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*On trailers for some films (mostly when distributing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films), the "T" and Transamerica Corporation byline are in white and the words "Released thru" are seen above the logo. On trailers for the films from about 1977 to 1981, the 1966 MGM logo is seen above the standard logo (with "Released thru" above it). "An MGM Presentation" is seen next to the MGM logo. | *On trailers for some films (mostly when distributing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films), the "T" and Transamerica Corporation byline are in white and the words "Released thru" are seen above the logo. On trailers for the films from about 1977 to 1981, the 1966 MGM logo is seen above the standard logo (with "Released thru" above it). "An MGM Presentation" is seen next to the MGM logo. | ||
*A similar variant appears on some films such as ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', a full screen print of ''Moonraker'', and the Lorimar-produced ''Being There'', ''Cruising'', ''Carny'', and ''The Big Red One''. The "T" and the text are bigger and the Transamerica byline is smaller. It was known as a print logo, and was seen on movie posters | *A similar variant appears on some films such as ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', a full screen print of ''Moonraker'', and the Lorimar-produced ''Being There'', ''Cruising'', ''Carny'', and ''The Big Red One''. The "T" and the text are bigger and the Transamerica byline is smaller. It was known as a print logo, and was seen on movie posters. | ||
*The print variant also appears on black and white films, including ''Manhattan'', ''Stardust Memories'' (both Woody Allen films), ''Raging Bull'', and ''Eye of the Needle'' (which was mostly in color), only the full animation is used, and unlike the trailers, "Released thru" doesn't appear at all. | *The print variant also appears on black and white films, including ''Manhattan'', ''Stardust Memories'' (both Woody Allen films), ''Raging Bull'', and ''Eye of the Needle'' (which was mostly in color), only the full animation is used, and unlike the trailers, "Released thru" doesn't appear at all. | ||
*On trailers for films, the logo is still and the Transamerica byline is in white. However, the original theatrical trailer for ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' has the still version of the regular version, though the film itself has the variant from a full screen version print of ''Moonraker''. | *On trailers for films, the logo is still and the Transamerica byline is in white. However, the original theatrical trailer for ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' has the still version of the regular version, though the film itself has the variant from a full screen version print of ''Moonraker''. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
*Until recently, this logo was very hard to find due outside of old TV airings and select prints, due to rampant plastering by the means of MGM and later UA variants. Nowadays, MGM sub-licenses its films to video labels that perform new scans and remasters and leave studio logos intact on the film unlike MGM themselves. Therefore, this logo and its later variant have been making more reappearances than in the past few years. Most United Artists films of the time have had this logo edited over with newer logos or recent MGM logos, but it occasionally appears on older prints. | *Until recently, this logo was very hard to find due outside of old TV airings and select prints, due to rampant plastering by the means of MGM and later UA variants. Nowadays, MGM sub-licenses its films to video labels that perform new scans and remasters and leave studio logos intact on the film unlike MGM themselves. Therefore, this logo and its later variant have been making more reappearances than in the past few years. Most United Artists films of the time have had this logo edited over with newer logos or recent MGM logos, but it occasionally appears on older prints. | ||
*The original version is believed to have first appeared on ''Stay Hungry'', becoming UA's regular logo beginning with ''The Missouri Breaks'', and last appeared on ''Head Over Heels'' (the original version of ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'', which would be reissued in 1982 under the United Artists Classics banner), while the variant with the smaller byline first appeared on ''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'' and last appeared on ''Deadly Blessing''. | |||
