1G3.2. Presenters

The use of the credit term "presents" and its variations has been and continues to be ambiguous. Often these terms are used to denote the distribution company as in Example D below. See Chapter 4. Sometimes, however, they are used to refer to the production company. See Example B. Corporate bodies whose function cannot be determined should generally be placed in the statement of responsibility area. See Example C. Personal credits which have uncertain meanings should be included in the credit note area. See Example A.

If the precise function for a term has been determined, include it in brackets after the credit that appears on the work or in secondary sources. See Example F. However, if the credit is misleading or inaccurate, replace it with the correct credit and enclose it in brackets. See Example G.

Example A:

On work: Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky Present.

Determination (based on research in secondary sources): vanity credit for heads of a studio. See 1G3.3.

Placement: credits note.

508 ## $a Adolf Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present.

Example B:

On work: Presented by Handmade Films.

Determination (based on research in secondary sources): production company.

Placement: statement of responsibility area; include the credit term from the work and the precise credit term in brackets.

245 00 $a Time bandits / $c presented [produced] by Handmade Films.

Example C:

On work: Presented by Wolkenfar Films.

Determination: function cannot be determined precisely, but does not appear to be the same as distribution.

Placement: statement of responsibility area.

245 00 $a Jeremy rides again / $c Linder Productions ; presented by Wolkenfar Films.

Example D:

On work: Presented by Paramount Pictures.

Determination (based on accompanying documentation and research in secondary sources): distributor.

Placement: distribution, release, broadcast area.

245 00 $a American gigolo / $c a Freddie Fields production ; producer, Jerry Bruckheimer ; director-writer, Paul Schrader.

257 ## $a United States.

260 ## $a United States : $b Paramount Pictures, $c 1980.

Example E:

On work: Anatole Dauman presents.

Determination: function cannot be determined.

Placement: credits note.

508 ## $a Anatole Dauman presents.

Example F:

On work: Presented by J. C. Penney.

Determination (based on accompanying material and research in secondary sources): sponsor; include the credit term from the work and the precise credit term in brackets.

Placement: statement of responsibility area.

245 00 $a 1900--the year time changed / $c Lebowitz Films, Inc. ; presented [sponsored] by J.C. Penney ; written & produced by Mary P. Manilla.

Example G:

On work: a production of the National Fire Protection Association.

Determination (based on accompanying material): sponsor; wording on film is misleading.

Placement: statement of responsibility area.

245 00 $a Fire at the M-G-M Grand : $b hotel fire survival / $c Chester-Barley Film ; [sponsor], the National Fire Protection Association.