Harmony Pictures Patch - Revision history

WikiSysop at 04:29, 5 August 2019

2019-08-05T04:29:54Z

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	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.		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 to Mr. Gross asking for more information.		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.

WikiSysop at 18:31, 20 February 2019

2019-02-20T18:31:58Z

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WikiSysop at 18:31, 20 February 2019

2019-02-20T18:31:35Z

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	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.		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. The article's main focus is that ~~actors~~ Micky Dolenz and Stuart Gross are teaming up to start a film distribution company called "Independent Entertainment". A footnote at the end of the article says:		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."''		''"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. ~~My next step is to try to track down Mr. Gross or an associate~~ of ~~his and inquire further~~.		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.

	~~Here is~~ to ~~article I mentioned above~~: ~~https://variety~~.~~com/2006/~~film~~/markets-festivals/dolenz-digs-film-distrib-1117936836/~~		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 to Mr. Gross asking for more information.

WikiSysop at 13:31, 20 February 2019

2019-02-20T13:31:54Z

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	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. My next step is to try to track down Mr. Gross or an associate of his and inquire further.		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. My next step is to try to track down Mr. Gross or an associate of his and inquire further.

			Here is to article I mentioned above: https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/dolenz-digs-film-distrib-1117936836/

WikiSysop at 13:30, 20 February 2019

2019-02-20T13:30:58Z

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	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 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:

	File:Harmony_Pictures.jpg		[[File:Harmony_Pictures.jpg]]

	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.		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.

WikiSysop: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" !colspan="4"|A-26 Invader - Harmony Pictures |- |center |- |'''Manufacturer:''..."

2019-02-20T13:30:34Z

Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" !colspan="4"|A-26 Invader - Harmony Pictures |- |200px|center |- |'''Manufacturer:''..."

New page

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!colspan="4"|A-26 Invader - Harmony Pictures
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|[[File:Harmony_Pictures.jpg|200px|center]]
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|'''Manufacturer:''' Unknown
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|'''Year Produced:''' Unknown
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|'''Number Produced:''' Unknown
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|'''GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS'''
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|'''Type:''' Jacket Patch
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|'''Wet Weight:''' N/A
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|'''Length:''' 3"
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|'''Height:''' 0.1"
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|'''Width:''' 3"
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|'''Material:''' Cotton and Polyester
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|}

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:

File:Harmony_Pictures.jpg

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. The article's main focus is that actors Micky Dolenz and 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. My next step is to try to track down Mr. Gross or an associate of his and inquire further.