The Movie Studio Logo Quiz IV: The New Batch

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Scott Marks, August 21, 2012

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It's been some time since one of my emblematic emblem quizzes appeared on The Big Screen. What with the heat climbing to a clammy 82 degrees, I figured that you would prefer to sit schvitzing in front of a fan while looking at pretty pictures rather than eyeballing text.

For the most part, all of these logos are unique to the pictures they launch. I thought about axing the Donald Duck opener -- easily the biggest stumbling block in the whole shebang -- but Technicolor Disney livens up any page, doesn't it?

Here are some clues: Charles Bronson, farting cowboys, the late Marvin Hamlisch's third score as composer, and the David Ooooooooooooooooo. Selznick of Woodland Hills.

Cheaters will be shot at sunrise.

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Hint: PPI = Palomar Pictures International.

Hint: PPI = Palomar Pictures International.

A Paramoooooount Picture!

A Paramoooooount Picture!

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Donald Duck went to war in several shorts that bore this pre-credit head shot.

Donald Duck went to war in several shorts that bore this pre-credit head shot.

Bonus points if you can identify the Mt. Rushmore of heavyweights that formed the '70's answer to United Artists.

Bonus points if you can identify the Mt. Rushmore of heavyweights that formed the '70's answer to United Artists.

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There were several films released under this whiffy banner. None smelled as fetid as the intoxicatingly repugnant Harvey Keitel vehicle it introduced.

There were several films released under this whiffy banner. None smelled as fetid as the intoxicatingly repugnant Harvey Keitel vehicle it introduced.

And speaking of Brut, here's a guy who probably bathed in it.

And speaking of Brut, here's a guy who probably bathed in it.

This film-within-a-film curtain card could be the toughest one in the bunch.

This film-within-a-film curtain card could be the toughest one in the bunch.

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Comments

dwbat Aug. 21, 2012 @ 3:40 p.m.

My guess for "Mt. Rushmore": Newman/Poitier?/Streisand/McQueen

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Colonna Aug. 21, 2012 @ 5:42 p.m.

First Artists... they also had a screen card in the Mistral font in white lettering.

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dwbat Aug. 21, 2012 @ 6:51 p.m.

Right, but I think the question was WHO were they? ;-)

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Colonna Aug. 22, 2012 @ 5:56 a.m.

1.) Ben-Hur (1928) (?) 2.) I should know this but don't... 3.) The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) 4.) No clue 5.) Take The Money And Run (1969) (gub... no, gun) 6.) No clue 7.) Midnight (1939) (?) 8.) No clue 9.) War And Peace (1959) (?) 10.) No clue 11.) Der Fuhrer's Face (1942) (?) 12.) Up The Sandbox (1971) 13.) Forbidden Planet (1956) 14.) Blazing Saddles (1974) 15.) No clue... but James Bond used Brut as a blow torch in "Live And Let Die". 16.) I disqualify myself 17.) What's Cookin', Doc (1944) ... even has a Colonna reference!

"Ahhhh... Greetings, Jerry!"

"Ahhhh... Greetings, Jerry!"

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agent_00711 Aug. 22, 2012 @ 2:07 p.m.

Colonna already got most of the ones I know, but let me try to plug in just a couple more. 4) Machine-Gun Kelly 8) Double Indemnity 9) Borat 11) Fall Out Fall In 15) Fingers

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Scott Marks Aug. 24, 2012 @ 9:06 a.m.

  1. Boys! Boys! "Ben-Hur" tinted gold? It's from "Greed."
  2. "Lady in the Lake" (this was a tough one)
  3. "Fearless Vampire Killers.
  4. "Machine Gun Kelly"
  5. "Take the Money and Run"
  6. "The Milky Way"
  7. "Sullivan's Travels"
  8. "Double Indemnity"
  9. "Borat"
  10. "Son of Kong" (Agent, I'm surprised at you!)
  11. "Commando Duck"
  12. "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean"
  13. "Forbidden Planet"
  14. "Blazing Saddles"
  15. "Fingers"
  16. "Call Me Bwana 2"
  17. "What's Cookin', Doc?"
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