Columbia Pictures Television: Difference between revisions

'''Logo:''' Superimposed over the screen, we see in-credit text that reads:

<div style='text-align:center;'>A</div>

<div style='text-align:center;'>SCREEN GEMS, INC.</div>

<div style='text-align:center;'>PRODUCTION</div>

* On ''Days of Our Lives'', the text would read as "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A CORDAY PRODUCTIONS, SCREEN GEMS PRESENTATION'''}}".

* For those co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, it would say "A SCREEN GEMS FILM PRESENTATION, TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION".

* On ''Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman'', under the Ben Gradus Productions text says, "{{font|Times New Roman|In association with SCREEN GEMS INC. and DAVID M. NOYES}}".

* On the short-lived game show ''Line 'em Up'', in the first reel says "a SCREEN GEMS production".

'''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".

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'''Logo:''' On the same {{font color|lightgray|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 "{{font|Impact|A SCREEN GEMS INC.}} {{font|Times New Roman|'''''Presentation'''''}}" or "{{font|Impact|A SCREEN GEMS INC.}} {{font|Times New Roman|'''''Production'''''}}".

'''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.)

'''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Impact|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.

'''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:  

=== 5th Logo (September 15, 1963-June 25, 1965) ===

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'''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.

'''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:'''

'''Logo:''' On a {{font color|gold|yellow}} background, two {{font color|red|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 {{font color|red|red}} dot appears, forming a stylized "'''''S'''''". Under that, the text "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" zooms in.

* A still version with a sky blue background was seen on S1 E5 of the short-lived series ''The Girl with Something Extra''.

** Another still version with a pink background was seen on the pilot of the same show.

* This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the core closing logo community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children). This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described to as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> and "horrifying"<ref>https://mfqreviews.medium.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-is-quentin-tarantinos-ultimate-love-letter-to-60s-cinema-and-bare-edeab9ef10a4</ref>. Commonly referred to alongside other "scary" logos, such as the [[Viacom]] "V of Doom", [[VID (Russia)|VID]] "Mask of Guo Xiang", [[Klasky-Csupo]] "Super Scary Face", [[Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]] "Deep Note". Its notoriety was even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell'', as well as get featured in a particularly tense scene in Tarantino's "''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".''  

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'''Logo''': Against a red background, the yellow letters "'''{{Font color|gold|C}}{{font color|white|-}}{{Font color|gold|P}}{{font color|white|-}}{{Font color|gold|T}}'''" appear one by one as each initial appears on screen and zooming out at the same time. The "'''{{Font color|gold|T}}'''" is in the middle of and on a higher plane than the "'''{{Font color|gold|C}}'''" and "'''{{Font color|gold|P}}'''", which slide upwards diagonally to merge with the "'''{{Font color|gold|T}}'''" to form a stylized logo, which looks like a pretzel. On either side of the logo's stem are the words "'''COLUMBIA'''" and "'''PICTURES'''", and below that "'''TELEVISION'''". Under all that is the byline "A DIVISION OF COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC." all in white Eurostile bold font.

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*''The Young and the Restless'' (1974-2002): "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''A COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION PRESENTATION in association with BELL-PHILLIP TELEVISION, INC.'''</span> (later "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''[[Bell Dramatic Serial Company|BELL DRAMATIC SERIAL CO.]]'''</span>" in 1984) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''and [[Corday Productions|CORDAY PRODUCTIONS, INC.]] Copyright © (year) by (name of CPT company) All Rights Reserved'''</span>".

*''The Upper Hand'' (1990-1993): "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">''Produced in association with'' COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION</span>".

*Beakman's World (September 18, 1992-1997): We have the Columbia Pictures print logo in white with the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''Columbia Pictures Television Distribution'''</span>" in Souvenir font (later Bank Gothic Condensed Bold font as "COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" in 1993) under the Torch Lady. Underneath that is the phrase "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''In Association With'''</span>", which was later changed into "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" in all-caps since 1993. September 18, 1992-May 22, 1993, episodes have the 1989-1993 print Torch Lady with the sunburst behind her, while episodes aired between September 18, 1993-1997 have the current Torch Lady with a cloud background placed inside a box.

=== 3rd Logo (2nd official logo) (September 21, 1976-September 28, 1982) ===

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'''Logo''': We see a bright torch light appear against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch light. The light rays recede from the bottom to about half way with 13 symmetrical white light rays remaining. An {{font color|#ff6f00|orange}} half circle, or a semicircle, fades in from behind the rays and the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{font color|#ffa500|'''Columbia Pictures Television'''}}</span>" appear under it in a gold Souvenir font. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out.

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*An ultra dark version exists, where the text and semicircle are invisible and only the torch light remains barely visible. This can be seen on the ''Police Woman'' episode "The Human Rights of Tiki Kim." A similar variant, with a brownish-colored sunburst, is rumored to have appeared on an episode of ''Fantasy Island''.

