Harmony Pictures Patch
| A-26 Invader - Harmony Pictures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Manufacturer: Unknown | |||
| Year Produced: between 1979 and 1993 | |||
| Number Produced: Unknown | |||
| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | |||
| Type: Jacket Patch | |||
| Wet Weight: N/A | |||
| Length: 3" | |||
| Height: 0.1" | |||
| Width: 3" | |||
| Material: Cotton and Polyester | |||
This patch is something of an enigma. I picked it up relatively inexpensively on Ebay. I bought it because it was very clearly Invader related, but I had never seen it before. The seller did not know anything about it. The patch looks like this:
This patch is clearly not a military patch. My initial guess, based on the few details that I have, is that it was produced by a movie company. I tried searching for movies about this, but I have come up short. There is not a major movie house called Harmony Pictures. If the company still exists, they do not have a website or Facebook page that I am able to locate.
I was able to track down a 2006 article from Variety magazine that had a clue. (https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/dolenz-digs-film-distrib-1117936836/ ) The article's main focus is that actor Micky Dolenz and film industry personality Stuart Gross are teaming up to start a film distribution company called "Independent Entertainment". A footnote at the end of the article says:
"TV commercial industry vet Gross is the founder of shingle Harmony Pictures as well as the production outfit Random/Order Information and Entertainment."
Thus far, this has been the only reference to a company called Harmony Pictures that I have been able to find. I assume that this outfit is an independent movie company, and they may have been doing a project on the Invader, but I am not able to find a digital footprint of that. IMDB does not any record of this project.
I was able to track down Mr. Gross' social media resume. It confirms that he was CEO of Harmony Pictures from 1979 to 1993. The info for Harmony Pictures reads: '"An award winning production company for national and international television commercial production."'. Based on this, I feel confident that the patch is from some kind of film project. I have sent an email as of Feb 2019 to Mr. Gross asking for more information, but I have not receievd any response whatsoever.