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Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Logo descriptions by Sean Beard
Logo captures by Eric S. and Bob Fish
Editions by V of Doom
Video capture courtesy of phasicblu
Background: EMI merged with Thorn plc, an electronics, electrical and heavy equipment manufacturer and rental store franchise operator, in 1979. The company and its library were sold to Cannon Films in 1986. The film library was subseqently sold to Weintraub and Lumiére Picutres before the latter company was bought by Canal+ in 1996. The Elstree Studios backlot is now owned by the BBC. Thorn EMI "demerged" back into two separate companies in 1996.
(1979-1986)
Nickname: "Zooming Inverted T"
Logo: On the same blue background as its predecessor, a white box containing an inverted stylized "T" (which resembles a thumbtack) zooms in towards the audience. As it moves into place, we see a smaller rectangular section under the Thorn "T" that reads THORN EMI. The box completes its journey and we see the logo of Thorn-EMI and then the sequence fades out.
Trivia: This logo is familiar to Britons because of Thorn brand light bulbs (the logo only has THORN in the space where the Thorn EMI name would be) and electrical appliances.
FX/SFX: The warp-speed zoom-in.
Cheesy Factor: The rather tacky look of the logo.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extinct, due to the ownership shifts explained above. This was plastered over the previous EMI Film Distributors and Associated British IDs on most library prints it issued to the US market. You would have to search for EMI Film Distributors library titles issued by Thorn EMI Video during the 1980s or off-air videotapes of any EMI-owned movie. Otherwise, you'd better expect the StudioCanal logo on current prints.
Scare Factor: Low to medium. A little on the high side for those who fear objects suddenly coming forward at high speed, but once again harmless for most viewers.
Logo captures by Eric S. and Bob Fish
Editions by V of Doom
Video capture courtesy of phasicblu
Background: EMI merged with Thorn plc, an electronics, electrical and heavy equipment manufacturer and rental store franchise operator, in 1979. The company and its library were sold to Cannon Films in 1986. The film library was subseqently sold to Weintraub and Lumiére Picutres before the latter company was bought by Canal+ in 1996. The Elstree Studios backlot is now owned by the BBC. Thorn EMI "demerged" back into two separate companies in 1996.
(1979-1986)
Nickname: "Zooming Inverted T"
Logo: On the same blue background as its predecessor, a white box containing an inverted stylized "T" (which resembles a thumbtack) zooms in towards the audience. As it moves into place, we see a smaller rectangular section under the Thorn "T" that reads THORN EMI. The box completes its journey and we see the logo of Thorn-EMI and then the sequence fades out.
Trivia: This logo is familiar to Britons because of Thorn brand light bulbs (the logo only has THORN in the space where the Thorn EMI name would be) and electrical appliances.
FX/SFX: The warp-speed zoom-in.
Cheesy Factor: The rather tacky look of the logo.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extinct, due to the ownership shifts explained above. This was plastered over the previous EMI Film Distributors and Associated British IDs on most library prints it issued to the US market. You would have to search for EMI Film Distributors library titles issued by Thorn EMI Video during the 1980s or off-air videotapes of any EMI-owned movie. Otherwise, you'd better expect the StudioCanal logo on current prints.
Scare Factor: Low to medium. A little on the high side for those who fear objects suddenly coming forward at high speed, but once again harmless for most viewers.
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