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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' | '''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. | * 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 | * Usually, as a closing logo, you will hear the ending theme for whatever show or movie played over it, sometimes with Hal Gibney 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. | '''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. | ||
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'''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Arial Narrow|'''SCREEN GEMS'''}}" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and are shown on each side of | '''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Arial Narrow|'''SCREEN GEMS'''}}" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and are shown on each side of the Torch Lady's lower body and legs. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* A rare color variant of this logo was seen on ''Hazel''. | * A rare color variant of this logo was seen on ''Hazel''. | ||
* Sometimes, the logo is shown in open-matte. | * Sometimes, the logo is shown in open-matte. | ||
* An opening version featured the | * An opening version featured the "COLUMBIA" lettering from the film logo superimposed over a studio, with a camera crane moving (similar to the 1960 [[NBC Studios|NBC]] "Cameraman" logo); this then fades to the Screen Gems logo. | ||
'''Technique:''' Same as the last logo. | '''Technique:''' Same as the last logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Either silence or the end title theme from any show playing over this with | '''Music/Sounds:''' Either silence or the end title theme from any show playing over this with Hal Gibney announcing: | ||
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer". | * "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer". | ||
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), produced by Herbert B. Leonard." | * "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), produced by Herbert B. Leonard." | ||
* "This has been a Screen Gems Production." | * "This has been a Screen Gems Production." | ||
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation)." | * "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation)." | ||
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation), from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures" | * "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation), from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures." | ||
* The opening variants would have a fanfare with | * The opening variants would have a fanfare with Gibney intoning, "From Columbia Pictures, A Screen Gems Production." | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Traditional animation, done by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons]]. | '''Technique:''' Traditional animation, done by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons]]. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' 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:''' 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 or shows merely distributed by Screen Gems) near the end. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* One extremely rare version of the logo does not use an announcer spiel. This was often used on international prints of Screen Gems shows. | * One extremely rare version of the logo does not use an announcer spiel. This was often used on international prints of Screen Gems shows. | ||
* The final season of ''Route 66'' has "A Screen Gems Presentation | * The final season of ''Route 66'' has "A Screen Gems Presentation; Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer". The latter part of the spiel was taken from the previous logo's vocal track. | ||
* Some prints have a higher-pitched version of the music. | * Some prints have a higher-pitched version of the music. | ||