International Pictures Corporation

Background: International Pictures, Inc. was an independent production company founded in 1943 by businessmen William Goetz & Leo Spitz (some sources also say that actor Gary Cooper and screenwriter Nunally Johnson were also partners). Its films were initially distributed by RKO, but in late 1945, plans were for Universal Pictures to take a 50% stake in International and have its films released through "United World Pictures", a Rank/Universal joint venture that never took off. In 1946, Universal acquired International, thus the former company was renamed "Universal-International", and Goetz became head of production there. The library, however, now belongs to MGM through United Artists.

(1944?-1947)
Logo: A globe, and the studio name, are in a compass.

Variant: TBA

FX/SFX: None, the logo is static.

Music/Sounds: A fanfare consisting entirely of chiming bells, which was later used for the Universal-International logo.

Availability: Extremely rare. The b/w version is seen on The Dark Mirror.