Screen Gems (Autor/Nombre Corporativo)

Cannot determine if there were actually two different companies both with the name of Screen Gems; if further information is encountered, revise heading as necessary.

The auto clinic [MP] 1938: credits (Screen Gems, Inc.)

Columbia Pictures, c1992: p. 12 (Screen Gems was originally the name under which Columbia's shorts were made; in 1948, a new Screen Gems, Inc. was created as a subsidiary of Columbia to produce commercials and television programs)

Screen Gems, 1991: p. 4 (Screen Gems (SG) incorporated in New York in Nov., 1948 as a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Corporation) p. 19 (on Dec. 16, 1968, Screen Gems, Inc. merged into Columbia Pictures Corporation, which later became Columbia Pictures Industries, and continued to do business as tv subsidiary until 1974) p. 23 (in 1974, Screen Gems became Columbia Pictures Television)

LC data base, 6/7/94 (hdg.: Screen Gems)

Screen Gems was a television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Corporation, which operated between 1948 and 1974.