Sunset Productions

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Sunset Productions was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. that licensed the TV distribution rights to their black & white animated short subjects to Guild Films in 1955. Seven Arts acquired these rights from Guild after the latter went bankrupt in 1961, and WB gained these rights after merging with Seven Arts in 1967.

Logo (1955)

Visuals:

  • Opening: On a "sky" background, a cut-out collage of six Looney Tunes characters, including Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, is shown. On the bottom, "Copyright (year) by SUNSET PRODUCTIONS, Inc.
  • Closing: The same image, but the words "THE END - A Guild Films Presentation" appear instead of copyright information.

Trivia:

  • The Roman numerals used for this logo are incorrect, as the first "X" should be a "C".
  • The character drawings are cut directly from old lobby cards for Warner's cartoons. Porky and Daffy are from My Favorite Duck, a Scottish rabbit from Hop and Go, the crying hound from Rhythm in the Bow, the drunk dog heckler from Shake Your Powder Puff, and an alley cat from Sittin' on a Backyard Fence.

Variant: At least two different redrawn colorized versions of the logo exist, with one having a red background and the other having a green background.

Technique:

  • The whole logo is a still frame: the characters seen in the logo are ripped from lobby cards of their respective cartoons, while the background is likely a live-action photograph.
  • For the redrawn colorized version, it is done on a cel sheet.

Audio: The opening theme of the cartoon.

Availability

Edit Table

Media Title Date of Release Additional Notes
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
April 19, 1930
 
Congo Jazz
August 9, 1930
 
Hold Anything
August 22, 1930
 
Big Man from the North
December 6, 1930
 
Ain't Nature Grand!
December 13, 1930
 
Box Car Blues
December 15, 1930
 
The Booze Hangs High
December 19, 1930
 
Ups 'n Downs
January 17, 1931
 
Dumb Patrol
March 2, 1931
 
Yodeling Yokels
March 28, 1931
 
Bosko's Holiday
May 15, 1931
 
The Tree's Knees
May 15, 1931
 
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
August 2, 1931
 
Bosko Shipwrecked!
September 19, 1931
 
Bosko the Doughboy
October 17, 1931
 
Bosko's Soda Fountain
November 14, 1931
 
Bosko's Fox Hunt
December 12, 1931
 
Bosko at the Zoo
December 31, 1931
 
Battling Bosko
February 6, 1932
 
Big-Hearted Bosko
March 5, 1932
 
Bosko's Party
April 2, 1932
 
Bosko and Bruno
April 30, 1932
 
Bosko's Dog Race
June 25, 1932
 
Bosko at the Beach
July 23, 1932
 
Bosko's Store
August 13, 1932
 
Bosko the Lumberjack
September 3, 1932
 
Ride Him, Bosko!
September 17, 1932
 
Bosko the Drawback
October 22, 1932
 
Bosko's Dizzy Date
November 19, 1932
 
Bosko's Woodland Daze
December 17, 1932
 
Bosko in Dutch
January 14, 1933
 
Bosko the Speed King
March 22, 1933
 
Bosko in Person
February 11, 1933
 
Bosko's Knight-Mare
June 8, 1933
 
Bosko the Sheep-Herder
June 14, 1933
 
Beau Bosko
July 1, 1933
 
Bosko's Mechanical Man
July 29, 1933
 
Bosko the Musketeer
August 12, 1933
 
Bosko's Picture Show
August 26, 1933
 
Buddy's Day Out
September 9, 1933
 
Buddy's Beer Garden
November 11, 1933
 
Buddy's Show Boat
December 9, 1933
 
Buddy the Gob
January 13, 1934
 
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
May 5, 1934
 
Buddy of the Apes
May 26, 1934
 
Buddy's Bearcats
June 23, 1934
 
Plane Dippy
January 4, 1936
 
Alpine Antics
January 18, 1936
 


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