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File:MGM(7).jpg| Original B/W version | File:MGM(7).jpg|Original B/W version | ||
File:MGM(8).jpg|Copyright notice version | File:MGM(8).jpg|Copyright notice version | ||
File:MGM(9).jpg|Colorized version | File:MGM(9).jpg|Colorized version | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* | * Until 1934, the filmstrip from the first logo was reused. | ||
* Until 1932, there was also an extended version where Jackie roars three times, then he looks away and turns back to the camera before it fades out. | * Until 1932, there was also an extended version where Jackie roars three times, then he looks away and turns back to the camera before it fades out. | ||
* This logo would sometimes appear in sepia. | * This logo would sometimes appear in sepia. | ||
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* In Turner's colorized versions, the ribboning is in a {{color|#E5890A|brownish-gold}} color, the wreath is {{color|green}}, and the mask is {{color|red}}. | * In Turner's colorized versions, the ribboning is in a {{color|#E5890A|brownish-gold}} color, the wreath is {{color|green}}, and the mask is {{color|red}}. | ||
* There's another color variant, like the aforementioned logo, but with the marquee in {{color|red}}. | * There's another color variant, like the aforementioned logo, but with the marquee in {{color|red}}. | ||
* There's | * There's another colorized variant of the 1938 version, with the ribboning in either {{color|#E5890A|brownish-gold}}, {{color|#FFD93D|pastel yellow}}, {{color|#F2D64A|goldenrod}}, or silver. | ||
* In 1949, during MGM's 25th anniversary, an additional "Silver Anniversary" variant was used alongside the Jackie logo. There is a fancy napkin that has "MGM" in a ribbon at the top-right, and text reading "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Silver Anniversary Picture" in the center (in the Commercial Script font). Seen on ''Edward, My Son'', ''The Great Sinner'', ''Any Number Can Play'', ''Scene of the Crime'', ''Madame Bovary'', ''The Doctor and the Girl'', ''Border Incident'', ''Adam's Rib'', ''Intruder in the Dust'', and ''Tension''. | * In 1949, during MGM's 25th anniversary, an additional "Silver Anniversary" variant was used alongside the Jackie logo. There is a fancy napkin that has "MGM" in a ribbon at the top-right, and text reading "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Silver Anniversary Picture" in the center (in the Commercial Script font). Seen on ''Edward, My Son'', ''The Great Sinner'', ''Any Number Can Play'', ''Scene of the Crime'', ''Madame Bovary'', ''The Doctor and the Girl'', ''Border Incident'', ''Adam's Rib'', ''Intruder in the Dust'', and ''Tension''. | ||
* There is a variant where the logo is redrawn, Jackie has a shadow, and there is copyright information around the logo. This was seen on the ''Our Gang'' shorts "Teacher's Pet", "School's Out" and "Love Business", as well as the Laurel & Hardy short "Another Fine Mess". | * There is a variant where the logo is redrawn, Jackie has a shadow, and there is copyright information around the logo. This was seen on the ''Our Gang'' shorts "Teacher's Pet", "School's Out" and "Love Business", as well as the Laurel & Hardy short "Another Fine Mess". | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
* Seen on films of the era, such as ''Freaks'' (1932), ''Grand Hotel'' (1932), ''The Thin Man'' films from 1934 to 1947, ''A Night at the Opera'' (1935), ''Fury'' (1936), ''Captains Courageous'' (1937), the ''Andy Hardy'' films from 1937 to 1946, ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939), ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939), ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940), ''Gaslight'' (1944), ''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950), ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), ''Pat and Mike'' (1952), and the 1930s ''The Captain and the Kids'' cartoons. | * Seen on films of the era, such as ''Freaks'' (1932), ''Grand Hotel'' (1932), ''The Thin Man'' films from 1934 to 1947, ''A Night at the Opera'' (1935), ''Fury'' (1936), ''Captains Courageous'' (1937), the ''Andy Hardy'' films from 1937 to 1946, ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1939), ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939), ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940), ''Gaslight'' (1944), ''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950), ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), ''Pat and Mike'' (1952), and the 1930s ''The Captain and the Kids'' cartoons. | ||
* The color variant is quite rare, as colorized versions are hardly ever shown on TV or on video. | * The color variant is quite rare, as colorized versions are hardly ever shown on TV or on video. It is, however, seen on the colorized version of ''Babes in Toyland'' (1934), as well as colorized version of ''The Thin Man'' (1934), ''David Copperfield'' (1935) (intact on the Russian channels for the former as well as 2000's local stations airings for the latter), ''Libeled Lady'' (1936), ''Camille'' (1936) and ''A Christmas Carol'' (1938) (intact on the Canadian [[YTV Station IDs|YTV]]'s airing). Also, this might be seen on some variant recreations of these colorized versions of said films. | ||
* This logo may plaster Slats on current prints of silent films like ''Greed'', ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' and ''Flesh and the Devil''; his first appearance as the full-time MGM lion was before ''White Shadow of the Seven Seas''. | * This logo may plaster Slats on current prints of silent films like ''Greed'', ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' and ''Flesh and the Devil''; his first appearance as the full-time MGM lion was before ''White Shadow of the Seven Seas''. | ||
* In later years, clips from this logo were reused for the 1993-1998 MGM/UA Home Video logo. | * In later years, clips from this logo were reused for the 1993-1998 MGM/UA Home Video logo. | ||