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*Among the other films that originally featured this logo were ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''West Side Story'' (at least on general release prints), ''One, Two, Three'', and The Beatles' films ''A Hard Day's Night'' and ''Help!''. | *Among the other films that originally featured this logo were ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''West Side Story'' (at least on general release prints), ''One, Two, Three'', and The Beatles' films ''A Hard Day's Night'' and ''Help!''. | ||
*This logo was also seen on international prints of some pre-1948 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts that they owned while plastering the Warner Bros. opening of the era, an example being BBC 1 broadcasts from the 1980s. | *This logo was also seen on international prints of some pre-1948 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts that they owned while plastering the Warner Bros. opening of the era, an example being BBC 1 broadcasts from the 1980s. | ||
*It has also been preserved on ''Call Me Bwana'', ''Stranger on Horseback'', ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (preceded by the 10th logo on the 1990 VHS release), ''Thunderbirds Are Go!'', ''Tomorrow, the World!'', ''Three Sundays to Live'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''The Happy Thieves'', ''The Fabulous Dorseys'', ''The Horse's Mouth'', and ''How I Won the War'' (an early Transamerica-era film that was intended to be released six months earlier than it actually was; possibly the last film to feature the hexagon, before Transamerica took over). | *It has also been preserved on ''Call Me Bwana'', ''Stranger on Horseback'', ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (preceded by the 10th logo on the 1990 VHS release), ''Thunderbirds Are Go!'', ''Tomorrow, the World!'', ''Three Sundays to Live'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''The Happy Thieves'', ''The Fabulous Dorseys'', ''White Zombie'', ''The Horse's Mouth'', and ''How I Won the War'' (an early Transamerica-era film that was intended to be released six months earlier than it actually was; possibly the last film to feature the hexagon, before Transamerica took over). | ||
*It is also intact on the Scream Factory Blu-ray release of ''Doctor Blood's Coffin'', the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''10 Seconds to Hell'', and the Twilight Time Blu-ray and Vudu prints of ''Inserts'' (made in 1976, but it was rated X, so Transamerica didn't want its name nor insignia on the film, and since it was a period piece set in the '30s UA simply decided to use this logo as a stylistic choice in lieu of a textual notice), TCM airings of ''Tomorrow, the World!'' and ''Return from the Ashes'', and ThisTV airings of ''Gentlemen Marry Brunettes''. | *It is also intact on the Scream Factory Blu-ray release of ''Doctor Blood's Coffin'', the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''10 Seconds to Hell'', and the Twilight Time Blu-ray and Vudu prints of ''Inserts'' (made in 1976, but it was rated X, so Transamerica didn't want its name nor insignia on the film, and since it was a period piece set in the '30s UA simply decided to use this logo as a stylistic choice in lieu of a textual notice), TCM airings of ''Tomorrow, the World!'' and ''Return from the Ashes'', and ThisTV airings of ''Gentlemen Marry Brunettes''. | ||
*This is also seen on international prints of ''The Man with the Golden Arm'', in which it also makes a surprise reappearance on an Australian TV airing and on the German Blu-ray release. | *This is also seen on international prints of ''The Man with the Golden Arm'', in which it also makes a surprise reappearance on an Australian TV airing and on the German Blu-ray release. | ||
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*It also does not appear on ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), ''The Miracle Worker'', ''The Barefoot Contessa'', ''The Killing'', ''A Fistful of Dollars'', ''For a Few Dollars More'', ''Tom Jones'', ''The Pink Panther'', ''The Alamo'', ''Birdman of Alcatraz'', or ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. | *It also does not appear on ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), ''The Miracle Worker'', ''The Barefoot Contessa'', ''The Killing'', ''A Fistful of Dollars'', ''For a Few Dollars More'', ''Tom Jones'', ''The Pink Panther'', ''The Alamo'', ''Birdman of Alcatraz'', or ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. | ||
*Very rarely, a VHS and Laserdisc release of these will preserve this logo's absence without also showing a later logo. | *Very rarely, a VHS and Laserdisc release of these will preserve this logo's absence without also showing a later logo. | ||
**This | **This has been known to happen on the 1990 Laserdisc release of ''A Fistful of Dollars'', the 1981 Magnetic Video release of ''The Pink Panther'' (some prints just use the 5th logo), the 2000 Western Classics VHS release of ''The Alamo'', the 1990 VHS release of ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', and the 1992 VHS release of ''The Miracle Worker''. | ||
*This logo was also recently seen at the start of a January 3, 2023 Film4 airing of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', following the 2001 variant of the 1986 MGM logo. | *This logo was also recently seen at the start of a January 3, 2023 Film4 airing of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', following the 2001 variant of the 1986 MGM logo. | ||