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'''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.

'''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".

'''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.

*It's also very rarely seen on ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''.

*This logo also makes a surprise appearance at the close of the ''Naked City'' season 2 episode "The Day it Rained Mink" (which, as of this posting, can be seen on Tubi). The fourth SG logo was already in use by that time.

'''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.

'''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.

*This logo also miraculously appears at the end of recent prints such as Me-TV airings of the final season of ''Route 66'' (followed by the 1993 Columbia Pictures Television logo on most episodes) and also appeared on their prints of ''The Donna Reed Show'', followed by the Sony Pictures Television logo. The B&W "Presentation" variant can be seen in the documentary series ''Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman'' episode "Dialogue with the Future, Part I", currently on C-SPAN's YouTube channel.

'''Editor's Note:''' A straight example of early 60s art decor. Advertising in the 1960s commonly used this style of art.

'''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.