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Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom | Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom | ||
Background: The Nostalgia Merchant is a home entertainment company founded in | Background: The Nostalgia Merchant is a home entertainment company founded in February 1977 by record producer Snuff Garrett. From early-to-mid 1980s, it was a division of Media Home Entertainment. It specializes in selling videos of vintage films and television programs, which can be purchased on their website. The company is still in business to this day as an independent company. | ||
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Logo: We see four red-bordered screens of clips from old movies playing (one of the movies being the original 1933 version of ''King Kong'' and another one is from the 1937 Laurel and Hardy film, ''Way Out West''). In the center, a red-bordered blue square, consisting of a silhouette of a boy sitting on top of a hill and holding a stick horse (his dog is sitting behind him) against a cloudy sky on a blue background with the Nostalgia Merchant logo at the top (with a light blue rectangle) and "presents" below, begins to zoom in, filling the entire screen. | Logo: We see four red-bordered screens of clips from old movies playing (one of the movies being the original 1933 version of ''King Kong'' and another one is from the 1937 Laurel and Hardy film, ''Way Out West''). In the center, a red-bordered blue square, consisting of a silhouette of a boy sitting on top of a hill and holding a stick horse (his dog is sitting behind him) against a cloudy sky on a blue background with the Nostalgia Merchant logo at the top (with a light blue rectangle) and "presents" below, begins to zoom in, filling the entire screen. | ||
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Music/Sounds: A warbling synth tune that increases with very high "pinging" sounds. None for the still variant. | Music/Sounds: A warbling synth tune that increases with very high "pinging" sounds. None for the still variant. | ||
Availability: Rare. It appears on releases of the era. Surprisingly turned up on a TCM airing of ''Topper,'' as the channel used a old video master for its source. | Availability: Rare. It appears on releases of the era, first appearing on 16mm and Super 8 prints before the Nostalgia Merchant entered the videocassette business in late 1978. Surprisingly turned up on a TCM airing of ''Topper,'' as the channel used a old video master for its source. | ||