Gaumont

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.