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'''Visuals:''' | '''Visuals:''' An elongated black hexagon is seen on a varying background, usually some sort of parchment, with a 3-layer white outline inside of it. The stacked text "{{font|serif|'''UNITED ARTISTS'''}}" in a fancy serif font, is also seen within. Certain aspects, like if the text is beveled or how wide the hexagon is, differ from film to film. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*Sometimes, <u>the black hexagon</u> doesn't appear. | |||
*On <u>films produced by London Productions</u>, this logo would appear as an in-credit version, with the words "Distributed by" above it. | *On <u>films produced by London Productions</u>, this logo would appear as an in-credit version, with the words "Distributed by" above it. | ||
*There were <u>several color variants</u>, including a <u>sepia-toned variant</u> from the mid-1940s-1950, three different <u>black and white variants</u> from 1930-1967, and a <u>color variant</u> from 1950-1967. | *There were <u>several color variants</u>, including a <u>sepia-toned variant</u> from the mid-1940s-1950, three different <u>black and white variants</u> from 1930-1967, and a <u>color variant</u> from 1950-1967. | ||
*On ''Topkapi'', the logo was small and in-credit at the bottom-right corner of the end credits, with the words "Released by" above it. | *On ''Topkapi'', the logo was small and in-credit at the bottom-right corner of the end credits, with the words "Released by" above it. | ||
* | *On <u>''Of Mice and Men'' and ''The Housekeeper'', as well as Laurel & Hardy's ''A Chump at Oxford''</u> (filmed and completed in 1939, released in 1940), a 20th anniversary version is used. The hexagon outline is longer and thinner, "{{font|serif|'''UNITED ARTISTS'''}}" is in a plainer font, and "'''TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY'''" is sandwiched in-between it. The years "{{font|Impact|1919}}" and "{{font|Impact|1939}}" are flanked on each side of it. ''A Chump at Oxford'' has the striped letters "'''HR'''" embossed onto the background. | ||
'''Technique:''' Usually a printed card. Sometimes superimposed or a painting. | '''Technique:''' Usually a printed card. Sometimes superimposed or a painting. | ||