Inter-Pathé Video
Background
Inter-Pathé Entertainment is a German distribution company formed by the merger of PAL Media, LLC and Pathé, which went defunct in the 1990s. It was revived in 2012.
1st Logo (1980s-1990s)
Logo: We see a red, stylized silhouette of a rooster (though it doesn't look much like one) on a beige background with red spikes, which are suppose to represent a sunrise. The "rooster" also has a large beige outline as well, blending in mostly with the background. Then, the entire thing "shakes" (by badly cutting in and out of a closer version of the "rooster") in timing with crowing! After the sudden and cheesy shaking, on a blurrier, further away version of this silhouette, the words "INTER-PATHÉ" in Quorum font, wipe to the right. Then, the word "Video" in the same font, wipes in as well and then zooms in. Suddenly, the word "Video" is replaced with a blue box, in which three yellow German words wipe down into the blue square (they say "Spiel", games; "Sport", sports; and "Spannung", suspense or thriller). The word "Western" in white and in Helvetica, suddenly replace the 3 German words. Then the word "Krimi" (crime) in light blue replaces "Western". "Krimi" is replaced by a green "Underhaltung" (entertainment), which is replaced by a pink "Klassiker" (classic), which is then replaced by a yellow "Abenteuer-Monster" (monster adventure), which is replaced by a blue "Science-Fiction"; this is then replaced with a white chunk of text that says "Weltraumfahrt Original*Nasa*Film" (space travel and films by NASA). Then, more film genres are listed: "Musik" (music) in pink; "Sport" (sports) in green; "Dokumentar-Zeitgeschichte" (documentary and contemporary history) in blue; "Kintop" (films in Germany's former yearbook of cinema) in yellow; "Zeichentrick" (cartoon) in pink; and "Märchen" (fairy tales) in yellow. Finally, the blue box disappears, and the word "PRÄSENTIERT:" wipes in. Then, the "shaking" repeats at a slightly faster rate!
Technique: 2D animation.
Music/Sounds: A rooster's cry, followed by a funky 70's-style theme, then the rooster's cry again.
Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on their tapes during the time, on any tape that has their logo slapped onto it. Tapes from them have a distinct yellow-red design on them as well.
2nd Logo (March 23, 2012- )
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Logo: We zoom out of a white window in a shape similar to a hat. During the zoom out, the website link "www.inter-pathe.com" fades in, also in white, but with a black border around it. A rooster (which is MUCH more realistically shaped), with what appears to be static inside the rooster, fades in, and starts to shake. After a few seconds, the shaking and static stop, and the words "INTER-PATHÉ" in a white Times font stacked, with a "3D look", fade in.
Variant: The website link's black border's thickness can range on a few of their films.
Technique: 2D animation.
Music/Sounds: A quick synth drone at the beginning, followed by a rooster's cry, then a fanfare.
Availability: Uncommon. First seen on Frankfurt 20er Jahre/ 20's, and now appears on their YouTube channel's intro, and other films, like Piranha Piranha, Marilyn Monroe - My Life, and Stagecoach, among others.
