Argosy Pictures/Logos

1913-1918
Argosy Pictures (and its sister company Argosy Media) started in 1913 as an unit of Frank A. Munsey’s magazine, Argosy. Similar to the “pulp” content of that magazine, the company mainly focused on low-budget horror and superhero films.

1943-1957
In 1943, the company was acquired by the Frank A. Munsey Company, publishers of Argosy magazine. As a result, it was renamed from “Association of Film Makers” to “AoFM Pictures”.

1973-1975 (prototype)
This logo was a placeholder; it was used at the end of films as a copyright notice, and the previous Argosy Pictures and AoFM logos continued to be used at the beginning of films, and on promotional materials (along with the Argosy/AoFM Pictures logo), until 1975.

1982-1984
This logo is often criticized for having nothing to do with Argosy Media’s TV unit, featuring no sign of the Big A or Aaron whatsoever.

1984 (unused)
LOGO MISSING A logo with Aaron the Cat was allegedly designed by Ellen Peck, according to an interview, around the same time as the rebranding of the TV and home video units, but for some unknown reason, was never used (probably because, at the time, Argosy Pictures was trying to have a separate branding identity from Argosy Media Television). No evidence or design sketches exist, however.

1984-1987
This logo has the US and British flags, as Argosy had acquired EMI’s film assets.

1987-1990
In 1987, Aaron finally appeared on the movie logo, but the logo had a different font from the TV logo.