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*Among the other films that originally featured this logo were ''Billion Dollar Brain'', ''Operation Kid Brother'' (American prints), ''Death Rides a Horse'' (American prints), ''The Party'', ''Kill a Dragon'', ''Danger Route'', ''Live for Life'', and ''Hang 'Em High''.
*Among the other films that originally featured this logo were ''Billion Dollar Brain'', ''Operation Kid Brother'' (American prints), ''Death Rides a Horse'' (American prints), ''The Party'', ''Kill a Dragon'', ''Danger Route'', ''Live for Life'', and ''Hang 'Em High''.
*The trailer variant is seen on the ''Clambake!'' trailer, but on the main feature (Region 2 and 4 DVDs only), it has an odd United Artists/Ledy-Gardner-Laven productions in-credit logo.
*The trailer variant is seen on the ''Clambake!'' trailer, but on the main feature (Region 2 and 4 DVDs only), it has an odd United Artists/Ledy-Gardner-Laven productions in-credit logo.
*The original U.S. theatrical run of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' did not originally have this logo, as confirmed by the original 1967 continuity script which described the first reel as going straight to the title sequence from the leader (the absence thereof is preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA VHS and laser videodisc release). It does appear after the 2012 MGM logo on the Kino Blu-ray release of the former (at the start of the US theatrical cut, which is actually based off a reconstructed version used for the 1998 MGM/UA DVD release), as well as after the 2008 MGM logo on their release of ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (which was originally released while UA was still using its Hexagon logo).
*The original U.S. theatrical run of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' did not originally have this logo, as confirmed by the original 1967 continuity script which described the first reel as going straight to the title sequence from the leader (the absence thereof is preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA VHS and laser videodisc release). It does appear on the 2017 Kino Blu-ray release of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' (after the 2012 MGM logo) as well as on the 2021 Blu-Ray and 4k UHD. It can also be seen on Kino's Blu-Ray releases of ''A Fistful of Dollars'' and ''For a Few Dollars More''.
*The continuity script for ''In the Heat of the Night'' also confirms that the logo didn't originally appear on that film, though sightings have been reported at Transamerica-era screenings.
*The continuity script for ''In the Heat of the Night'' also confirms that the logo didn't originally appear on that film or it's camera negative. However, it was attached to most 35mm US prints.
*The {{Font color|blue|blue}} rectangle variant is only known to have appeared on the aforementioned Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases of the ''Dollars Trilogy''.
*The {{Font color|blue|blue}} rectangle variant is only known to have appeared on the aforementioned Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases of the ''Dollars Trilogy''.
*The black background variant can be seen on some trailers of films, notably the trailer of ''The Party'' (1968).
*The black background variant can be seen on some trailers of films, notably the trailer of ''The Party'' (1968).

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