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*Until recently, this logo was very hard to find due to rampant plastering by the means of MGM and later UA variants. This is presumably done because Transamerica Corporation still exists as a company (and was still using the "T-Flower" logo in the 1980s). Nowadays, MGM licenses its films to various video labels that perform new scans and remasters and are more likely to leave studio logos intact on the film than MGM themselves. So thus, this logo has started to become much more common than it was during the last 10 years.

*The logo was allegedly first seen on ''The Thomas Crown Affair''. The original variant's last regular appearance was on the ''Dogfather'' cartoon ''Medicur'', released in 1976; its last appearance on a feature film was ''That's the Way of the World''. The 1975 variant first appeared on ''Brannigan'' and was last seen on ''Breakheart Pass''.

*Most adult offerings (either X or a hard R) from United Artists instead opened with a textual notice due to Transamerica wanting nothing to do with them. The only X-rated film to use this, or any other Transamerica T logo, was ''Midnight Cowboy'', which temporarily had a self-applied X rating because of internal concerns that the MPAA was too lenient in rating it R; the original R rating would finally be accepted soon after its commercial success saw it win the Best Picture Oscar in 1970.

*However, this logo (mainly the first variation) can currently be seen on the DVDs and TCM's prints of ''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' (original MGM DVD release only), ''Alice's Restaurant'', ''Cops and Robbers'', ''Sam Whiskey'', ''Jennifer on My Mind'', ''The Honkers'', ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (Region 2 DVDs only), and ''Jeremy'', all after either the 2001 MGM logo or 1994 logos.

*It has recently resurfaced on the 1st episodes of ''Sheriff Hoot Kloot'' and ''Blue Racer'', as well as all episodes of ''The Dogfather'' on the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-ray releases. It also makes a surprise appearance on the Magnetic Video Corporation Laserdisc release of ''Carrie'' (oddly enough, plastering the 6th logo).

*Also made appearances on the 1998 VHS release of ''Mr. Majestyk'' (after the 1994 logo), an Australian airing of ''The Last Escape'' (after the 1987 logo), and the Digiview DVD of ''The World of Hans Christian Andersen.''

*The second version is much harder to find, but is kept intact on the 1993 Republic Pictures Home Video VHS of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', and on the MGM DVD and ThisTV airings of ''The Killer Elite''. It can also be currently found on the Fun City Editions Blu-Ray of ''Smile'', the Scorpion Releasing 2021 Blu-Rays of ''The Killer Elite'' (1975), ''Shark's Treasure'', and ''Rollerball'' (1975), as well as 2020 German Capelight 4K UHD and remastered Blu-Ray of the latter.

*On James Bond films of this period, it originally appeared on ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (appears on a 16mm print), ''Diamonds Are Forever'' (appears on the RCA CED version), ''Live and Let Die'', and ''The Man with the Golden Gun''. The black & white version has been spotted on the 1989 VHS and current prints of ''Sleeper'' (it's blacked out on the 1983 VHS, however) and surprisingly, current releases of ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia''. It is currently unknown if any other full screen versions of Woody Allen titles on DVDs retain their original United Artists titles.

*This logo is also preserved on some trailers on DVDs, Blu-rays, and trailers on the iTunes store. The reissue variant can be seen on the 2000 MGM DVD release of ''Thunderball'' on a reissue trailer for a double feature of said film and ''You Only Live Twice''. It is unknown if this logo originally appeared on original American prints of 1973 to 1975 MGM films.

*It also makes Blu-ray reappearances on the MGM release of ''Sleeper'', the Kino Lorber releases of ''Cops and Robbers'' and ''Busting'', the Arrow Video releases of ''Pulp'' and ''Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'' (including the second pressing of the 2021 Kino Lorber Blu-Ray release), the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of ''Midnight Cowboy'', the Scream Factory release of ''What's the Matter With Helen?'', and the UK BFI Blu-ray of ''Women in Love'' (the Criterion Collection release of the latter, oddly enough, has the current UA logo in its place after the 2012 MGM logo).

*It may appear on Cartrivision tapes of UA and AAP features, including ''The Jazz Singer''.

*This logo was also seen on the US theatrical version of ''That’s the Way of the World'' (a Bryanston Pictures production they later got distribution rights back to). Some releases, like the U.S.A. Home Video/International Video Entertainment release and Lorimar's television prints, retain this logo, while others remove it or have the Bryanston Pictures logo in its place.