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Hemdale Communications
Logo descriptions by KodyBoy555 and YingYong
Logo captures by V of Doom and nesfan1111
Editions by V of Doom and Hoa
Video capture courtesy of AdamAdamant2001
Background: This independent movie production and distribution company was founded in London in 1967 by David Hemmings and John Daly as a talent agency originally, but after Hemmings left the company in 1971, Daly purchased the rest of the company to refocuse it as a film studio. Derek Gibson later joined the company. A lot of Hemdale movies had the Orion logo instead, because Orion Pictures released many of Hemdale's films during the 1980s. But in 1995, Hemdale closed its doors after Epic Productions acquired the company and merged to Orion Pictures, and today, MGM hands the Hemdale library with the acquisition of Orion in 1998.
1st Logo
(1970-1984)
Nicknames: ''The Hemdale Script'', ''Hemdale Script 1''
Logo: On a black background, we see the Hemdale script logo from Logo 3 handwriting itself. During the logo ''a film from'' fades in.
FX/SFX: The drawing, the ''A film from'' text appearing.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized, fancy sounding string ditty, or none.
Availability: Extremely rare.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the music is a little more than creepy, and will scare a few. None for the silent variant.
2nd Logo
(1984-1986)
Nicknames: "The Nintendo Logo", "Nintendale", "Hemtendo"
Logo: On a black background, we see a Nintendo-like logo. Inside it is ''HEMDALE''. Below it is ''presents''.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985), and preserved on the DVD of said film.
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1986-1987)
Nicknames: "The Handwriter", ''Hemdale Script 2''
Logo: On a jade green/black gradient background, a yellow line beings to draw itself into a cursive "H". Another line draws itself on the opposite side of the H, forming a
lowercase "e" and works it's way left, writing out "Hemdale" in a stylized, cursive font. After it is done drawing, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION PRESENTS" wipes below it.
FX/SFX: The drawing, the wiping in of the text.
Cheesy Factor: The film quality and the wiping in of the words are pretty much unintentional.
Music/Sounds: Same as the first logo.
Availability: Rare; it was seen on River's Edge (1986).
Scare Factor: Same as the first logo.
4th Logo
(1987-1993)
Nicknames: "The Spinning Letters", "Changing Colors''
Logo: On a black background, an orange H spins first, then comes a blue E spinning, a yellow M spinning, a green D spinning, a pinkish purple A spinning, a red L spinning, and a blue E comes spinning last and they all turn white. After they turn white, the letters spread that reveals "HEMDALE" and then a rainbow line appears between and "FILM CORPORATION" below the line. On some films, the word, "PICTURES" would be in place in the word "FILM".
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The colorful letters turning white, the spreading. On the trailers, the spinning intro is cut and the rest of the logo just plays.
Music/Sounds: A 7-note synthesizer piece when the letters spin: C (H), G (E), High C (M), F (D), B flat (A), High F (L) and High G (E). It also has a synthesizer going off like an alarm in background. Then follows by a nature-oriented music piece with 80's video game effects when the letters spread, followed by a majestic horn fanfare with a keyboard mixed in it which becomes synthesized, ending with 2 orchestra hits. Sometimes, the logo will be silent
Availability: Seen on old VHS prints of Little Nemo: Adventures on Slumberland (The original VHS), Hidden Agenda and many more. Also seen on the Hemdale Home Video, Live, and Artisan releases of The Terminator. The silent variant can be found on Bright Angel.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
5th Logo
(1993-1995)
Nickname: "Bronze Hemdale"
Logo: We see at the screen:
and it shines.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The logo shining.
Music/Sounds: None, but you could think that sound in the previews.
Availability: On later Hemdale releases from 1993-1995.
Scare Factor: None.
