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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. Strangely, the company is most notably known as the original distributor of the family-oriented Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro.

(September 8, 1990-1999)

Logo: On a black background, we see 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: The zooming in of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None, but on some films, it has the opening audio of children playing in the background.

Availability: Extremely rare. 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 theatrical release and 1994 VHS/Laserdisc of the Streamline Pictures 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.

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 '''Music/Sounds:''' None, but on some films, it has the opening audio of children playing in the background.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. 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 [[Streamline Pictures]] dub of ''My Neighbor Totoro'', which is intact on both the U.S. [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox Video]] 1995 VHS and 2002 DVDs; it is not present on newer releases of the film, as the rights later went to Disney and now [[GKIDS]], and the newer English dub the former produced (and is currently used) excises this logo. 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.
+'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. 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 theatrical release and 1994 VHS/Laserdisc of the [[Streamline Pictures]] 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.