*It has been preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases of ''The Black Stallion'' and ''Thunderbird 6'', the 1980 MGM/CBS Home Video releases of the United Artists-distributed Lorimar Motion Pictures films ''Being There'' (same for the Criterion Collection Blu-ray), ''Cruising'' (same for the CBS/Fox Video and Warner Home Video re-releases of the latter), and ''Carny''. In the case of ''Carny'', it was removed. | *It has been preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases of ''The Black Stallion'' and ''Thunderbird 6'', the 1980 MGM/CBS Home Video releases of the United Artists-distributed Lorimar Motion Pictures films ''Being There'' (same for the Criterion Collection Blu-ray), ''Cruising'' (same for the CBS/Fox Video and Warner Home Video re-releases of the latter), and ''Carny''. In the case of ''Carny'', it was removed. | ||
*It was also on the 1997 Warner Home Video VHS and DVD release of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (this is not on the Thorn EMI Video and Republic Pictures Home Video VHS releases and Warner Home Video's later Blu-ray and DVD releases). It makes an appearance on the trailer for ''The Last Wave'' on The Criterion Collection DVD release. | *It was also on the 1997 Warner Home Video VHS and DVD release of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (this is not on the Thorn EMI Video and Republic Pictures Home Video VHS releases and Warner Home Video's later Blu-ray and DVD releases). It makes an appearance on the trailer for ''The Last Wave'' on The Criterion Collection DVD release. | ||
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*It also appears on the original Magnetic Video Corporation release of ''The Jazz Singer'', followed by the 1923 Warner Bros. logo. The black and white variant is preserved on the RCA CED and Magnetic Video Corporation VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc releases of ''Raging Bull'', as well as the Blu-ray release and Netflix viewings of ''Stardust Memories'' (oddly after the 2001 MGM logo and 2001 UA "Swoosh"). | *It also appears on the original Magnetic Video Corporation release of ''The Jazz Singer'', followed by the 1923 Warner Bros. logo. The black and white variant is preserved on the RCA CED and Magnetic Video Corporation VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc releases of ''Raging Bull'', as well as the Blu-ray release and Netflix viewings of ''Stardust Memories'' (oddly after the 2001 MGM logo and 2001 UA "Swoosh"). | ||
*Also seen on the Magnetic releases of ''The Black Stallion'', ''Annie Hall'', and ''La Cage Aux Folles''. Also seen on the international prints of ''Piranha'', which is preserved on the Region 2 DVD after the 1995 logo. It also appeared on pre-1981 prints of ''Rocky II'', including HBO broadcasts (the best place to look for that, and previous versions of the Transamerica logos in general, would be through commercial-free cable TV broadcasts, and old network TV broadcasts from before 1981). | *Also seen on the Magnetic releases of ''The Black Stallion'', ''Annie Hall'', and ''La Cage Aux Folles''. Also seen on the international prints of ''Piranha'', which is preserved on the Region 2 DVD after the 1995 logo. It also appeared on pre-1981 prints of ''Rocky II'', including HBO broadcasts (the best place to look for that, and previous versions of the Transamerica logos in general, would be through commercial-free cable TV broadcasts, and old network TV broadcasts from before 1981). | ||
*It is also seen intact on the Region 2 and Region 4 DVDs of ''Rocky II'', the Warner Archive Instant print of ''Americathon'', and the Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-ray of ''Deadly Blessing'' (a film Universal Studios owns because they control some of the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library, in addition to being the very last film released in the Transamerica era | *It is also seen intact on the Region 2 and Region 4 DVDs of ''Rocky II'', the Warner Archive Instant print of ''Americathon'', and the Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-ray of ''Deadly Blessing'' (a film Universal Studios owns because they control some of the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library, in addition to being the very last film released in the Transamerica era), and ''Jaws of Satan'' (a.k.a. ''King Cobra''). | ||
*This logo makes a very strange appearance on the US Scorpion Releasing Blu-Ray of Terror Train (1980), whereas other prints have the 1953 20th Century Fox logo. | *This logo makes a very strange appearance on the US Scorpion Releasing Blu-Ray of Terror Train (1980), whereas other prints have the 1953 20th Century Fox logo. | ||
*On James Bond films of this period, it originally appeared on ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''Moonraker'', and ''For Your Eyes Only''. | *On James Bond films of this period, it originally appeared on ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''Moonraker'', and ''For Your Eyes Only''. | ||