Logo captures by V of Doom and nesfan1111
Editions by V of Doom and Hoa
Video capture courtesy of AdamAdamant2001
Background: This independent movie production and distribution company was founded in London in 1967 by David Hemmings and John Daly as a talent agency originally, but after Hemmings left the company in 1971, Daly purchased the rest of the company to refocuse it as a film studio. Derek Gibson later joined the company. A lot of Hemdale movies had the Orion logo instead, because Orion Pictures released many of Hemdale's films during the 1980s. But in 1995, Hemdale closed its doors after Epic Productions acquired the company and merged to Orion Pictures, and today, MGM hands the Hemdale library with the acquisition of Orion in 1998.
1st Logo
(1970-1984)
Nicknames: ''The Hemdale Script'', ''Hemdale Script 1''
Logo: On a black background, we see the Hemdale script logo from Logo 3 handwriting itself. During the logo ''a film from'' fades in.
FX/SFX: The drawing, the ''A film from'' text appearing.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized, fancy sounding string ditty, or none.
Availability: Extremely rare.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the music is a little more than creepy, and will scare a few. None for the silent variant.
2nd Logo
(1984-1986)
Nicknames: "The Nintendo Logo", "Nintendale", "Hemtendo"
Logo: On a black background, we see a Nintendo-like logo. Inside it is ''HEMDALE''. Below it is ''presents''.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985), and preserved on the DVD of said film.
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1986-1987)
Nicknames: "The Handwriter", ''Hemdale Script 2''
Logo: On a jade green/black gradient background, a yellow line beings to draw itself into a cursive "H". Another line draws itself on the opposite side of the H, forming a
lowercase "e" and works it's way left, writing out "Hemdale" in a stylized, cursive font. After it is done drawing, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION PRESENTS" wipes below it.FX/SFX: The drawing, the wiping in of the text.
Cheesy Factor: The film quality and the wiping in of the words are pretty much unintentional.
Music/Sounds: Same as the first logo.
Availability: Rare; it was seen on River's Edge (1986).
Scare Factor: Same as the first logo.
4th Logo
(1987-1993)
Nicknames: "The Spinning Letters", "Changing Colors''
Logo: On a black background, an orange H spins first, then comes a blue E spinning, a yellow M spinning, a green D spinning, a pinkish purple A spinning, a red L spinning, and a blue E comes spinning last and they all turn white. After they turn white, the letters spread that reveals "HEMDALE" and then a rainbow line appears between and "FILM CORPORATION" below the line. On some films, the word, "PICTURES" would be in place in the word "FILM".
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The colorful letters turning white, the spreading. On the trailers, the spinning intro is cut and the rest of the logo just plays.
Music/Sounds: A 7-note synthesizer piece when the letters spin: C (H), G (E), High C (M), F (D), B flat (A), High F (L) and High G (E). It also has a synthesizer going off like an alarm in background. Then follows by a nature-oriented music piece with 80's video game effects when the letters spread, followed by a majestic horn fanfare with a keyboard mixed in it which becomes synthesized, ending with 2 orchestra hits. Sometimes, the logo will be silent
Availability: Seen on old VHS prints of Little Nemo: Adventures on Slumberland (The original VHS), Hidden Agenda and many more. Also seen on the Hemdale Home Video, Live, and Artisan releases of The Terminator. The silent variant can be found on Bright Angel.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
5th Logo
(1993-1995)
Nickname: "Bronze Hemdale"
Logo: We see at the screen:
HEMDALE
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
and it shines.
FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The logo shining.
Music/Sounds: None, but you could think that sound in the previews.
Availability: On later Hemdale releases from 1993-1995.
Scare Factor: None.
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| thehugetvfan | 1988 Hemdale logo question.... | 1 | Oct 20 2009, 12:45 AM EDT by BudTheChud1989 | ||
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Thread started: Sep 3 2009, 10:33 PM EDT
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Is the 1988 Hemdale logo preserved on "Vampire's Kiss" DVD, cause I know they released it, but the copy on hulu.com doesn't have it, and instead has only the MGM logo, and no Hemdale logo.
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| JHprod | Found the first logo | 5 | Oct 13 2008, 3:37 PM EDT by Hoa | ||
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Thread started: Jun 1 2008, 10:11 AM EDT
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I found it. Copy the link & edit this page.
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