Background: Founded in 1932, London Film Productions is a British television and film production company founded by Alexander Korda, a Hungarian-British film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire. The Denham facility was taken over by Rank in 1939 and was used to merge with Pinewood to form D&P Studios. After Korda's UK operations were restructured within the late 1940s, the company's films are now made in Shepperton, an example of this being The Third Man. After Korda died in 1956, 40 years after his passing, the company resumed its film-making activities in 1997.
London Film Productions[]
1st Logo (October 1, 1932)[]
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Logo: A closeup of the top half of the Big Ben tower is shown in the middle of the sky. In front of the building are two sets of text consisting of an arched "A LONDON FILM" on top and "Production" on the bottom.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Only seen in Wedding Rehearsal, the company's first film.
2nd Logo (January 1933-June 28, 1956)[]
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Logo: There is a shot of the Big Ben tower in the sky. On the right side of the tower are the words "London Film Productions" in Old English script font. The clouds in the sky move southward.
Variants:
- The angle of the camera filming the tower may change, depending on the film.
- This logo was shown either in colour or in black and white.
- Sometimes the text either "A London Film", "London Films Present" or "London Films Presents" is shown.
- At least on The Ghost Goes West, there's some additional text shown: "London Films Productions Ltd. presents an Alexander Korda production".
- There is an international variant that reads "A London Films (International) Release".
- On The Drum, a different, more modern-looking font is used instead of the Old English-like font.
- A Soviet-Russian variant exists on a Soviet print of A Kid For Two Farthings. It also appears to be very dark.
FX/SFX: Live-action or none.
Music/Sounds: The bell from the Big Ben tolling.
Music/Sounds Variant: Some films have the film's opening theme play over.
Availability: Preserved on all London productions. It first debuted in Strange Evidence and last appeared in Smiley.
Alexander Korda Films, Inc.[]
(April 30, 1941-April 3, 1942)[]
Logo: There is a shot of the Big Ben tower in the sky. On the center of the screen are the words "Alexander Korda Films, Inc." in Old English script font. The clouds in the sky move southward.
Variant: In The Jungle Book the logo is tinted blue.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Same as the London Film Productions logo.
Availability: Seen in the films That Hamilton Woman, Lydia, and Jungle Book (1942).