Castle Films: Difference between revisions

* An early version of the closing logo features an outlined version of the normal logo. Plus, "PRESENTATION" replaces "PRODUCTION".

* A later closing variant has the logo on a dark blocky patterned background. Shortly after, "The End" in a fancy, cursive font fades in and slightly darkens the logo.

* A [[Terrytoons]] variant has the castle with very little detail outside of several of a few horizontal black blocks on the top of the towers acting as the castle's battlements. "PRESENTATION" is also present instead of "PRODUCTION", but unlike the early variant, the "P" is bigger than the rest of the letters.

* An early variant consists of the logo on a darker background and "presents" in a different cursive font.

* An alternate variant has the logo set to a background resembling warped castle shadows and a dark-shaded flooring aligned to the logo. The castle also has luster on its towers.

* On ''Music Album'' films, the castle is white, the company name is black, and it appears on the series' title card.

* The alternate background variant has the logo zoom out and "presents" fade in underneath.  

** On some ''News Parade'' newsreels, the logo crossfades to The End after zooming out.

* Another alternate closing variant has the logo on the bottom right and "The End" in a big format and on the top left.

** On ''Help Yourself'', this variant is set to a black background, "''The End''" is in a different fancy font, and "{{Font|Times New Roman|''Produced by''}}" appears above the Castle Films logo.

* One early closing variant has the logo centered on a black background with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's copyright underneath it. "THE END" in a large, Art-Deco font fades over the logo.

* The castle pattern may be light brown, brown or light blue on colorized prints. Likewise, the background is blue or brown respectively.

* On Terrytoons cartoons, the pattern appears on the top of the screen, "THE END" in the middle and the [[Terrytoons]] logo on the bottom.

* On color cartoons, mainly the Lantz cartoons, a castle pattern is golden and the background is water blue.

* An alternate version of the logo exists where the towers are made of stone, the castle has no shine, the text is less bolded, "ST" and "LM" in "CASTLE" and "FILMS" respectively have a smaller shadow, and "'''''P R E S E N T S '''''" is spaced out.

* On the News Parade newsreel "News Parade of the Year 1943", the castle appears to be made of stone and the company name has visible wires over it. "Presents" is close together and italicized.

* A rare alternate view variant of the logo has the castle facing downwards and the company name horizontally aligned to it. Its shadow is facing towards the bottom of the screen with "PRESENT" underneath it.

* The font for "The End" may vary.

* On ''Washington In War Time'', a trademark to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was added underneath the logo.

* There are some colorized version of the logo:

** One has the castle in {{color|blue}} against a tan background.

* The position of the clouds may change.

* An early font for the "Presents" text has it in a cursive font.

* A television variant has the logo and text smaller and surrounded by clouds. "TELEVISION RIGHTS RESERVED" is also added underneath the logo.

* On ''Survival Under Atomic Attack'', "''Produced by''" in a cursive font appears above the logo whereas "TELEVISION RIGHTS RESERVED" and a different United World Films copyright notice is underneath the logo.

* One variant gives the whole logo a motion-blurred shadow facing the top right.

* A colorized variant exists, which has the logo in light brown, the sky in dark blue, and "''Presents''" in {{color|red}}.

* A later variant features the logo in less detail than the normal logo with the castle with less shading and the background with a reduced amount of clouds.

** The colorized version of this logo has the castle in {{color|brown}} and the text in white.

* Sometimes, the logo is off center.

* On films copyrighted by [[United World Films]], a copyright for that company appears below the end title.

* On the Lantz cartoons, the pattern appears on the top of the screen, "THE END" in the middle and the Walter Lantz logo on the bottom.

* The earliest closing variant features the stacked company name, including "'''INC.'''" on the bottom, covering up most of the castle. Additionally section of the fortress have a gradient and it is on the bottom center of the screen alongside the copyright notice. "{{Font|Garamond|'''THE END'''}}" in white and with a black shadow is placed above the logo.

* On ''Mummy's Ghost'', the later variant has "The End" slightly shifted to the left.

* The colorized version of the later variant has "The End" in yellow.

* A few Terrytoons re-prints feature the Castle Films logo alongside the Terrytoons logo. In this variant, the castle is black and minimalist.

* Colorized version of the logo features it in the same coloring as the previous logo but with the bottom text in white and its shadow in {{color|red}}.

* At the end of an abridged version of ''Psycho'', the following text is placed underneath "The End":

* An in-credit variant exists.