ICHC Pictures/Logos

ICHC Pictures is a British film company and unit of ArgosyMTM Group. It has studios located in Belfast and Maidstone. Alongside Rapier Motion Pictures and His Master’s Voice, it is considered one of the UK’s 3 major studios.

1972-1975
Cinema & Search Films was founded in 1972 by a group of Hongkonger and Filipino immigrants in Maidstone.

1975-1982
The Clarke family acquired Cinema & Search in 1975.

1993-1995
This ident features the Clarke family cat, Frank the British shorthair. The logotype has also been licensed to clients such as a Russian cat food company “Happy Cat”, and is the basis of the “Happycat”/“NEDM” Internet meme.

1999-2004
In 1999, Vestron Pictures and ICHC Productions merged into ICHC Pictures. This is an obvious parody of the MGM logo.