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'''Audio:''' None or the film's opening theme. | '''Audio:''' None or the film's opening theme. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Evidence of it was seen on a Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary trailer on 1998 Warner videos. However, it appeared at the start of the film ''The Jazz Singer'' and was kept intact on the 75th Anniversary DVD as well as on the 1981 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] release, where it's preceded by the [[United Artists]] "Transamerica T" logo. | ||
* This is retained on all extant silent-era Warner Bros. films shown on TCM, such as ''The Better 'Ole''. | * This is retained on all extant silent-era Warner Bros. films shown on TCM, such as ''The Better 'Ole''. | ||
* This logo premiered at the beginning of ''Kiss Me Again'' and made its final appearance on ''Queen of the Night Clubs''. | * This logo premiered at the beginning of ''Kiss Me Again'' and made its final appearance on ''Queen of the Night Clubs''. | ||
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'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film. | '''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film. | ||
'''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]]. | ||
* 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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'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie. | '''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It's seen on films from the period and occasionally seen on TCM or preserved on Warner Archive DVD and Blu-ray releases. Examples are ''The Petrified Forest'', ''Dames'' (1934), ''Captain Blood'' (1935), ''The Life of Emile Zola'' and ''Marked Woman'' (1937). | ||
* Its first known appearance is on ''Here Comes the Navy'' and made its final theatrical appearance on ''She Loved a Fireman''. | * Its first known appearance is on ''Here Comes the Navy'' and made its final theatrical appearance on ''She Loved a Fireman''. | ||
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'''Audio Variant:''' On ''New York Confidential'', the logo had a different fanfare, composed by Joseph Mullendore. | '''Audio Variant:''' On ''New York Confidential'', the logo had a different fanfare, composed by Joseph Mullendore. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' 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 also precedes the prologue in the 1949 re-release version of ''G Men''. | * It also precedes the prologue in the 1949 re-release version of ''G Men''. | ||
* This logo made its first full-color appearance in ''The Rope'' 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 full-color appearance in ''The Rope'' 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). | ||
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'''Audio:''' None or the film's opening theme. | '''Audio:''' None or the film's opening theme. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on some Warner Bros. films (during the Seven Arts-era of the studio) of the period, though it's usually replaced with a newer logo, such as on pre-1998 prints of ''Bullitt'' (which were plastered by the 1984 Warner Communications "Shield of Staleness", with the exception of the 1980 [[WCI Home Video]] release) and on the WCI release of ''The Green Berets'' (where the 1972 "Big W" plasters it). | ||
* The current DVD/Blu-ray release of ''Bullitt'', and current prints of ''Charro'' and ''The Wild Bunch'' have their logos intact/restored. | * The current DVD/Blu-ray release of ''Bullitt'', and current prints of ''Charro'' and ''The Wild Bunch'' have their logos intact/restored. | ||
* Also seen after the 1984 Warner Communications shield logo on ''The Arrangement'', which aired on an international feed of TCM. | * Also seen after the 1984 Warner Communications shield logo on ''The Arrangement'', which aired on an international feed of TCM. | ||
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'''Audio:''' Again, the opening/closing theme of the movie's theme or silence. | '''Audio:''' Again, the opening/closing theme of the movie's theme or silence. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Can be found on movies such as ''Chisum'', ''Dirty Harry'', ''The Omega Man'', ''The Cowboys'', ''Billy Jack'', and ''THX-1138'', as well as the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of ''Death in Venice'' (where it was previously plastered by the 11th logo). | ||
* This logo made its first appearance on ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' and made its final appearance on ''Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues''. ''What's Up, Doc?'', the next film WB released, instead uses the classic WB shield as an in-credit logo, and would be the first film to use the Warner Communications byline. | * This logo made its first appearance on ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' and made its final appearance on ''Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues''. ''What's Up, Doc?'', the next film WB released, instead uses the classic WB shield as an in-credit logo, and would be the first film to use the Warner Communications byline. | ||
