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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Possibly none. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' Possibly none. |
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'''Availability:''' You can seen the print logo at < |
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===2nd Logo (1930s)=== |
===2nd Logo (1930s)=== |
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'''Logo:''' A still, updated version of the "GB" sunflower appears with some shiny sun rays in the background. |
'''Logo:''' A still, updated version of the "GB" sunflower appears with some shiny sun rays in the background. |
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'''Technique:''' None |
'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The start of the movie's soundtrack. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The start of the movie's soundtrack. |
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===3rd Logo (1931)=== |
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'''Logo:''' On a marble background, there is a black tube with a white outline with the Gaumont emblem at the lower right corner of the screen. Inside the tube reads "A Gaumont-British TALKING PICTURE". |
'''Logo:''' On a marble background, there is a black tube with a white outline with the Gaumont emblem at the lower right corner of the screen. Inside the tube reads "A Gaumont-British TALKING PICTURE". |
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===4th Logo (1935-1941?)=== |
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'''Logo:''' Stylized "GB" in circle. |
'''Logo:''' Stylized "GB" in circle. |
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===5th Logo (1937)=== |
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'''Logo:''' "Gaumont British" in corporate font? |
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===6th Logo (1956)=== |
===6th Logo (1956)=== |
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'''Logo:''' Just a simple fade-in and fade-out on a space background with "GAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION Presents" superimposed. |
'''Logo:''' Just a simple fade-in and fade-out on a space background with "GAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION Presents" superimposed. |
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Revision as of 14:24, 13 July 2023
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Background
Gaumont British was founded in 1902 by Isidore Ostrer, acquired Leon Gaumont's control of the company. It was filmed pictures with Gainsborough Pictures Corporation (1924).
1st Logo (1910s)
Logo: On a tan background, we see a stylized black daisy in a circle with "G.B" inside.
Technique: TBA.
Music/Sounds: Possibly none.
Availability: You can seen the print logo at Expansion depth limit exceeded.
2nd Logo (1930s)
Expansion depth limit exceeded Logo: A still, updated version of the "GB" sunflower appears with some shiny sun rays in the background.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The start of the movie's soundtrack.
Availability: It can be spotted on some DVD prints of films from the era, like 1933's The Ghoul, starring Boris Karloff.
3rd Logo (1931)
Expansion depth limit exceeded Logo: On a marble background, there is a black tube with a white outline with the Gaumont emblem at the lower right corner of the screen. Inside the tube reads "A Gaumont-British TALKING PICTURE".
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The end of the movie's soundtrack.
Availability: So far, it is seen on No Lady.
4th Logo (1935-1941?)
Expansion depth limit exceeded Logo: Stylized "GB" in circle.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None (or the film's soundtrack).
Availability: Rare. It can be found on GB films of the period, i.e.: The Tunnel (1935) and High Flyers (1941).
5th Logo (1937)
Expansion depth limit exceeded Logo: "Gaumont British" in corporate font?
Technique: TBA.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme to the film.
Availability: Very rare. Seen on Young and Innocent.
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6th Logo (1956)
Expansion depth limit exceeded Logo: Just a simple fade-in and fade-out on a space background with "GAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION Presents" superimposed.
Technique: The fades and stars flying in the background.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme to the film.
Availability: Rare. Seen only on their last film: Supersonic Saucer.
