Background: Strathmore Productions was the production company of Dean Hargrove, being renamed to Dean Hargrove Productions in 1988, due to some people confused with a paper company called Strathmore.
Strathmore Productions 1st Logo (1985-1986)
Nickname: "The Golden S"
Logo: On a black background, we see a gold "S", with "STRATHMORE" in a typewriter font in the middle. Under the gold "S" in white are "PRODUCTIONS" and under it "IN ASSOCIATION WITH".
FX: None. It's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: The closing of a show's theme song.
Availability: Very rare. Can still be seen on the made-for-TV movie Perry Mason Returns (1985).
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo (1986-1988)
Nickname: "The Silver S"
Logo: On a black background, we see two silver crescents, spinning around, zooming out. Then it stops as "STRATHMORE", in a typewriter font, wipes in, forming an "S", which flashes. As "STRATHMORE" finishes, "PRODUCTIONS" fades in as well as "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears under it.
FX: The animation in this logo.
Music/Sounds: The closing of a show's theme song.
Availability: Rare, survives on the first two seasons of Matlock and on Perry Mason made-for-TV movies of the period.
Logo: On a grey background, we see a lavender circle, with "Dean" writing on top. As "Dean" finishes writing, "HARGROVE" appears under it as well as a green bar with green lines on the sides under it with "PRODUCTIONS".
FX: The animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: The closing of a show's theme song.
Availability: Can be seen on Matlock episodes from the era as well as Diagnosis Murder and late-'80s to early-'90s Perry Mason TV movies.