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altered the 4th logo segment and fixed a specific info tidbit that's been bothering me for a long time
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
* It's preserved on any Warner Bros. film from this era, including pre-1999 video releases by [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]], [[CBS/Fox Video]], [[Key Video]], and [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]]. | * It's preserved on any Warner Bros. film from this era, including pre-1999 video releases by [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]], [[CBS/Fox Video]], [[Key Video]], and [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]]. | ||
* The logo premiered on ''Paris'' and made its final appearance on ''Anthony Adverse''. | * The logo premiered on ''Paris'' and made its final appearance on ''Anthony Adverse''. | ||
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'''Logo:''' Over a cumulonimbus | '''Logo:''' Over a cumulonimbus cud setting, a superimposed WB shield design zooms in to the screen. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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* On ''The Goose and the Gander'' (1935), the shield is a still image, and is in the same style as the previous logo's shield. | * On ''The Goose and the Gander'' (1935), the shield is a still image, and is in the same style as the previous logo's shield. | ||
* On ''God's Country and the Woman'' (1937), the shield is different and looks like the WB shield bug on the closing version of the 5th logo. | * On ''God's Country and the Woman'' (1937), the shield is different and looks like the WB shield bug on the closing version of the 5th logo. | ||
* The logo appears on a projection screen as the conclusion to the prologue that was added to the 1949 re-release of ''G Men'' (1935). | |||
'''Closing Title:''' On a special background, superimposed on the last scene of a movie or the cloud background of the opening logo, we see the words "The End" in a fancy script font, with either the WB or the FN logos and "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.", or rarely "Warner Bros. Productions Corporation", or "First National Pictures, Inc." below. Later, the disclaimer changed to either "A First National Picture" or "A Warner Bros. Picture" and the font for "The End" would change different times. | '''Closing Title:''' On a special background, superimposed on the last scene of a movie or the cloud background of the opening logo, we see the words "The End" in a fancy script font, with either the WB or the FN logos and "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.", or rarely "Warner Bros. Productions Corporation", or "First National Pictures, Inc." below. Later, the disclaimer changed to either "A First National Picture" or "A Warner Bros. Picture" and the font for "The End" would change different times. | ||
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* For | * For color releases, the shield was {{color|tan|bronze}} colored and the background was {{color|red}}. | ||
* Starting in 1942, "JACK L. WARNER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER" was seen below the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. | |||
* Starting in 1942, | |||
* Starting in 1944, the word "'''PRESENTS'''" is now in the same font as the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. | * Starting in 1944, the word "'''PRESENTS'''" is now in the same font as the Warner Bros. Pictures banner. | ||
* A | * A colorized version of this logo on some colorized black and white films, with a {{color|blue}} background, a {{color|gold}} shield and a {{color|red}} inside, exists on ''The Maltese Falcon'' and ''Casablanca'', among others. | ||
** Some colorized films have the {{color|blue}} and {{color|red}} colors inverted, making the interior of the shield {{color|blue}}, similar to the next logo. | ** Some colorized films have the {{color|blue}} and {{color|red}} colors inverted, making the interior of the shield {{color|blue}}, similar to the next logo. | ||
* On ''Submarine D-1'' (1937), the first film to feature this logo, the word "{{font|Monotype Corsiva|Present}}" in script fades in on the shield below the banner and the shield is a slightly different design. | |||
* On | * On ''Tovarich'' (1937), the shield is the same as the ''Submarine D-1'' variant, but the background is zoomed out to make room for the "Presents" text at the bottom. | ||
* On ''Tovarich'' (1937), | |||
* The 1938 versions of the standard variants has the background were changed. Seen on notable films such as ''Jezebel'' (1938) and ''The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse'' (1938). | * The 1938 versions of the standard variants has the background were changed. Seen on notable films such as ''Jezebel'' (1938) and ''The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse'' (1938). | ||
'''Closing Title:''' Superimposed on a special background or sometimes on the last scene of the movie, the huge words "The End" (with font varying on | '''Closing Title:''' Superimposed on a special background or sometimes on the last scene of the movie, the huge words "The End" (with font varying, depending on the movie) fade in, with the "WB" shield bug and "A WARNER BROS. PICTURE" in small letters below, but sometimes, due to the deal between WB and First National Pictures, the disclaimer was "A WARNER BROS.-FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE", or it was sometimes shortened to "A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE" with the WB shield bug intact. | ||
'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
'''Audio:''' Usually the beginning of the movie's theme, or a majestic horn sounder composed by Max Steiner. On | '''Audio:''' Usually the beginning of the movie's theme, or a majestic horn sounder composed by Max Steiner. On at least three films (''To Have and Have Not'', ''Confidential Agent'' and ''Dark Passage''), a different fanfare composed by Franz Waxman is used. | ||
'''Availability:''' It's seen on Warner releases of the period, like | '''Availability:''' It's seen on Warner releases of the period, like ''Casablanca'' on TCM and on DVD/Blu-ray, among others. It premiered on ''Submarine D-1'' and made its final appearance on ''Romance on the High Seas''. | ||
'''Legacy:''' This is perhaps the second most well-known version of the shield, having preceded classics such as | '''Legacy:''' This is perhaps the second most well-known version of the shield, having preceded classics such as ''Casablanca'', ''The Maltese Falcon'' and ''The Treasure of Sierra Madre'', all starring Humphrey Bogart, who was named the Greatest American Movie Star (Men's Category) by the American Film Institute in 1998. This also marks the first appearance of the shield's iconic gold color. | ||
===5th Logo (July 31, 1948-November 1, 1967, February 7, 1974-August 31, 1979)=== | ===5th Logo (July 31, 1948-November 1, 1967, February 7, 1974-August 31, 1979)=== | ||
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* Seen on prints of many Warner Bros. films on AMC and TCM and preserved on Warner Archive Collection or [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] DVD releases. | * Seen on prints of many Warner Bros. films on AMC and TCM and preserved on Warner Archive Collection or [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] DVD releases. | ||
* It | * It also precedes the prologue in the 1949 re-release version of ''G Men''. | ||
* This logo made its first appearance in ''Key Largo'' and made its final appearance in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (copyrighted to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, as the merger had finished by the time the film was completed). | * This logo made its first appearance in ''Key Largo'' and made its final appearance in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (copyrighted to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, as the merger had finished by the time the film was completed). | ||
* The logo was briefly revived for a short time in 1974 starting with ''Blazing Saddles'', and it was later used on some films albeit using a variation until in 1979, when it made its last appearance on ''Time After Time''. | * The logo was briefly revived for a short time in 1974 starting with ''Blazing Saddles'', and it was later used on some films albeit using a variation until in 1979, when it made its last appearance on ''Time After Time''. | ||