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Screen Gems (1948-1974) Founded: November 1948 (74 years ago) Predecessors: Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948) Founder: Ralph Cohn. Defunct: May 6, 1974 (50 years ago) Fate: Renamed as Columbia Pictures Television. Successors: Columbia Pictures Television. Location: United States. Parent: Columbia Pictures. Background.
- Overview
- 1st Logo (June 4, 1999-)
- 2nd Logo (July 22, 2011-)
Background: Screen Gems was resurrected by Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1999 as a movie division to distribute specific genre and mid-budget film releases such as horror, thriller, Sci-Fi, and African-American films. However, in the early years it also distributed some independent movies.
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Nicknames: "S from Heaven", "The CGI Spiral S from Heaven", "The S Returns"
Logo: On a black background, a flash of light with a lens flare forms a light blue sphere. A series of ITC-like tops spin around it and form the two lines of the "S" (the same as the Screen Gems Television logo from 1965; the "S" is also in a sky blue color). Under the "S", the text "SCREEN GEMS" flips into place and flashes, and underneath that, the byline "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" fades in. The entire animation also has light trail and "distortion"-type effects.
Bylines:
•June 4-July 9, 1999: [Bylineless] {This was used on their independent films.}
•June 4, 1999-October 18, 2013: "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" {This was used on the majority of their films.}
Nicknames: "S from Heaven II", "S in the Sky", "Crystal Screen Gems", "Crystal Gems"
Logo: We start out high in the sky. The camera turns and ascends through layers of cloud. Eventually the clouds clear and we see a CGI blue letter "S". The camera continues to turn and zoom out, slowly revealing the name "SCREEN GEMS" which fades in with the smaller byline underneath it, in the same vein as the previous logo. The camera continues to ascend and zoom out, revealing the same trademark "Spiral S". It seems to be made out of glass, refracting the blue of the sky (rather than being blue itself per se). As the camera comes to a stop, the blazing sun is positioned exactly behind the bottom half of the "Spiral S", with the clouds forming a plane under the logo. The finished product looks rather reminiscent of the current logo of Columbia Pictures, this studio's corporate parent, complete with rainbow-like circles around the sun.
Trivia: This logo was based on artwork by Buffy Cutler, who was commissioned to create a new Screen Gems logo for Friends with Benefits. Some of the other candidates he produced appear to have been inspired by the 1960 Screen Gems Television logo.
Byline:
•July 22, 2011-April 20, 2012: "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
•February 14, 2014- : "a Sony Company"
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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.
Screen Gems is an American brand name owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation, initially as a cartoon studio, then a television studio, and later on as a film studio.
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
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.
Screen Gems Pictures. Logo descriptions by Ryan Mead, Jason A. Matthews, James Fabiano, Matt Williams, PluMGMK and indycar. Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, kidinbed, EnormousRat and LogosForTheWin. Additional edits by V of Doom, Bob Fish, kidinbed and indycar. Video captures courtesy of CJOVideo and PluMGMK.
