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*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''.

*The MGM/UA VHS release of ''Marty'' also preserves this, and it's been suggested that this also even appeared on its original VHS and Betamax release, from CBS/Fox Video.

*The in-credit variant is also seen on all the British-made films from London Productions that were distributed by UA, though it does not appear on the 1942 ''Jungle Book'' film.

*On the 1990 [[MGM/UA Home Video]] Laserdisc release of ''A Bridge Too Far'', this logo plasters over the Transamerica byline variant that is on the film itself.

*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''.

**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.

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The logo is contained inside a {{color|gold|yellow}} circle, focused off-center from the screen, but centered around the logo, which is inside a {{color|blue}} rectangle with rounded corners, encased inside an off-center {{color|darkviolet|purple}} box, surrounded by offset {{color|darkred|dark red}} bars.

**It was also said to be seen on a Retroplex airing of said film.

*Among the other films that originally featured this logo were ''Billion Dollar Brain'', ''Operation Kid Brother'' (U.S. prints), ''Death Rides a Horse'' (U.S. prints), ''The Party'', ''Kill a Dragon'', ''Yours, Mine & Ours'', ''Danger Route'', ''Live for Life'', and ''Hang 'Em High''.

*The original U.S. theatrical run of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' also did not originally have this logo, as confirmed by the original 1967 continuity script which described the first reel as going straight to the title sequence from the leader (the absence thereof is preserved on the 1990 MGM/UA VHS and Laserdisc releases).

**However, it is intact on the 2017 Kino Blu-ray release of ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' (after the 2012 MGM logo) as well as on the 2021 Blu-ray and 4k UHD releases.

*A B&W variant also exists, which was seen on late 1960s reissues of older black and white United Artists films. This was also seen on Woody Allen's <u>''Sleeper''</u>.

*On a <u>few films</u>, such as ''Midnight Cowboy'', the logo fades into a white background to accompany the opening credits.

*On <u>reissue trailers for some films</u> a still version of this logo is used, only it says "{{font|Helvetica|''Re-released thru''}}" above the logo.

*On some Scope films, such as <u>''The Secret of Santa Vittoria''</u>, <u>''The Organization''</u>, <u>''The World of Hans Christian Andersen''</u>, <u>''Fellini Satyricon''</u>, <u>''The Long Goodbye''</u>, <u>''Visit to a Chief's Son''</u>, and <u>''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot''</u>, the logo is zoomed out further than usual. Other Scope films, including ''The Bridge at Remagen'', ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', ''Diamonds Are Forever'', and ''Fiddler on the Roof'', simply used the standard variant cropped heavily, and on Scope films that use the 1975 variant, the logo zooms out similar to the Scope variant of the 1984 Tri-Star Pictures logo.

*<u>Most releases</u> had the logo silent or with the opening theme/audio of the film.

*On the <u>current print of ''The Adventures of Gerard''</u>, it uses the last half of the 1982 fanfare, due to a sloppy reverse plaster, but it actually fits this logo quite nicely.

*On the <u>2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of ''Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia''</u> (second pressing only, which uses Arrow's 2017 4k remaster), this logo uses the 2000 music from the 13th and 14th logos, respectively, due to a sloppy reverse plastering error (Arrow's 2017 UK Blu-ray release is silent as it should be). The first pressing of the 2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases uses the older MGM HD master with the 2001 MGM URL variant and the 14th UA logo.

'''Availability:''' Seen on films and animated shorts by the company from the time-period until 1976.

**This was presumably done for legal reasons, as Transamerica Corporation still exists as a company (and were 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; as a result, this logo has started to become much more common than it was during the last ten years.

*The version with the fanfare was mainly seen on original prints of ''Pink Panther'' shorts and various DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoons of the time, co-produced with Mirisch/UA.

*It has also recently resurfaced on the first ''Blue Racer'' and ''Hoot Kloot'' shorts, as well as on all ''The Dogfather'' shorts on the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-ray releases.

*It also makes 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 release of ''The World of Hans Christian Andersen''.

*The ''Fiddler on the Roof'' variant was seen on early television broadcasts, and is also intact on the 1981 RCA CED release (Magnetic Video Corporation's version was released later that same year, and by that time, Transamerica no longer owned United Artists; early copies thereof may retain this variant, though).

*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''.  

