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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  as of Feb 2019 to Mr. Gross asking for more information, but I have not receievd any response whatsoever.

Latest revision as of 04:29, 5 August 2019

A-26 Invader - Harmony Pictures
Harmony Pictures.jpg
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:

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. (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.