Shapiro Entertainment Corporation

Background

Shapiro Entertainment Corporation was a medium to low budget distribution/production/sales company started by Leonard Shapiro and Alan M. Solomon in 1981. The company turned into Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment in either 1987 or early-to-mid 1988 when it merged with Glickenhaus Films, a firm owned by James Glickenhaus.

Logo (1984-1987)

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Visuals: Over a dark blue background, there are the stylized, segmented letters "SEC" with a gold light protruding behind them. Above the letters is "A", and on the bottom. "SHAPIRO ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION". and below that. "Release".

Variants:

• Some films would just have the white SEC logo in print form on a plain black background with "A SHAPIRO ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION RELEASE" below.
• On the trailer for Final Cut, a more all-out version of this logo is seen.

Technique: A still image.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on The Instructor, Door to Door, The Fix, and Gallavants.