**For home media releases including the 2000 MGM DVDs and subsequent Blu-Rays, this is generally plastered on the films proper, though occasionally preserved on extra material. For example, ''From Russia With Love'' releases feature the logo for a split second at the end of a double billing trailer for said film and ''Thunderball'', while releases of ''Thunderball''  preserve the "re-released" variant on a reissue trailer for a double feature of said film and ''You Only Live Twice''. Additionally, the standard still variant is preserved on the main theatrical trailers included on the Blu-Rays of ''Diamonds Are Forever'' (as well as making a brief appearance on the making-of documentary for said film) and *Man With The Golden Gun*.

**It is currently unknown if any other full screen versions of Woody Allen titles on DVD releases retain their original United Artists titles.

*This logo is also preserved on some trailers on DVD and Blu-ray releases, and trailers on the iTunes store.

**While ''Vigilante Force'' is rated PG in the United States and even bears the T on print advertising, the final product uses this logo because Transamerica found it to be just as sleazy as the R-rated films with this logo (censors in the UK and West Germany felt the same way, which caused them to issue adults-only ratings to the picture).

*It is also seen on later Magnetic Video Corporation and most 20th Century-Fox Video VHS, Betamax and Laserdisc prints of ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Rocky'', ''Dr. No'', ''Goldfinger'', ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'', ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''White Lightning'', ''Now, Voyager'', ''The Return of a Man Called Horse'', and ''Rollerball'', among others.

*Currently appears on the 2002 MGM DVD and the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''The French Lieutenant's Woman''; however, streaming prints and overseas Blu-ray releases have the 2001 logo in its place instead.  

*It is also seen on some public domain DVD releases of ''The Magic Sword''.  

*It first appeared as the standard logo on ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' and made its last appearance on ''The House Where Evil Dwells''.

'''Availability:''' Seen on films from the company (mainly older prints that retain it) from the time-period until 1981.

*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, titled ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'', would be reissued in 1982 under the [[United Artists Classics]] banner), while the variant with the smaller byline first appeared on the 1978 re-release 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 is also preserved on the 1990 [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] VHS releases of ''The Black Stallion'' and ''Thunderbird 6'', as well as 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 release), ''Cruising'' (same for the CBS/Fox Video and Warner Home Video re-releases of the latter), and ''Carny''.

*It is also preserved on the 1997 [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] VHS and DVD releases of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', plastering over the later variant of the 1968 logo.

**It also makes an appearance on the trailer for ''The Last Wave'' on The Criterion Collection DVD release.

**It is also intact on the MGM MOD DVD-R and Kino Lorber Blu-ray releases of ''Valentino'', ''Burnt Offerings'', and the Scream Factory Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray releases of the 1978 version of ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (the 2007 MGM DVD and Blu-ray releases and Arrow Video UK Blu-ray release have both the 2001 variant of the 1986 MGM logo and UA logo in its place).

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

**It is also preserved on the international prints of ''Piranha'', which is preserved on the Region 2 DVD release after the 1994 logo.

**It is also preserved 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).

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

*This logo is seen on U.S. 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 below the 1966 MGM logo).

*It is also preserved on some '90s MGM/UA Home Video releases such as the 1990 and 1994 releases of ''The Secret of NIMH'', along with the 1991 VHS release of ''West Side Story''.  

*It is also preserved on UK prints of ''The Plague Dogs'' (the shorter U.S. version was distributed by [[Embassy Films Associates|Embassy Pictures]] and had their logo in place), and is also intact on Optimum Releasing's DVD release and Shout! Factory's Blu-ray release of the movie.

*It is also currently preserved on ''The Wilby Conspiracy'', preceded by the 2008 MGM lion.

**It can also seen on TCM airings of ''The Horse Soldiers''.

*It is also preserved on older MGM VHS and DVD releases (an example being the Australian DVD release of ''12 Angry Men'').  

*On Blu-ray releases, this is preserved on the Scream Factory release of ''The Rage: Carrie 2'', MGM's releases of ''The Birdcage'', ''Rob Roy'', the 2014 remastered release of ''Rocky'' (even appearing on the 2020 theatrical re-release), and ''Ronin'' (as well as on the 2017 Arrow Video remastered Blu-ray release).  

*It is also preserved on the original 1998/99 DVD releases of ''The Secret of NIMH'', plastering the 1982 "Turning UA" logo; and on the 1999 VHS and DVD releases of ''Yellow Submarine''.

*The 1996 Laserdisc of ''The Great Train Robbery'' also plasters the 6th logo that was originally on the movie with this one.

*The "AN MGM COMPANY" variant of the logo is also preserved at the start of the pilot episode of ''The Super 6'' on the 2013 TGG Direct DVD release of ''The Super 6: The Complete Series''.