=== 4th Logo (3rd official logo) (September 24, 1982-June 18, 1993) ===

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'''Logo''': We see the then-current Columbia Pictures logo, the lady holding a light torch on top of a pedestal (Columbia, a representation of the USA), in her 1981-1993 incarnation against the backdrop of clouds. The words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{font color|#ffa500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}</span>" appear on either side of the torch lady, the word "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{font color|#ffa500|'''Television'''}}</span>" underneath in the same font as above, and underneath that, either the respective company byline, or sometimes nothing at all. The woman's torch "shines" after the music ends, and the words also shine lightly.

 

*1982-1989: "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''{{font color|yellow|A UNIT OF}} {{font color|red|THE ''Coca-Cola'' COMPANY}}'''</span>"

*January 2, 1988-1992: "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''{{font color|#b5a510|A unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.}}'''</span>"

 

*1982-1989: Blue clouds/Gold company name, byline is the Coca-Cola one with "Coca-Cola" in its trademarked logo font. An early version has a tiny Coke byline. Another version has a medium-sized byline. This was first used on ''Days of our Lives'' and ''The Young and the Restless'' in late 1982 or early 1983. Prior to this, neither show used a Columbia or Screen Gems logo, with the exception of in-credit text on ''Days of Our Lives'' (see Corday Productions). A 16mm B/W copy of this variant was seen on a syndicated print of ''The Three Stooges'' short "Boobs in Arms", plastering the Screen Gems logo.

*1982-1988: Teal clouds/Gold company name (alternate with no byline).

*1983: Alternate gold company name with a medium-sized Coke byline.

*1986-1988: Gold company name, smaller Coca-Cola byline with "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''{{font color|red|Coca-Cola}}'''''</span>" in its trademarked logo font.

*1986-1988: Gold company name, normal Coca-Cola byline, dark and muddy Torch Lady, little shining animation.

*January 2, 1988-1989: Blue clouds/Gold company name, Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline. There was an early distribution logo used on ''Punky Brewster'', which has this logo with "{{font color|#00b825|Distributed by}}" and the CPE byline in a plain looking font.

*January 2, 1988-October 5, 1991: Purple clouds/Gold company name, Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline (alternate 1988 network logo).

*January 9, 1988-1989?: Teal clouds/Gold company name, Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline (alternate 1988 logo, based on the 1982 bylineless logo).

* January 1989-1992: Blue/Ivory company name as seen on the theatrical version, byline is changed to Columbia Pictures Entertainment (network version, 1989; syndication prints have "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''Distributed by'''</span>" on top). If you look closely on the torch, you can see the sunburst slowly dimming out. On some distribution variants, the sunburst fades in, rather than out. Although it stopped general use around September 1991, a few shows, such as the ''Married... with Children'' spin-off ''Vinnie & Bobby'', used this until 1992.

* On the TV movie ''Intrigue'', the 1988 logo has a gray CPE byline.

*1989-1993: There was a text "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''In Association With'''</span>" that was seen above the blue/ivory logo on Screen Gems shows. This followed the LBS Communications logo. From 1989-1991, the font was cheaply tacked in white with the black outline around it. This version looped part of the animation, causing the sunburst to fade out, then suddenly reappear. It would also fade in. On ''Days of Our Lives'', the logo used the IAW variant in Souvenir font and was used from 1991-1993.

*October 1991-1992: Blue/gold and purple/gold company name; no byline. This was used during the early years under Sony Pictures Entertainment.

*There is an early version of the CPE byline where it's in all caps reading "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''A UNIT OF COLUMBIA PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.'''</span>" It was used in the 1988 TV movie, ''Badlands 2005''.

*Open matte versions of the 1989 and 1991 logos exist, revealing more of the Torch Lady's pedestal. The 1989 version is seen on ''Dark Avenger'' (1990) and ''Hardball'' (the latter has the phrase "'''In Association With'''" appearing below that), while the 1991 version is seen on ''Christmas on Division Street''. On the 1989 version, the text looks bronze rather than gold. Another version, seen on part one of ''Switched at Birth'', ''Cast the First Stone'', and a few episodes of the short-lived 1989 CBS drama series ''A Peaceable Kingdom'' have no black under the pedestal. The 1989 open-matte version was exclusive to TV movies and drama shows, barring the soap operas.

*September 1991-June 18, 1993: Blue/ivory company name, no byline (network version; syndication prints have "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''Distributed by'''</span>" on top from 1991-1992).

'''FX/SFX''': The Lady's torch "shining". The blue/ivory logos would have the name "Columbia Pictures" shining, except on the 1988 versions.

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'''Logo''': We see a still picture of a brand new Columbia Torch Lady (painted by Michael J. Deas, and modeled by Louisiana homemaker, Jenny Joseph; some think it looks like actress Annette Benning) holding a light torch on top of a new pedestal against the background of clouds with dark blue skies around it. The word "COLUMBIA" appears in giant chiseled silver letters behind her at the very top, similar to the classic Columbia Pictures logo from 1936-1976. Underneath the lady are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION", or until 1996, "COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" (in Bank Gothic Condensed Bold font) and underneath that is the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company".