20th Century Pictures, Inc. (1933-1935)

Logo: On a dark sky background, 3 rows of words, “20th”,”CENTURY”, and “PICTURES, INC.”, apparently carved out of stone and/or metal, are seen. The words are “stacked” on top of each other, with similarly carved lines separating the rows. The “20th” is the biggest row, with “CENTURY” and “PICTURES, INC.” a bit smaller. A circular stage-like structure juts out from the base of the “stack,” with a light below the structure that shines in front of the “stack”. There are pedestals on both sides of the stack, each with a non-moving searchlight. In the background, several searchlights scan the sky. This logo was designed by Emil Kosa, Jr. The logo was created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame-by-frame. FX/SFX: The searchlights in the background. Music/Sounds Variants: There were a couple of re-recordings of the fanfare that were different than the later re-recording used in the TCF logo. One of the two was used on 1935’s Les Miserables and The Call of the Wild.