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'''Nicknames:''' "S from Hell", "The Spiral S", "The Filmstrip S", "The Spiral S from Hell", "Scream Gems" |
'''Nicknames:''' "S from Hell", "The Spiral S", "The Filmstrip S", "The Spiral S from Hell", "Scream Gems", "S of Doom" |
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'''Logo:''' On a yellow background, two red parallelograms (or lines) come from the top and bottom of the screen, and the upper one is at a distance while the lower is closer. They fly towards each other, and the higher moves forward while the lower backs away. As they do so, they grow in length and wrap around a space where a red dot appears, forming a stylized "S". Under that, the text "SCREEN GEMS" zooms in. |
'''Logo:''' On a yellow background, two red parallelograms (or lines) come from the top and bottom of the screen, and the upper one is at a distance while the lower is closer. They fly towards each other, and the higher moves forward while the lower backs away. As they do so, they grow in length and wrap around a space where a red dot appears, forming a stylized "S". Under that, the text "SCREEN GEMS" zooms in. |
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* When ABC reran ''Bewitched'' on their daytime schedule in 1968, this logo had the "Dancing Sticks" music attached to it, probably due to a plastering error (on at least two episodes). |
* When ABC reran ''Bewitched'' on their daytime schedule in 1968, this logo had the "Dancing Sticks" music attached to it, probably due to a plastering error (on at least two episodes). |
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'''Availability:''' Pretty common. This logo has been beautifully restored on reruns of ''Bewitched'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and ''The Partridge Family'' on Antenna TV and FETV. Ironically, the DVD versions are not so lucky; except for one B&W episode (episode #22) of ''I Dream of Jeannie'', the logos were removed on disc, but the short version complete with jingle has been restored starting with the seventh season DVDs of ''Bewitched'', as well as the fourth season DVD of ''The Partridge Family''. Don't expect the Columbia byline on the latter, though. The VHS release ''The Partridge Family: C'mon Get Happy!'' also preserves this logo, followed by the 1993 CPT logo. The only other DVDs with this logo are the 1971 TV movie ''Brian's Song'' and the 1974 miniseries ''QB VII'', with theme music over it, plus the Columbia byline. This logo can be seen after every episode on the DVD release of ''Bridget Loves Bernie''. This logo can also be found on every episode on the 2014 Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of ''Gidget''. The still variant with the Columbia byline can be found on most episodes of the first season of ''Police Story'' on DVD, released by Shout! Factory. It was also shown in an edited form on Fox Family reruns of ''The Partridge Family'' and in a sped-up form without music on Hallmark Channel reruns of ''Bewitched''. A good few episodes of ''Bewitched'' when aired on the UK satellite channel ''Living'' have this logo, often followed by the Sony Pictures Television International logo. The "Hawk S" can be seen at the Paley Center, and the 1966 edition of ''NFL Game of the Week'', which can be found on YouTube. This was also seen on an episode of ''The Monkees'' on IFC, which was followed by the 1996 CTTD and 2014 Sony/SPT logos. Its first appearance was on the third and final season of ''The Farmer's Daughter'', on ABC, and the fifth and final season of ''Hazel'', on CBS, but sometimes SPT logo can plaster this logo. |
'''Availability:''' Pretty common. This logo has been beautifully restored on reruns of ''Bewitched'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and ''The Partridge Family'' on Antenna TV and FETV. Ironically, the DVD versions are not so lucky; except for one B&W episode (episode #22) of ''I Dream of Jeannie'', the logos were removed on disc, but the short version complete with jingle has been restored starting with the seventh season DVDs of ''Bewitched'', as well as the fourth season DVD of ''The Partridge Family''. Don't expect the Columbia byline on the latter, though. The VHS release ''The Partridge Family: C'mon Get Happy!'' also preserves this logo, followed by the 1993 CPT logo. The only other DVDs with this logo are the 1971 TV movie ''Brian's Song'' and the 1974 miniseries ''QB VII'', with theme music over it, plus the Columbia byline. This logo can be seen after every episode on the DVD release of ''Bridget Loves Bernie''. This logo can also be found on every episode on the 2014 Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of ''Gidget''. The still variant with the Columbia byline can be found on most episodes of the first season of ''Police Story'' on DVD, released by Shout! Factory. It was also shown in an edited form on Fox Family reruns of ''The Partridge Family'' and in a sped-up form without music on Hallmark Channel reruns of ''Bewitched''. A good few episodes of ''Bewitched'' when aired on the UK satellite channel ''Living'' have this logo, often followed by the Sony Pictures Television International logo. The "Hawk S" can be seen at the Paley Center, and the 1966 edition of ''NFL Game of the Week'', which can be found on YouTube. This was also seen on an episode of ''The Monkees'' on IFC, which was followed by the 1996 CTTD and 2014 Sony/SPT logos. Its first appearance was on the third and final season of ''The Farmer's Daughter'', on ABC, and the fifth and final season of ''Hazel'', on CBS, but sometimes the SPT logo can plaster this logo. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' For a logo from the |
'''Editor's Note:''' For a logo from the '60s, this features very smooth animation, especially when compared to other logos of the time. However, this logo has gained somewhat of a cult following due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers, even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell''. |
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Screen Gems was revived as a television subsidiary by Columbia Pictures in 1948. It was formed when Columbia acquired Pioneer Telefilms, a television commercial company founded in 1947 by Ralph M. Cohn, the son of Columbia Pictures co-founder, Jack Cohn, and the nephew of longtime Columbia Pictures president and co-founder, Harry Cohn. Pioneer Telefilms was renamed to Screen Gems after the acquisition. It was responsible for television production, TV movies, syndicating the Columbia Pictures movie library, and starting in 1958, The Three Stooges shorts starting with the Curly series. Screen Gems became a fully-fledged studio in 1951 by moving into Telefilm syndication and later into television production in 1952. On July 1, 1956, Columbia studio veteran Irving Briskin formed Briskin Productions to oversee all of Screen Gems' productions. On December 10, 1956, Screen Gems acquired television syndication company Hygo Television Films (a.k.a. "Serials Inc.") as well as its affiliated company, United Television Films, Inc. On August 2, 1957, Screen Gems agreed to syndicate the Universal Horror Package from Universal-International for 10 years under the names Shock and Son of Shock. From 1957-1966, Screen Gems held a 20% stake in Hanna-Barbera and acted as their distributor; Screen Gems (and later, Columbia Pictures itself) also owned the distribution rights to The Flintstones until the 1980s. In January 1961, Columbia Pictures Corporation and Screen Gems, Inc. were split into separate companies, when the former studio sold 11% of the latter's stock to the public. On December 23, 1968, Screen Gems merged with its parent Columbia Pictures Corporation and the whole organization was reincorporated as "Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.". On May 6, 1974, Screen Gems was reincorporated as "Columbia Pictures Television" (now "Sony Pictures Television"). The name was suggested by David Gerber, the then-current president of Columbia's television division.
Logo: Superimposed over the screen, we see in-credit text that reads:
A SCREEN GEMS, INC. PRODUCTION
Variants:
FX/SFX: None or the cross-fading. Except on Days of Our Lives, where the text scrolls.
Music/Sounds/Voice-over: The end-title theme from any show. On the game show Line 'em Up, a voice-over says "Line 'em Up is a Screen Gems production in association with CFTO TV enclosing".
Availability: Uncommon. It's currently seen on the first two seasons of The Flintstones on Boomerang, MeTV, and DVD's of the show.
Editor's Note: None.
Nicknames: "The TV Tube", "Screen Gems-on-TV"
Logo: On the same light gray background seen on the last logo, we see a TV tube-like shape that's outlined in dark gray and filled in black. There are about eight stars shining inside (like stars in the sky) around the phrase "A SCREEN GEMS INC. Presentation" or "A SCREEN GEMS INC. Production".
Variants:
FX/SFX: The little stars twinkling.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme of any show.
Availability: Ultra rare. It originally appeared on The Ford Television Theatre, Captain Midnight, Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, among other shows. Currently seen on the complete first & second season of Father Knows Best on DVD.
