ABC Pictures International

Background

In 1973, ABC formed ABC Pictures International as a production company for television and some theatrical films for ABC (although ABC Circle Films did handle the former use for the network), this followed up on suit from the depths of ABC Pictures Corporation, which closed in 1972 after failing to turn in any profits for ABC.

Logo (March 13, 1973-1984?)

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Visuals: It's the same as the ABC Pictures Corporation logo, except it's a rotating Earth globe on a zooming space background. The letter "b" sketches in the center of the globe and the letters "a" and "c" uncover from the left and right of the "b" to form "abc". The globe turns black over the white "abc" letters, the words "PICTURES INTERNATIONAL" fade in below the "abc" as the logo moves to the left and a filmstrip with another rotating globe grows out from the right of the logo. The same ABC byline fades in below, and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below the filmstrip.

Variants:

• On B&W movie re-releases such as the 1980 Magnetic Video VHS and Betamax prints of Notorious (an RKO Radio Picture that was produced under license from Selznick International Pictures that ABC acquired the rights to in 1965 when they purchased the Selznick library from the David O. Selznick estate), the logo appears in black and white.
• On some prints of The Comeback Kid, the regular ABC logo is entirely chyroned over, text and all, by a different black circle with the ABC text on it. You can tell because the logo does not match the film quality and shakes differently. Under it, the chyroned in text "ABC PICTURES INTERNATIONAL" is seen below it. "A Subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc." appears a second later below the text. The logo also freezes at the end.
  • Strangely, some prints of the first season of The Littles also used this logo, as seen on a Junior DHX (Now named "WildBrain Kids") upload of the episode "The Little Winner".

Technique: Same as the ABC Pictures Corporation logo, including the zooming space.

Audio: An excerpt of "Industrial Power", by Keith Mansfield (which consists of brass instruments and drums), being remixed/abridged on later releases. In some cases, none.

Availability:

• Can be seen on the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Midas Run, Jenny, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, the international theatrical version of Nightmare in Badham County, and the Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Betamax releases of Straw Dogs, Take the Money and Run, Notorious, and various television movies aired on ABC, such as Love Among The Ruins, Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker among others.
• It makes a surprise appearance on the trailers for The High Commissioner on the Kino Lorber Blu-Ray and Ben on the Scream Factory release.
• The black and white version of the logo can be seen on the Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of The Bat.

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