Studio Éclipse

Background

Studio Éclipse (or Société Générale des Cinématographes Eclipse) was a French production company founded on August 30, 1906 by George Rogers. Initially, it was a subsidiary of the Charles Urban Trading Company. The company would cease operations in 1914 when World War I began.

Logo (1906-1914)

Visuals: On a black background, there are two moons surrounded by clouds and a few stars scattered around with. The word "ECLIPSE" in an arc is placed over these two moons.

Variants:

An alternate version of this logo has it more closer to the screen with more puffy clouds and no stars.
This logo may appear in a red hue.
On the title card of their films, the standard logo is smaller and appears above the title of the movie.
- Starting in 1912, a print version of the logo is used with the left moon now being a globe and the right a crescent moon.

Technique: A still, printed image.

Audio: None.

Availability: It was seen on many of their releases such as Arthéme avale sa clarinette, Promenade sentimentale, and La Crue de la Seine. Similar with other companies, their catalogue has been subject to deterioration or in the public domain, resulting in this logo being completely removed in some films or edited out and end with a black screen. That, or be replaced with reconstructed openings and endings that do not contain this logo, which is the case for most of Eyefilm's restored prints of their films or even international releases of their films. However, the title card variant can be seen on said company's prints of Arthème Dupin échappe encore, Polyte esclave de la consigne, and La Journée de Fifi.