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* On trailers for some films (mostly when distributing [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|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.

* 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 ''Moonraker'', the logo was in freeze-frame.

* Depending on the film, the placement and colors of the logo would vary ever so slightly.

* On European releases, such as the Italian release of ''Cannibal Holocaust'', it would say "United Artists Europa Inc.", in the 5th logo's font. This can be seen on the Shameless UK DVD & Blu-ray release. This logo is not on American releases, as early VHS copies edited it out, while on the Grindhouse DVD, it is replaced with the [[Grindhouse Releasing]] logo. This logo was also seen on ''Primo Amore''.

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* Until recently, this logo was very hard to find 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 1978 rerelease of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', taking over as the regular logo beginning with ''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'', and last appeared on ''Deadly Blessing''.

* It has been preserved on the 1990 [[MGM Home Entertainment|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 Film Entertainment|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 Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] VHS and DVD release of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (this is not on the [[Thorn EMI Video (UK)|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.

* This also makes a surprise reappearance on the 2010 Warner Home Video DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ralph Bakshi's ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978), though it is absent on all older releases. It is also intact on the MGM MOD DVD-R and Kino Lorber Blu-rays of ''Valentino'', ''Burnt Offerings'', and the Scream Factory Blu-ray of the 1978 version of ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', which uses a new 2K transfer (the 2007 MGM DVD & Blu-ray and Arrow Video UK Blu-ray have the 2001 MGM lion and UA logos in its place).

* It was presented intact on a June 15, 1995 Movie Channel (UK) airing of ''Roadie''; however the 1989 Wood Knapp Video VHS of the film has a black screen in its place, and the 2003 DVD and a non-US broadcast of the film plaster it with the 14th logo while keeping the opening sound effects and music intact.

* The U.S. print of the [[ITC Entertainment Group (UK)|ITC Entertainment Group]]-produced ''The Big Sleep'' also had this logo. Early television airings of ''Apocalypse Now'' should preserve this logo, although the 1990s [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Video]] Laserdisc uses the 1990 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo, and neither the early videocassette releases nor the DVD releases contain a logo at all.

* A shortened version appears on the original home video release of ''Manhattan'', cutting any frame where Transamerica references are visible.

* It is preserved on trailers on the iTunes movie store.

* It also appears on the original [[Magnetic Video Corporation]] release of ''The Jazz Singer'', followed by the 1923 [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] 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).

* 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 Pictures|Universal Studios]] owns because they control some of the pre-1996 [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)|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.

* On James Bond films of this period, it originally appeared on ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''Moonraker'', and ''For Your Eyes Only''.  

* This logo was on the trailers for the 1976 to 1981 MGM films ''That's Entertainment Part II'', ''Logan's Run'', ''Fame'', and ''He Knows Where You Sleep'' (on the latter two films this logo appears under the 1966 MGM logo). However, it does not appear on the actual release prints of MGM films from the era.

* This logo may have been seen on U.S. VidAmerica and U.K. Intervision Video VHS and Betamax releases of United Artists films.

* It also appeared on reissue prints of ''Return of the Pink Panther'' (reissued alongside ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' and then ''Revenge of the Pink Panther''), ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (reissued in the late summer of 1978), and ''Some Like It Hot'' (reissued in the spring of 1980). This logo was also recently seen on Grit network's airings of ''The Big Red One'', though it is absent on all other releases.

* It appeared on a late '80s Cinemax airing of ''The End'' and an Italian Sky Cinema broadcast of ''The Missouri Breaks''.

* It is also intact on international prints of ''Buffalo Bill and the Indians (or, Sitting Bull's History Lesson)'', as [[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]] owns overseas distribution rights as part of the catalog of producer Dino de Laurentiis.