Guild Films

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

1st Logo (January 23, 1943)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a white outline circle, with a smaller outlined circle being inside of it. In the smaller circle is the letter "G" with an upright arrow crossing it. The bigger circle have the words "GUILD FILMS" on top and "LIMITED" on the bottom, with all these words being curved and in white.

Technique: A still printed image.

Audio: None.

Availability

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Media Title Date of Release Additional Notes
Death by Design
OSCA
1943
Only appearance


2nd Logo (Early 1950s-1961)

Visuals: On a black background are the words "A GUILD FILMS Release" alongside a circle with a stylized "G" and "F" inside it on the center of the screen.

Variants:

  • Sometimes, this logo is superimposed.
  • On prints of Looney Tunes distributed by Guild Films, the logo is in-credit, with a background of six assorted Looney Tunes characters, and the text "THE END" appears in the center with the text "A GUILD FILMS PRESENTATION" appearing below. A redrawn colorized variant exists.

Technique:

  • The normal variant appears to be a printed card.
  • The Looney Tunes variant, like the Sunset Productions logo, is a still frame; the characters seen in the logo are ripped from lobby cards of their respective cartoons, while the background is likely a live-action photograph.
    • For the redrawn colorized version, it is done on a cel sheet.

Audio: Silence, or the closing theme of the program.

Availability: Seen on program prints from the company. The most common spotting of this company's logo is at the end of Sunset Productions prints of Looney Tunes.