RKO/Nederlander Productions

From Closing Logos
Revision as of 00:57, 6 November 2020 by Travis (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo description and captures by</font> Eric S. and Mr. Gann</i><br/><i><font color="#...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Logo description and captures by Eric S. and Mr. Gann
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly


Background: RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of RKO Pictures with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.


(1982-1983)

RKO Nederlander PresentRKO NederlanderNederlander RKO (1983)

Nickname: "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"

Logo
: On a plain black BG, we see the RKO Pictures logo from the '80s in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.

Variant: On Madame in Manhattan, the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are switched around making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".

FX/SFX
: Just the logo fading in.

Music/Sounds
: None.

Availability
: Extremely rare. It was last seen on the TV broadcast of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1982. The Nederlander/RKO version is present of the aforementioned special.

Editor's Note
: None.