Screen Gems

Screen Gems was founded by Margaret J. Winkler in 1921 under the name M.J. Winkler Pictures/Productions. Charles Mintz rebranded it to Winkler Pictures after taking it over in 1926 and partnered with Columbia Pictures for distribution in 1929. it was renamed to The Charles Mintz Studio later. in 1933 The Charles Mintz Studio became Screen Gems (which came from Columbia Pictures' early slogan: "Gems of the Screen", which was a take on the song Columbia, the Gem Of The Ocean. before his death Mintz gave Screen Gems to Columbia. it then shut down in 1949. it later then merged with Pioneer Telefilms

Ralph Cohn, Jack Cohn and Harry Cohn founded Pioneer Telefilms in 1947. Columbia acquired it for 50k bucks and turned it into Screen Gems. the new Screen Gems started on April 15th 1949. in 1951 it became a full-fledged tv studio. in the 50s Screen Gems started owning TV and radio stations. it somehow partially got Canal 11 Televisión in Venezuela from 1966 to 1968. in 1963 Screen Gems entered music publishing, and then its music division Screen Gems-Columbia Music got sold to EMI for 23,5 million bucks in 1976. in 1965 Columbia Pictures acquired a fifty per cent interested in EUE, which was then merged into Screen Gems and became EUE/Screen Gems. (Those studios were then sold in 1982 to George Cooney). on december 23rd 1968 Screen Gems merged with Columbia Pictures Corporation and became Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc for 24.5 million bucks. on May 6th, 1974 Screen Gems was renamed to Columbia Pictures Television. and then shit hpapened im not writing more Sorry go to other page

nicknames: "tv box", "Screen Gems TV im awesome"

visuals: traditional animation

audio:end theme

from:

1952: "Crossroads USA", "Ford Theatre"

1954: "Captain Midnight", "Father Knows Best", "Ford Television Theatre", "The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin"

1955: "All that glitters", "Jungle Jim" "The Tales of the Texas Rangers"

Scare factor: eh

Cheese factor: very 50s but its fine theres nothing wrong with it

Spida factor: Spida think... it good

nicknames: "Columbia Gems" "it look like... Columbia"

visuals: traditional cel animation and matte painting for the text

audio: composed by Jack Shaindlin

from:

1955: "Father Knows Best"

1956: "George Orwell's 1984", "Celebrity Playhouse", "Circus Boy", "Jungle Jim", "Don't Knock the Rock", "Rescue 8", "Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers" pilot

1957: "Casey Jones", "Tex Ritter's Ranch Party"

1958: "Ivanhoe", "Naked City", "Tales of Frankenstein", "The Donna Reed Show"

1959: "Dennis the Menace", "Tightrope", "The Huckleberry Hound Show", "The Man From Blackhawk"

1960: "Route 66" pilot

Reprints of: "Canal Zone", "Carnival", "Convicted", "Devil's Squadron", "Eight Bells", "Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery" "Escape from Devil's Island", "Kiss and Tell", "Let's Get Married" "Meet Mr. Mischief", "My Son is a Criminal", "My Name Is Julia Ross", "Night of Terror", "One Night of Love", "Paid to Dance", "Pride of the Marines", "Prison Ship", "Secret Code serial", "She Knew All the Answers", "Slappily Married", "Tangier", "Tars and Spars", "The adventures of rin-tin-tin", "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok", the trailer for "The Bank Dick", "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "The Man Who Dared", "The Ninth Guest", "The Officer and the Lady" "The Spirit of Stanford", "The Stork Pays Off", "The Thirteen Hour", "The Three Stooges", "They Met in a Taxi", "Venus Makes Trouble", "Walk East On Beacon", "Women of Glamour" "When Tomorrow Comes"

Scare factor: Big theme. Big font. Scare logos

Cheese factor: No

Spida factor: Spida think... It Columbia

nicknames: "Columbia Gems Again" "Screen Gems Torch Lady"

visuals: traditional cel animation and matte painting for the text

audio: Hal Gibney is the announcer

from:

1960: "Dan Raven" sales reel, "Dennis The Menace", "Hazel", "Naked City", "Route 66", "Shannon"

1961: "The Hathaways" pilot, "Top Cat"

1962: "A.P.O 923" pilot, "Our Man Higgins", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Jetsons"

1963: "Empire", "The Plot Thickens!"

Scare factor: Maybe

Cheese factor: Not really

Spida factor: Spida think... i feel like somethings missing here

nicknames:"Sticks", "Pixie Sticks", "Sticks n' Balls"

visuals:traditional animation, the fonts "Benguiat Frisky"

audio:trumpet

from:

1963: "Hazel", "Route 66", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Flintstones"

1964: "Bewitched", "Decisions: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman", "Farmer's Daughter", "Grindl", "Jonny Quest", "The Magilla Gorilla Show", "The Mysterious Smile", "The Peter Potamus Show"

1965: "I Dream of Jeannie" unaired pilot

reprints of: "Knock on a Door"

Scare factor: b&w could be kinda unnervin to people but if in color Nah

Cheese factor: A bit cheesy.. like its really 60s

Spida factor: Spida think... It a classic. I think Maybe i dunno

nicknames: "Ahhhhh" "Uh" "Screen Gems Logos" "Logo of DOOM"

visuals: camera controlled cel animation, logo/symbol created & animated by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York

audio: composed by Van Alexander, arranged by Eric Siday, and performed on a Moog

from:

1965: "Batfink", "Bewitched", "Camp Runamuck", "Days of our Lives", "Hazel", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Gidget", "Occasional Wife", "Secret Squirrel" "The Flintstones", "The Magilla Gorilla Show", "The Second Hundred Years"

1966: "Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?", "Iron Horse", "Hawk", "Love on a Rooftop", "NFL Game of the Week", "The Adventures Of The Seaspray", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Monkees", "The Mouse That Roared" pilot, "The Six Dollar Surprise"

1967: "The Flying Nun", "Three's a Crowd" unsold pilot

1969: "33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee", "Here Come the Brides", "The Temptations Show"

1970: "The Partridge Family", "The Smokey Robinson Show", "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show", "The Young Rebels", "Yogi's Ark Lark"

1971: "Black Noon", "Brian's Song", "Getting Together", "The Feminist And The Fuzz", "The Good Life"

1972: "Bridget Loves Bernie", "Ghost Story" pilot, "Gidget Gets Married", "Good Heavens", "Help, Inc." pilot, "Man On a String", "Tabitha and Adam and The Clown Family" "The ABC Superstar Saturday Movie: Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection", "The Girl With Something Extra"

1973: "Circle of Fear", "Jarrett", "The Cat Creature", "Police Story"

1974: "Miss Kline, We Love You", "QB VII", "The Paul Lynde Show" "The Sex Symbol", "To Sir, with Love" pilot

reprints of: "Knock on a Door"

Scare factor: Ahhhh

Cheese factor: Ahhhh

Spida factor: Spida think... Ahhhh

last updated by bcf on 11/25/2024 7:22 PM UTC

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