- For the british company, see Gaumont British Films.
PL/Elgé
1903-1906
"ELGÉ" is the initials of Léon Gaumont, who founded the company in 1895. The daisy has been used in most of Gaumont's logos since.
1906-1908
Similar to the previous logo, except that the pattern on the daisy is removed, and the letters "P" and "L" are removed.
Gaumont Films Cinema
1908-1910
This is the first color Gaumont logo.
1910-1915
There is an animated version of this logo which changes color, although it was only used on an experimental color film. There is also a golden version of this logo that was seen on the 1915 short film L'embusqué, and a Russian version of this logo.
1914-1918
1918-1919
Similar to the previous logo, except the daisy has been changed, and it was put in a circle.
PAX
1919-1924
PAX was a film projector/format developed by Gaumont.
Gaumont Film Company
1930-1940
A previous belief was that the symbol on the middle-left is the logo for Pathé-Gaumont-Metro-Actualités, which was a joint venture between Pathé, Gaumont, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This has been proven false, as it was now attributed to Franco Film Aubert, and their Gaumont Franco Film Aubert joint venture. The symbol on the right appeared to be a naked man holding reels with filmstrips. It is unknown what the bird stands for.
1940-1944
1943-1970
This logo also appeared as an animation.
1944-1945
1945-1947
1970–1980
The daisy returned in 1970. The animated logo was nicknamed "Daisy of Doom" because it had red smoke in the background and had a sinister fanfare playing throughout.
1980–1985
A yellow version exsits seen on the 1983 Italian film, Lontano Da Dove.
1974–1995
1995–2011
2004-2011
2011–present
See also
- For other related logos and images see: Gaumont/Other
Gaumont
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