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'''Audio:''' Usually silent, or the opening theme or audio of the film. | '''Audio:''' Usually silent, or the opening theme or audio of the film. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' On <u>American prints of the Italian James Bond spoof ''Operation Kid Brother''</u> (Original Italian title: ''O.K. Connery''), this logo | '''Audio Variants:''' On <u>American prints of the Italian James Bond spoof ''Operation Kid Brother''</u> (Original Italian title: ''O.K. Connery''), this logo plasters the original [[Titanus]] logo that started the picture, but maintaines said logo's fanfare. UA likely extended the animation of their logo at the time to match the length of the Titanus fanfare. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Appears on films from the company, despite only being used for an year due to it being replaced by the next logo in 1968. | ||
*It was allegedly first seen on ''You Only Live Twice'' (which used the {{color|blue}} TV tube variant on both sides of the pond). | *It was allegedly first seen on ''You Only Live Twice'' (which used the {{color|blue}} TV tube variant on both sides of the pond). | ||
**It was also said to be seen on a Retroplex airing said film. | **It was also said to be seen on a Retroplex airing said film. | ||
*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'', ''Yours, Mine & Ours'', ''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'', ''Yours, Mine & Ours'', ''Danger Route'', ''Live for Life'', and ''Hang 'Em High''. | ||
*The trailer variant | *The trailer variant appears on the ''Clambake!'' trailer, but on the main feature (Region 2 and 4 DVD releases only), it has an odd United Artists/Ledy-Gardner-Laven productions in-credit logo instead. | ||
*The original U.S. theatrical run of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' also 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 | *The original U.S. theatrical run of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' also 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 Laserdisc releases). | ||
**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 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 releases. | ||
**It | **It also appears 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 or its camera negative. | *The continuity script for ''In the Heat of the Night'' also confirms that the logo didn't originally appear on that film or its camera negative. | ||
**However, it was attached to most 35mm | **However, it was attached to most 35mm U.S. prints. | ||
*The {{color|blue}} rectangle variant is only known to | *The {{color|blue}} rectangle variant is only known to appear on the aforementioned Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases of the ''Dollars Trilogy''. | ||
*The black background variant | *The black background variant appears on some trailers of films, notably the trailer of ''The Party'' (1968). | ||
===4th Logo (June 19, 1968-August 4, 1976)=== | ===4th Logo (June 19, 1968-August 4, 1976)=== | ||