Films Osso

Background
Les Films Osso was a French film company which was also once the distributor of Columbia Pictures material in France.

1st Logo (1930)
Logo: Over a flickering sunburst backdrop, we see the silhouette of a hill with the Eiffel Tower on top of it. Underneath the tower is the text: FILMS OSSO

Technique: Live action.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme.

Availability: Seen on Le mystère de la chambre jaune.

2nd Logo (1930's)


Logo: On a dark background, we see the Eiffel Tower with a sunburst behind it. Below it, we see the text: FILMS OSSO The logo slowly zoons in until it gets close enough. It then fades away.

Variant: There's a closing variant in the movie Le triangle de feu, where the logo just goes backwards.

Technique: The shinning and the zooming.

Music/Sounds: The opening or the closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Rare, seen in some films like Le quai des brumes.