Star Shower Films

Background: From 1998 until 2002, The Powerpuff Girls used the Star Shower Films trademark "raining stars" logo (includes the variants of the logo made specifically and exclusively for the show) on its episode-ending shots. Apparently, Star Shower Films approved use of their own logo. It was acquired by MCA in 1985, The E. W. Scripps Company in 1997, and became a low-budget film division owned by 50% of the E.W. Scripps Company and 50% of NBCUniversal in the year 2011.

1st Logo
(1937-1945)

Logo: On a grey background, thirty stars fall down on the left. Then, "A Star Shower Film" writes itself on the right.

Variant: On colorized versions of Star Shower films from the era, the words "COLORED PRINT - (C) (year)" appear below.

FX/SFX: The falling, the writing.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or None.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo
(1945-1954)

Logo: On an orange-dark red gradient background, we see blue/white rectangle which is split into two sections; the left and the larger contains the words:

STAR SHOWER FILMS

It is set in the Arial font. On the right side of the rectangle are the thirty yellow stars from the previous logo. The picture zooms-up to the stars and the word "PRESENTS" zooms out below.

FX/SFX: The zooming.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo or None.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low.

3rd Logo
(1954-1968)

Logo: On a black background, we see thirty yellow stars flying to the left. When that happens, the background changes into a teal blue/purple gradient background and the words "STAR SHOWER FILMS" fades in.

Variant: On CinemaScope films, the text below the company's name reads "presents a CINEMASCOPE presentation".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The flying, the fading.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None.

7th Logo
(1968-1976)

Logo: On a black background, a purple ball bounces and spins into the left. Then, it splits into rainbow-colored rings (ala the Looney Tunes intro from the 1950s), bringing up the stars and the text from the previous logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None.

8th Logo
(1976-1985)

Logo: On a set of three blue clouds, seven sparkles fly in one-by-one. They then create a flash and write the words "STAR SHOWER" and as they do so, the thirty yellow stars fly in one-by-one. Finally, the words "STAR SHOWER" turn light blue.

FX/SFX: The flying, the flashing, the writing.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

9th Logo
(1985-2004)

Logo: On a red-blue gradient background, we see the stars on the left and the company's and byline on the right.

Bylines:

* "AN MCA COMPANY" (1985-1997)
* "AN E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY" (with the Scripps "Lighthouse" logo on the right of "COMPANY") (1997-2004)

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None.

10th Logo
(2004-)

Logo: Bascially an animated version of the previous logo. It starts with a couple-dozen yellow stars showering over. The backdrop is a red-light blue gradient background which appears a few seconds later. The glittering stars glide over the screen causing the thirty stars from the last nine logos flying to the left and the company's namewiping in from the left. After this progression, two stars criss-cross each other's paths and fade away left and right underneath to reveal, in smaller text, the words, "films". As the logo completes, one big star goes against the top of the thirty stars and flashes. Then it shines, a la the Torch Lady's torch shining. A byline then fades in below.

Bylines:

* "AN E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY" (with the Scripps "Lighthouse" logo on the right of "COMPANY") (2004-2011)
* "A DIVISION OF (Scripps "Lighthouse" logo) and NBCUniversal" ("NBCUniversal" is in its respective logotype) (2011-present)

FX/SFX: The glittering stars and the bright shining star.

Music/Sounds: Exactly like the 1994 United Artists logo.

Availability: Current.

Scare Factor: None.