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The Charles Mintz studio became known as Screen Gems in 1933. The name was originally used in 1933, when Columbia Pictures acquired a stake in Charles Mintz's animation studio. The name was derived from an early Columbia Pictures slogan, "Gems of the Screen"; itself a takeoff on the song "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean".
List of Screen Gems films. This article lists films which have been produced, distributed and/or co-distributed by Screen Gems as well as upcoming releases.
Screen Gems is an American film production and distribution studio that is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation.
Apr 17, 2023 · Slightly over a decade later, Screen Gems became Columbia’s entry into television production, where it flourished for 25 years before the brand was rechristened Columbia Pictures...
Columbia Pictures slowly took over the Charles Mintz Studio (Scrappy and Krazy Kat) by folding it into the Screen Gems Studio in 1934. This studio continued producing cartoons for Columbia release until it closed in 1946.
Screen Gems, once the animation side of Columbia Pictures (1940-1946) was revived in 1948 to supply product to the growing television industry. Thus, Columbia became the first major to enter the new medium of television broadcasting.
For the first time in a book on television, Screen Gems features a lengthy and detailed corporate history of the studio, which began as an obscure producer of TV commercials. It rapidly evolved...
