Dan Curtis Productions

Logo descriptions by Michael Bass and Shadeed A. Kelly

Editions by mr3urious and SeanElGatoTV2k8

Video capture courtesy of disabled1955

1st Logo

(June 27, 1966-April 2, 1971)

Nickname: "DCP" Logo: Scrolling up in the credits of Dark Shadows, we see a superimposed logo with stylized text (the first letters of each word are in boxes) as follows:

Dan"Curtis Productions, inc. copyright © (year)  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"      Variants:


 * On some 1970-71 episodes, a text-only version was used as follows:

DAN CURTIS

PRODUCTIONS, INC.

copyright © year


 * Another variation, seen on the 1969 TV movie Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon, is like the stylized-text version used on Dark Shadows, except this copyright disclaimer is used:

© MCMLXIX DONNYBROOK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

All rights reserved FX/SFX: Scrolls up in the credits. Music/Sounds: The end theme of Dark Shadows, that is a spooky dark theme, and/or a deep voice-over with a echo/stutter-like effect saying, "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis Production." Availability: Found on all episodes of the original Dark Shadows TV series, which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. Editors Note: The theme/announcer is notable for being ominous. 2nd Logo

(February 21, 1973)

Logo: On an extreme close-up of a scary vampire face, there is an in-credit text that reads:

A

DAN

CURTIS

PRODUCTION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

The logo would then cut to a Metromedia Producers Corporation logo that would be superimposed on the same background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme, which is that of The Norliss Tapes, a very dramatic music composition.

Availability: Seen on the 1973 TV movie The Norliss Tapes.

Editors Note: This logo is somewhat notorious for being scary to many people thanks to the scary music and look of the eyes.

3rd Logo

(January 13-March 22, 1991)

Logo: An in-credit text that reads as "DAN CURTIS PRODUCTIONS, INC." with the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" in a smaller font below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme.

Availability: Rare. It was only seen on the short-lived 1991 revival Dark Shadows.

Editors Note: None.

Links:


 * You can view episodes of the 1966 Dark Shadows series on Hulu, here.
 * You can view the TV movie The Norliss Tapes on YouTube, here.
 * You can view episodes of the 1991 Dark Shadows series on Hulu, here.