Editor's Note: The logo fits well with the company name as the "SCREEN" is the TV tube, and the "GEMS" are the stars on the screen. It's a rather peculiar concept that was shelved in favor of the "Torch Lady" years later.
Nickname: "Torch Lady"
Logo: Like the 1942 version of the 1936 Columbia Pictures logo, we see a lady (Columbia, a representation of the USA) holding a light torch on top a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her. The Torch Lady's head and upper body is between the words "SCREEN GEMS" with the letter "A" in Vivaldi font above it and "FILM PRESENTATION" or "FILM PRODUCTION" below it. The byline "TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION" appears below that.
Trivia: The Torch Lady, aka Columbia, is played by Pittsburgh native Jane Chester Bartholomew, who was discovered by Harry Cohn. (After she left acting in the '60s, Mrs. Bartholomew became a nursing inspector with the Chicago Board of Health. She passed away in 2012.)
Variant: There is a special variant for the 10th Anniversary of Screen Gems. The logo is the same, except for the text "10ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY FILM PROGRAM" (or "FILM PRESENTATION") seen below in place of the standard text.
FX/SFX: The lady's torch "shining".
Music/Sounds/Voice-over: A majestic horn fanfare at the begin/end of some syndicated programs, or the opening theme of the movie or short. There exists two known versions of this fanfare. Usually, as a closing logo, you will hear the ending theme for whatever show or movie played over it sometimes with Harry Cohn announcing: "This has been a Screen Gems Film Production, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures".
Music/Sounds Variant: When the movie 20 Million Miles to Earth premiered on television, Screen Gems plastered the Columbia Pictures logo, keeping the fanfare intact.
Availability: Rare. Currently seen on seasons 2-4 DVD releases of Father Knows Best, two episodes of Ranch Party on the Internet Archive, and a few season 1 & most season 2 episodes of Dennis the Menace on Hulu, strangely replacing the next logo on season 2 episodes. Despite the logo blending in with the show itself, C-T has deleted the logo on several occasions. This logo isn't seen on Antenna TV's reruns of Father Knows Best or Dennis the Menace as it has been deleted and replaced by the Colex and/or SPT logos. It was also used on the original late '50s/early '60s 16mm prints of all 190 Stooges shorts that remained in circulation on TV stations until the late 1980s, including 200 non-Stooge Columbia two-reelers released to TV in 1959, many of which can be obtained by private collectors online, although the logo may vary in quality on most shorts. It can be found on a few Stooges shorts released on VHS by RCA/Columbia, including "A Bird in the Head" (closing variant only), "Three Smart Saps", and "I'm a Monkey's Uncle", which were last seen on TBS in the early '90s. Surprisingly, it can be found on a newly transferred 16mm print of "Disorder in the Court" on a Stooges DVD by TGG Direct, as this was a public domain short for many years with many VHS/DVD prints blacking out the opening logo due to copyright issues.
Editor's Note: This was the first use of the "Torch Lady" for television. It's mostly a well-liked logo, but some viewers in their youth were put off by the loud and dramatic nature of the fanfare heard on some shows, which has been referred to by some as the "Fanfare of Doom".
Nickname: "Torch Lady II"
Logo: Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "SCREEN GEMS" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and the words are shown on each side of the lower body and legs.
Trivia: The Torch Lady here is also played by Jane Chester Bartholomew.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The lady's torch "shining".
Music/Sounds/Voice-over: Usually, the end title theme from any show has played over this with Harry Cohn, the longtime president of Columbia Pictures announcing:
Availability: Rare. Last seen on reruns of Hazel, Dennis the Menace, The Naked City, and Route 66, to name a few. (As of this posting, the latter two shows are being aired on Retro TV's weekday afternoon schedule.) Surprisingly, this has been edited over with or followed by the Columbia TriStar Television Distribution logo or the Sony Pictures Television logo on some shows recently. Currently seen on The Naked City, The Donna Reed Show, some seasons 2-4 episodes of Dennis the Menace on Hulu, and some episodes of Route 66 on Retro TV and Me-TV.
