
On July 1, 1956, Columbia studio veteran Irving Briskin formed Briskin Productions to oversee all of Screen Gems' productions. Screen Gems became a fully-fledged studio in 1951 by moving into Telefilm syndication and later into television production in 1952.
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It was responsible for television production, TV movies, syndicating the Columbia Pictures movie library, and starting in 1958, The Three Stooges shorts starting with the Curly series.

Pioneer Telefilms was renamed to Screen Gems after the acquisition. Cohn, the son of Columbia Pictures co-founder, Jack Cohn, and the nephew of longtime Columbia Pictures president and co-founder, Harry Cohn. It was formed when Columbia acquired Pioneer Telefilms, a television commercial company founded in 1947 by Ralph M. Video captures courtesy of JohnnyL80, Eric S., Mike Stidham, Jordan Rios, supremetaco, mcydodge919, ClassicTVMan1981X, DanDMan16, and SloshedMailīackground: Screen Gems was revived as a television subsidiary by Columbia Pictures in 1948. Kelly, kidinbed,CD20 Superness, V of Doom, Lee Cremeans, Brendan Richards, Kramden II, ccateni28, mario9000seven, and Unnepad Kelly, JohnnyL80, mr3urious, Michael Bass, TrickyMario7654, snelfu, Logoboy95, Gilblitz112, Sagan Blob, TheEriccorpinc, SloshedMail, Pygmalion X, and Brendan RichardsĪdditional edits by Shadeed A. Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, Shadeed A. Logo descriptions by James Fabiano, Jason Jones, and Shadeed A.