* As we all know, Warner was incredibly shoddy with logo preservation until recently. AMC and TCM showings of Warner movies '''may''' include this logo, but one of its more recent counterparts, most likely the Warner Communications and Time Warner (not Time Warner Entertainment) variations, may appear instead. | * As we all know, Warner was incredibly shoddy with logo preservation until recently. AMC and TCM showings of Warner movies '''may''' include this logo, but one of its more recent counterparts, most likely the Warner Communications and Time Warner (not Time Warner Entertainment) variations, may appear instead. | ||
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'''Audio:''' None, or in the case of ''The Man in the Wilderness'', the opening audio. | '''Audio:''' None, or in the case of ''The Man in the Wilderness'', the opening audio. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on ''The Man in the Wilderness'' and preserved on the Warner Archive Blu-ray. | ||
* May have been seen on other films from this time period (it's confirmed to also be on a later Kinney-era film, possibly ''Snow Job''), but it's hard to say between Warner's rampant plastering habits and more common usage of the 7th logo. | * May have been seen on other films from this time period (it's confirmed to also be on a later Kinney-era film, possibly ''Snow Job''), but it's hard to say between Warner's rampant plastering habits and more common usage of the 7th logo. | ||
* Not helping matters is how even the aforementioned ''Man in the Wilderness'' used the Kinney Shield as its closing logo. | * Not helping matters is how even the aforementioned ''Man in the Wilderness'' used the Kinney Shield as its closing logo. | ||
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'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film, although ''Get to Know Your Rabbit'' uses a horn-driven theme with a flute mixed in towards the end. | '''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film, although ''Get to Know Your Rabbit'' uses a horn-driven theme with a flute mixed in towards the end. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' This was another placeholder logo only used on a few films to begin with, including ''Deliverance'', ''The Candidate'' and ''Super Fly''. | ||
* However, due to Warner's plastering habits, this was subject to being replaced with either the next logo below or the 1984 shield logo and its later variations. | * However, due to Warner's plastering habits, this was subject to being replaced with either the next logo below or the 1984 shield logo and its later variations. | ||
* It is currently intact on the DVD release of ''The Candidate'' and the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray of ''Deliverance'', as well as airings on TCM Australia and Fox Classics. | * It is currently intact on the DVD release of ''The Candidate'' and the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray of ''Deliverance'', as well as airings on TCM Australia and Fox Classics. | ||
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'''Audio Variant:''' Oddly, on Warner Archive's Blu-ray release of ''The Drowning Pool'', it has the second half of the 1999 fanfare playing due to a plastering error, using the 2001 prints. | '''Audio Variant:''' Oddly, on Warner Archive's Blu-ray release of ''The Drowning Pool'', it has the second half of the 1999 fanfare playing due to a plastering error, using the 2001 prints. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It premiered on ''The Train Robbers'' and made its final regular appearance on ''Lassiter'', subsequently appearing on ''Finders Keepers'' and ''Irreconcilable Differences'' (as seen on the [[Vestron Video]] release and the 2009 [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lionsgate]] DVD, as it uses the same VHS master). | ||
* Warner Bros.' editing bug in the '80s and early '90s meant that Warner Communications and Time Warner shield logos were seen over this logo and, ironically enough, that this did some plastering of its own back when it was the current logo, as seen on early WCI/Warner VHS and Betamax releases of ''The Green Berets'' (originally had the 6th logo) and ''The Candidate'' (originally had the 9th logo). | * Warner Bros.' editing bug in the '80s and early '90s meant that Warner Communications and Time Warner shield logos were seen over this logo and, ironically enough, that this did some plastering of its own back when it was the current logo, as seen on early WCI/Warner VHS and Betamax releases of ''The Green Berets'' (originally had the 6th logo) and ''The Candidate'' (originally had the 9th logo). | ||
* This logo has started to resurface again on most newer remasters on most 1973-1984 films. | * This logo has started to resurface again on most newer remasters on most 1973-1984 films. | ||