50th Street Films
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Video captures courtesy of
retro VHS trailers
Background
50th Street Films was a banner of Troma Entertainment that distributed arthouse/indie/Z-grade/horror films aimed at mainstream audiences, rather than the raunchy horror-comedies the company is known for. The company is most notable as the original US distributor of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro.
Logo (September 8, 1990-1999)
Visuals: On a black background, there is the words:
Distributed by 50th Street
___________FILMS
T R O M A, I N C.
There are three lines to the right of "FILMS". The logo zooms in and stops in place, taking up 3/4 of the screen.
Technique: Motion-controlled animation.
Audio: None, but on some films, it has the opening audio of children playing in the background.
Availability: Most of their distributed films were independent, horror, or Z-grade material, with some having this logo while most do not feature it or remove it due to rights changes.
- Appears on the 1993 US theatrical release and 1994 US VHS/LaserDisc of the Streamline-Tokuma dub of My Neighbor Totoro, which is also retained on the 2002 DVD (as it is simply a transfer of the LaserDisc).
- This was also seen on the theatrical print of Bride of Re-Animator, as well as the German LaserParadise DVD, but most other home video releases and TV prints do not retain this logo; It is unknown if this was preserved on the Arrow Films USA release.
