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Corday Productions
Logo descriptions by Michael Bass and Shadeed Kelly
Video captures courtesy of liddlepeep, saynotoursoap, JustinInAtlanta, Michael Bass, DaysArchive, and bmasters9
Background: Corday Productions is an independent production company famous for the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. Sony Pictures Television holds rights to these series. The company also produced the short-lived soaps Morning Star and Paradise Bay in 1965, the same year Days of our Lives premiered, as well as the short-lived 1994 soap Friends and Lovers. Sometime this year, the 90-minute documentary Lyon Heart will air, which is also produced by Corday Productions.
1st Logo
(1965-2001)
Logo: We see this text scrolling up in the closing credits of Days of Our Lives:
Then it fades to black to the next logo (the logo of Columbia Pictures Television or whatever plasters it). In 1991, the words "in association with" were removed because the byline-less CPT indent was introduced and had the words "In Association With" above the torch lady, thus eliminating the need for the in-credit "in association with."
Variants:
FX/SFX: The scrolling in the end credits.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of Days of Our Lives. Sometimes you would hear Ed Prentiss (announcer from 1965-1966) or MacDonald Carey (announcer from 1966-1994) say, "Join us again tomorrow [or Monday, depending on the day of the week] for another episode of Days of our Lives." After Carey died in 1994, they only used a portion of his opening (They used the "Like sands through the hour glass...so are the Days of our Lives" portion, and took out the "This is MacDonald Carey, and these are the Days of our Lives" portion) and the mid-break bumper ("We'll return for the second half of Days of our Lives in just a moment"), and no closing announcement was ever heard after Carey's death.
Availability: Seen on Days of Our Lives episodes of the era, which are sometimes reran on SoapNet.
Scare Factor: Low; depends on the CPT logo coming after that along with the "in association with" to precede that.
2nd Logo
(1973- )
Logo: On the closing credits of Y&R, we see the text:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of The Young and the Restless. We also hear an announcer saying, "Join us again for The Young and the Restless."
Availability: Currently seen on The Young and the Restless on SoapNet and CBS.com in the United States, and Global in Canada. This was also seen on CBS airings until September 20, 1999, when CBS began using generic split-screen credits on its daytime programming.
Scare Factor: None to minimal, depending on what logo follows the credits.
3rd Logo
(2002- )
Nickname: "The Zooming/Shining Corday Text"
Logo: We see the hourglass from the Days of Our Lives closing credits where it shows the hourglass at sunset. The text:
Video captures courtesy of liddlepeep, saynotoursoap, JustinInAtlanta, Michael Bass, DaysArchive, and bmasters9
Background: Corday Productions is an independent production company famous for the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. Sony Pictures Television holds rights to these series. The company also produced the short-lived soaps Morning Star and Paradise Bay in 1965, the same year Days of our Lives premiered, as well as the short-lived 1994 soap Friends and Lovers. Sometime this year, the 90-minute documentary Lyon Heart will air, which is also produced by Corday Productions.
1st Logo
(1965-2001)
Logo: We see this text scrolling up in the closing credits of Days of Our Lives:
A
CORDAY
PRODUCTIONS INC.
PRESENTATION
©(year)
in association with
CORDAY
PRODUCTIONS INC.
PRESENTATION
©(year)
in association with
Then it fades to black to the next logo (the logo of Columbia Pictures Television or whatever plasters it). In 1991, the words "in association with" were removed because the byline-less CPT indent was introduced and had the words "In Association With" above the torch lady, thus eliminating the need for the in-credit "in association with."
Variants:
- From 1965 to 1974, when Screen Gems co-produced the show, this in-credit notice was used:
A
CORDAY PRODUCTIONS
SCREEN GEMS
PRESENTATION
Pre-recorded
- After Screen Gems changed its name to Columbia Pictures Television, this notice was seen on 1974-1982 episodes before Days of our Lives began using the Columbia Pictures Television "torch lady" logo in 1982 or 1983:
A
CORDAY
PRODUCTIONS INC.
COLUMBIA PICTURES
TELEVISION
PRESENTATION
© Copyright (year)
PRE-RECORDED
CORDAY
PRODUCTIONS INC.
COLUMBIA PICTURES
TELEVISION
PRESENTATION
© Copyright (year)
PRE-RECORDED
FX/SFX: The scrolling in the end credits.
Availability: Seen on Days of Our Lives episodes of the era, which are sometimes reran on SoapNet.
Scare Factor: Low; depends on the CPT logo coming after that along with the "in association with" to precede that.
2nd Logo
(1973- )
Logo: On the closing credits of Y&R, we see the text:
A COLUMBIA PICTURES
----------------------TELEVISION
(COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION or SONY PICTURES TELEVISION)
---------------PRESENTATION
---------------------in association with
----------------BELL DRAMATIC
-------------SERIAL COMPANY
-----------------------------------------------------and
-----------------------CORDAY
-------PRODUCTIONS, INC.
-------------Copyright © (year) by
---------CPT HOLDINGS, INC.
-----------------All Rights Reserved
----------------------TELEVISION
(COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION or SONY PICTURES TELEVISION)
---------------PRESENTATION
---------------------in association with
----------------BELL DRAMATIC
-------------SERIAL COMPANY
-----------------------------------------------------and
-----------------------CORDAY
-------PRODUCTIONS, INC.
-------------Copyright © (year) by
---------CPT HOLDINGS, INC.
-----------------All Rights Reserved
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of The Young and the Restless. We also hear an announcer saying, "Join us again for The Young and the Restless."
Availability: Currently seen on The Young and the Restless on SoapNet and CBS.com in the United States, and Global in Canada. This was also seen on CBS airings until September 20, 1999, when CBS began using generic split-screen credits on its daytime programming.
Scare Factor: None to minimal, depending on what logo follows the credits.
3rd Logo
(2002- )
Logo: We see the hourglass from the Days of Our Lives closing credits where it shows the hourglass at sunset. The text:
CORDAY
PRODUCTIONS, INC.
©(year)
in gold, zooms in. The text shines after it stops zooming.
FX/SFX: The hourglass, the text zooming and shining.
Variant: When this logo was first used in 2001 or 2002, it looked slightly different (the logo was in a different font with the copyright symbol and year in a smaller font). The shining and zooming effects were different as well.
Music/Sounds: Same as above.
Availability: Currently seen on Days of Our Lives episodes from 2002-present, which air on NBC and SoapNet in the United States, and Global in Canada.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the text coming out of nowhere (ala the "BLAIR" in the Blair Entertainment logo used from 1983 to 1987) can be unnerving. Otherwise, if you're scared by the opening of Days of our Lives, this logo might scare you as well.
PRODUCTIONS, INC.
©(year)
in gold, zooms in. The text shines after it stops zooming.
FX/SFX: The hourglass, the text zooming and shining.
Variant: When this logo was first used in 2001 or 2002, it looked slightly different (the logo was in a different font with the copyright symbol and year in a smaller font). The shining and zooming effects were different as well.
Music/Sounds: Same as above.
Availability: Currently seen on Days of Our Lives episodes from 2002-present, which air on NBC and SoapNet in the United States, and Global in Canada.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the text coming out of nowhere (ala the "BLAIR" in the Blair Entertainment logo used from 1983 to 1987) can be unnerving. Otherwise, if you're scared by the opening of Days of our Lives, this logo might scare you as well.
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