Dan Curtis Productions

Logo descriptions by Michael Bass and Shadeed A. Kelly

Editions by mr3urious and SeanElGatoTV2k8

Video capture courtesy of disabled1955

1st Logo

(June 27, 1966-April 2, 1971)

Nickname: "DCP"
Logo: Scrolling up in the credits of Dark Shadows, we see a superimposed logo with stylized text (the first letters of each word are in boxes) as follows:

Dan

Curtis
Productions, inc.
copyright © (year)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Variants:

On some 1970-71 episodes, a text-only version was used as follows:

DAN CURTIS

PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Another variation, seen on the 1969 TV movie Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon, is like the stylized-text version used on Dark Shadows, except this copyright disclaimer is used:

All rights reserved FX/SFX: Scrolls up in the credits.
Music/Sounds: The end theme of Dark Shadows, that is a spooky dark theme, and/or a deep voice-over with a echo/stutter-like effect saying, "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis Production."
Availability: Found on all episodes of the original Dark Shadows TV series, which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971.
Editors Note: The theme/announcer is notable for being ominous.
2nd Logo

(February 21, 1973)

Logo: On an extreme close-up of a scary vampire face, there is an in-credit text that reads:

A

DAN

CURTIS

PRODUCTION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

The logo would then cut to a Metromedia Producers Corporation logo that would be superimposed on the same background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme, which is that of The Norliss Tapes, a very dramatic music composition.

Availability: Seen on the 1973 TV movie The Norliss Tapes.

Editors Note: This logo is somewhat notorious for being scary to many people thanks to the scary music and look of the eyes.

3rd Logo

(January 13-March 22, 1991)

Logo: An in-credit text that reads as "DAN CURTIS PRODUCTIONS, INC." with the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" in a smaller font below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme.

Availability: Rare. It was only seen on the short-lived 1991 revival Dark Shadows.

Editors Note: None.

Links:

You can view episodes of the 1966 Dark Shadows series on Hulu, here.
You can view the TV movie The Norliss Tapes on YouTube, here.
You can view episodes of the 1991 Dark Shadows series on Hulu, here.