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Background

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.

Krazy Kat

1st Logo (1929-1931)

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.

2nd Logo (1931-1939)

Logo: 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. In the middle is the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by the "The End" written in script and on the bottom of the screen is “a Charles Mintz production”.

Technique: None, except for the iris in and outs.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the cartoon.

Availability: See 1st logo

Scrappy

=1st Logo (1931-1939)

Logo: Same as the previous logo, except the word “SCRAPPY” replaces “KRAZY KAT”.

Technique: See 1st logo

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2nd logo

Availability: Rare.

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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]].
+==Krazy Kat==
-=== 1st Logo (1929-1931) ===
+=== 1st Logo (1929-1931)===
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 '''Availability:''' Rare. Only seen on the Krazy Kat cartoons.
-=== 2nd Logo (1938-1946) ===
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-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(16).jpg
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-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(22).jpg
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-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(26).jpg
-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(27).jpg
-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(53).jpg
-File:Screen Gems Cartoons(56).jpg
-</gallery>
+===2nd Logo (1931-1939) ===
-'''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:
-*Orange clouds, purple company name, with the Torch Lady holding a pink (or purple due to film deterioration) drape.
-*Blue clouds, navy blue company name, with the Torch Lady holding a periwinkle drape.
+'''Logo:''' 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. In the middle is the Columbia Pictures print logo overlapped by the "The End" written in script and on the bottom of the screen is “a Charles Mintz production”.
-'''Closing Title:''' TBA
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' None, except for the iris in and outs.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the cartoon.
-'''Availability:''' TBA
+'''Availability:''' See 1st logo
+==Scrappy==
-=== 3rd Logo (1939-1945) ===
+===1st Logo (1931-1939)==
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-'''Logo:''' Nothing but the 1936 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo, only with two changes:
+'''Logo:''' Same as the previous logo, except the word “SCRAPPY” replaces “KRAZY KAT”.
-*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.
-'''Closing Title:''' TBA
+'''Technique: ''' See 1st logo
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 2nd logo
-'''Technique:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of the cartoon.
 '''Availability:''' Rare.
-==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 (1940s)===
-'''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.
-'''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.
-===2nd Logo (1950s)===
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-File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing, 1951).jpg
-File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Madeline, 1952).jpg
-File:Screen Gems Cartoons (Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony, 1953).jpg
-</gallery>
-'''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 {{color|gold|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:'''
-* 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:''' 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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