EMI Television Programs

(1977-1983)

Nickname : "EMI Block"

Logo : As the closing credits finish, the credit "A ROGER GIMBEL PRODUCTION FOR" appears on the screen in a Serif font, arranged in a semi-circular stack seen like this:

A ROGER GIMBEL PRODUCTION FOR

"A" and "FOR" appear in smaller print, while Gimbel's name appears in larger print. Then this fades and the EMI logo wipes in and the box then draws in. "EMI TELEVISION PROGRAMS, INC." is seen under the logo. Both the Gimbel credit and EMI logo are superimposed over the end-credit montage.

Variants :


 * Also may referred as "EMI FILMS LIMITED".


 * The opening version is set on a blue background, with the phrase "EMI FILMS LIMITED PRESENTS A ROGER GIMBEL PRODUCTION", with "EMI" inside a rectangle.

FX/SFX : The wiping out of the Gimbel credit and the wiping of the EMI logo and the box drawing in.
 * Another opening version shows the EMI logo with the words "PRESENTS" followed by the Roger Gimbel credit except "FOR" is missing.

Cheesy Factor : Gimbel's credit popping onto the screen in that big font.

Music/Sounds : The closing theme of the movie.

Availability : Rare. Retained intact on its productions where aired (often followed by the Viacom "V of Doom" logo on most still-circulating prints). Among the notable TV movies it produced such as Dead Man's Curve, Deathmoon, The Legend of Walks Far Woman, and The Killing of Randy Webster, among others.

Scare Factor : Minimal to medium because of the Gimbel credit appearing in very large letters for the first part and the EMI logo animation in the second. The large font seen on-screen may startle some but familiarity with EMI's logo from the back of album covers from it and its labels tempers this quite a bit.