Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
Eric S.
Captures by
Eric S.
Video captures courtesy of
Peakpasha
Background
Originally known as Shapiro Entertainment until late 1987 or early-to-mid 1988, this film label was started by producer Leonard Shapiro and director James Glickenhaus to distribute low-budget action and horror films. Producer Alan M. Solomon served as Executive Vice President until 1996 when he and Elliot Solomon founded Amsell Entertainment, which bought this company out. As of 2011, the rights to SGE titles were in the hands of a company called North American Pictures, LLC (which is not to be confused with Lloyd Simandl's outfit of the same name), which is speculated to have been formed after the death of Allan M. Solomon in 2010. However, as of April 2021, the entire Shapiro Glickenhaus (and North American) titles are now with Troma Entertainment.
Logo (May 6, 1988-December 27, 1995)
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Visuals: The sequence starts on a grey background, then the screen zooms out to reveal a building with filmstrip sprockets on the sides on a blue background. In front of the building is a silhouette of a palm tree. When we stop zooming out, a big sun fades behind the two objects, and at the right of the building, the letters "SGE" (in the same segmented font from before) fade in. Underneath the logo, the text "SHAPIRO GLICKENHAUS ENTERTAINMENT" in a very narrow font, fades in.
Variants:
- On some later releases on tapes from MCA/Universal, an "also from" variant appears.
- A still variant appears on trailers for films from this company.
- At the end of Tough and Deadly, there is an in-credit variant.
Technique: Motion-controlled animation.
Audio: Usually none, though the logo does have music on Tough and Deadly, consisting of synthesized whooshes, followed by a repeating harp tune with twinkles. On Ring of Steel, background noise from the film can be heard playing over the logo.
Availability:
- This logo can still be seen on movies produced by this company, such as Basket Case 2-3, Frankenhooker (including the Synapse Films Blu-ray release), One Man Force, Forced March (The Passion River DVD plasters it with the A-Films logo instead), Back in Action (Although it is missing from the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS), Tough and Deadly, Tiger Claws, Talons of the Eagle, TC 2000, How U Like Me Now (VHS only), Ring of Steel, No Retreat, No Surrender 2, Midnight Edition, The Outfit, Monolith, Blue Vengeance (but not on the Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray release. It is however, preserved on the TubiTv print of the film, appearing after the MTI Home Video logo), McBain, Timemaster (Including the TubiTV print, where it appears after the Troma logo), Red Scorpion 1-2 (the Alliance Atlantis VHS of RS2 uses the August Entertainment logo instead. On the Synapse Films Blu-Ray of the original Red Scorpion, the logo doesn't appear at all.), Dragon Hunt (the French VHS), Mr. Write (at least on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases, as DVDs strangely use the Vision International logo instead), Slaughter of the Innocents (including the Synapse Films Blu-ray release), Death Spa (some international prints, particularly the Japanese VHS of said film), Freakshow (1989), Search and Destroy (1988), The Brain (1988) (on international prints), Mob War, the 1995 MCA Universal Home Video re-edited version of Freddie as F.R.O.7 (titled Freddie the Frog in this version) and Maniac Cop, among others.
- It is preserved on Echo Bridge's DVD releases of Shocktroop and The Outfit.
- On the Synapse Films DVDs of Basket Case 2 and Maniac Cop, this logo was removed entirely.
- While missing from the Imperial Entertainment VHS of Pledge Night, the Dragon Film Entertainment DVD from Germany preserves it.
- It may have been seen on international prints of Shakedown (AKA: Blue Jean Cop) (1988), in place of the 1963 Universal logo; it appears on the British VHS, after the Universal logo.
