, 1952).jpg |
File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Madeline, 1952).jpg |
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File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony, 1953).jpg |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Bon Bon Parade).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Air Hostess).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Egg Hunt).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Rooty Tooty Toot).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Animal Cracker Circus).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Ballet-Oop).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Grizzly Golfer).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from The Man on the Flying Trapeze).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from Willie the Kid).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease print of The Ragtime Bear).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of A Boy and His Dog).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Doctor Bluebird).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Emperor's New Clothes).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of The Tell-Tale Heart).png |
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Columbia Favorites (1950s) (Closing) (Taken from a rerelease of Bringing Up Mother).png |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo. |
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'''Availability:''' Can be found on reissue prints of cartoons like: ''Kitty Caddy'' (1947), ''Boston Beanie'' (1947), ''Up 'n Atom'' (1947), ''Concerto in B |
'''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. |
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George Winkler (with Charles B. Mintz as head manager) opened his animation studio in 1928 to produce animated film shorts, using various vanity cards, which include "Color Rhapsody", "Phantasy", and "Fable" among others. Columbia Pictures Corporation distributed the 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.
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 its television arm, and then as Sony's genre film division.
Note: Krazy Kat was the first cartoon series ever to be produced at the Mintz-Winkler studio.
Logo: It's Columbia Pictures' then-current print logo used onscreen, overlapped with the second credits.
Closing Title: Same as the opening, but instead of the credits, we can now see clearly the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by "The End" written in script and "A KRAZY KAT COMIC" below. Later in 1930, the disclaimer changed to "A WINKLER KRAZY KAT COMIC", and beginning with The Apache Kid, the end title is filled to the screen.
Technique: 2D animation for the first opening/closing titles.
Music/Sounds: The intro/outro of the cartoon's music.
Availability: Rare. Only seen on the Krazy Kat cartoons.
Logo: 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. It also has the cartoon series name and "IN TECHNICOLOR" overlapping the pedestal. Starting in 1942, the American flag was changed into a plain drape (as in the movie logo). Two color schemes for the 1942 variant are known:
Closing Title: TBA
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
Availability: TBA
Logo: Nothing but the 1936 Columbia Pictures logo, only with two changes:
Closing Title: TBA
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The theme of the cartoon.
Availability: Rare.
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.
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) appear on a background which varies depending on the cartoon (along with the fonts for the text).
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.
Technique: 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.
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 inflated bottom script.
Closing Title: Same as the previous logo.
Trivia: This title was designed by United Productions of America.
Variants:
Technique: 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.
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