Editor's Note: It's more of the same from the previous logo, but with less clutter. An updated version of sorts could be seen as the logo for the Screen Gems Network, the '90s syndicated package of classic SG, Columbia, Tandem, and ELP shows.
Nickname: "The Dancing Sticks"
Logo: Eleven animated lines "drop down" at the right of the black screen to ascending jazz notes as a swarm of circles scatter near the middle of the left side leaving behind the words "SCREEN GEMS" in a Benguiat Frisky font. (These circles were what one rec.arts.animation post described as the "spotlights". The "stars" may come from the fact that the circles sparkle like stars.) As this happens, the lines shrink somewhat and spread out, filling the right half and shaking slightly back and forth.
Variant: When filmed and broadcast in color, the sticks and the dots are rainbow colors.
FX/SFX: The lines dropping and shrinking.
Music/Sounds/Voice-over: An 8-note jazzy trumpet fanfare that ascends as the sticks drop in, and ends with a 5-note stinger when the logo finishes. An announcer states that the production is "A Screen Gems Production" (for shows produced in-house) or "A Screen Gems Presentation" (for co-productions with other companies) near the end.
Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:
Availability: Rare. It does appear in color without the signature music on the 1999 Columbia Pictures documentary The Lady with the Torch. However, due to replacement with various newer logos, both Sony Pictures Television-related and syndication, this is very hard to find on television. The color logo with no announcer was spotted on extremely rare syndication prints of The Peter Potamus Show. Many Hanna-Barbera shows such as Jonny Quest had the presentation variant appear at the end of the program. Film prints of original broadcast versions keep this logo intact. It can be seen on S3 and S4 of Hazel on DVD.
Editor's Note: A straight example of early 60s art decor. Advertising in the 1960s commonly used this style of art.
Nicknames: "S from Hell", "The Spiral S", "The Filmstrip S", "The Spiral S from Hell", "Scream Gems", "S of Doom"
Logo: On a yellow background, two red parallelograms (or lines) come from the top and bottom of the screen, and the upper one is at a distance while the lower is closer. They fly towards each other, and the higher moves forward while the lower backs away. As they do so, they grow in length and wrap around a space where a red dot appears, forming a stylized "S". Under that, the text "SCREEN GEMS" zooms in.
Trivia:
Variants:
FX/SFX: The parallelograms wrapping around the dot, and the name "SCREEN GEMS" zooming in.
Music/Sounds:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Pretty common. This logo has been beautifully restored on reruns of Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Partridge Family on Antenna TV and FETV. Ironically, the DVD versions are not so lucky; except for one B&W episode (episode #22) of I Dream of Jeannie, the logos were removed on disc, but the short version complete with jingle has been restored starting with the seventh season DVDs of Bewitched, as well as the fourth season DVD of The Partridge Family. Don't expect the Columbia byline on the latter, though. The VHS release The Partridge Family: C'mon Get Happy! also preserves this logo, followed by the 1993 CPT logo. The only other DVDs with this logo are the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song and the 1974 miniseries QB VII, with theme music over it, plus the Columbia byline. This logo can be seen after every episode on the DVD release of Bridget Loves Bernie. This logo can also be found on every episode on the 2014 Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of Gidget. The still variant with the Columbia byline can be found on most episodes of the first season of Police Story on DVD, released by Shout! Factory. It was also shown in an edited form on Fox Family reruns of The Partridge Family and in a sped-up form without music on Hallmark Channel reruns of Bewitched. A good few episodes of Bewitched when aired on the UK satellite channel Living have this logo, often followed by the Sony Pictures Television International logo. The "Hawk S" can be seen at the Paley Center, and the 1966 edition of NFL Game of the Week, which can be found on YouTube. This was also seen on an episode of The Monkees on IFC, which was followed by the 1996 CTTD and 2014 Sony/SPT logos. Its first appearance was on the third and final season of The Farmer's Daughter, on ABC, and the fifth and final season of Hazel, on CBS, but sometimes the SPT logo can plaster this logo.
Editor's Note: For a logo from the '60s, this features very smooth animation, especially when compared to other logos of the time. However, this logo has gained somewhat of a cult following due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers, even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called The S from Hell.