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'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
'''Audio:''' | '''Audio:''' The closing theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Most of their silent films of this time were destroyed, while some went into the public domain and have recreated titles replacing the Universal references. This is known to appear on their early films including ''The Girl Ranchers'' and ''The Ohio Flood''. | '''Availability:''' Most of their silent films of this time were destroyed, while some went into the public domain and have recreated titles replacing the Universal references. This is known to appear on their early films including ''The Girl Ranchers'' and ''The Ohio Flood''. | ||
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{{YouTube|id2=mAtvjzFa-Lo}} | {{YouTube|id2=mAtvjzFa-Lo}} | ||
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'''Visuals:''' A sepia rotating model globe with "UNIVERSAL FILMS" on a space background with a "Made in USA" logo (which resembles an | '''Visuals:''' A sepia rotating model globe with "UNIVERSAL FILMS" on a space background with a "Made in USA" logo (which resembles an Interstate Highway shield) on two bottom corners. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* There is a <u>{{color|green}}</u> version of the logo. | * There is a <u>{{color|green}}</u> version of the logo. | ||
* There is a <u>black and white</u> version of this logo. | * There is a <u>black and white</u> version of this logo. | ||
* There is a variant where "UNIVERSAL FILMS" is not superimposed over the globe but rather a model. The text is also placed in a lower position than normal. The globe and space background also looks different. The "Made in USA" logo is | * There is a variant where "UNIVERSAL FILMS" is not superimposed over the globe but rather a model. The text is also placed in a lower position than normal. The globe and space background also looks different. The "Made in USA" logo is omitted. The globe animation is also improved as well. | ||
* In ''<u>The Boy Mayor</u>'' the logo is bigger with stars all over it. | * In ''<u>The Boy Mayor</u>'' the logo is bigger with stars all over it. | ||
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'''Availability:''' This so far is known to appear on ''The Hedge Between'', ''The Heart of Humanity'' and at the end of ''The Boy Mayor'', all which are in the public domain. | '''Availability:''' This so far is known to appear on ''The Hedge Between'', ''The Heart of Humanity'' and at the end of ''The Boy Mayor'', all which are in the public domain. | ||
===3rd Logo (September 29, 1914- | ===3rd Logo (September 29, 1914-October 15, 1917)=== | ||
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File:Universal (1914, Shack Next Door).webp | |||
File:Universal Pictures (1917).png | |||
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a combination of a circle and a rounded rectangle surrounding the text "UNIVERSAL". To the bottom left and right corners of the circle are the words "TRADE" and "MARK", respectively. | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a combination of a circle and a rounded rectangle surrounding the text "UNIVERSAL". To the bottom left and right corners of the circle are the words "TRADE" and "MARK", respectively. | ||
'''Variant:''' At the beginning of some films, the print logo appears below, which contains the title of the film at the center with the byline or both the [[Rex Motion Picture Manufacturing Company|Rex Motion Picture Company]] and the Powers Picture Plays logos at the top of the screen. There is the text | |||
<center>Copyrighted [YEAR] by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company</center> | |||
At the bottom of the screen or on the lower-left. There are the words "All rights reserved" on the lower-right. On some films, the words "Approved by the [[National Board of Review]] of Motion Pictures" are above "Copyrighted [YEAR] by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company". | |||
'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
'''Audio:''' None. | '''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Shack Next Door''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on ''Shack Next Door'', ''Her Defiance'', ''Where Are My Children?'', ''Idle Wives'', ''Eleanor's Catch'', ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1916), ''The Purple Mask'', and ''Ruth Ann Baldwin's '49–'17''. | ||
===4th Logo (July 22, 1914-1919)=== | ===4th Logo (July 22, 1914-1919)=== | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
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'''Technique:''' None. | '''Technique:''' None. | ||
'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the | '''Audio:''' The closing theme of the film. Otherwise, it uses a violin theme. | ||
'''Availability:''' Like the | '''Availability:''' Like the first logo, this is hard to come across because most of their silent films of this time were destroyed, while some went into public domain and have recreated titles replacing the Universal references. This is harder to find as there are more films destroyed with reissue titles plastering this logo, though a select few films, however, have turned up with their original credits and this logo intact. It last appeared on a silent film aired on TCM's Silent Sunday Nights. However, it can be found on the film ''By the Sun's Rays''. | ||
==Universal Pictures (1st era)== | ==Universal Pictures (1st era)== | ||
===1st Logo (January 16, 1922-1927)=== | ===1st Logo (January 16, 1922-1927)=== | ||
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* It has also been seen on ''The Cat and The Canary'' and was also seen on ''Soft Shoes'' as well. | * It has also been seen on ''The Cat and The Canary'' and was also seen on ''Soft Shoes'' as well. | ||
===2nd Logo (January 18, 1925- | ===2nd Logo (January 18, 1925-December 25, 1928)=== | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:universal(6).jpg | File:universal(6).jpg | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*An extended variant exists. | |||
*On a black background, there is a globe on the top left with Carl Laemmle smiling in the middle whilst the globe is rotating at a normal pace. On the bottom right-hand corner, we see "Carl Laemmle" in a script font like the normal logo and says "Presents" below it. | *On a black background, there is a globe on the top left with Carl Laemmle smiling in the middle whilst the globe is rotating at a normal pace. On the bottom right-hand corner, we see "Carl Laemmle" in a script font like the normal logo and says "Presents" below it. | ||
*Another variant has the rotating globe but with the "CARL LAEMMLE" text in a <u>capitalized font</u>. | *Another variant has the rotating globe but with the "CARL LAEMMLE" text in a <u>capitalized font</u>. | ||
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'''Closing Variants:''' | '''Closing Variants:''' | ||
* The words "THE END" are seen superimposed over the globe, and the sky is darker. Seconds later, the text "IT'S A UNIVERSAL PICTURE" fades in. | * The words "THE END" are seen superimposed over the globe, and the sky is darker. Seconds later, the text "IT'S A UNIVERSAL PICTURE" fades in. | ||
* On ''Hell's Heroes'', there are the words "The End" in a script font inside the oval with a rainbow-like shape with "UNIVERSAL PICTURES" arched over the rotating globe. On the left side of the ribbon, there are the words "COPYRIGHT [YEAR] BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES CORP." and on the right side, there are the words "CARL LAEMMLE" with "PRESIDENT" below it. | |||
* Another closing variant</u> exists where the globe is at the bottom right corner rotating. On the top, it says "The End" in a cursive font. "It's a Universal Picture" (also in cursive) is superimposed over the globe. A ray of light also shines down on the globe. On some films, the text is on the bottom left corner. Starting around <u>1933</u>, the text is in a Broadway font. | * Another closing variant</u> exists where the globe is at the bottom right corner rotating. On the top, it says "The End" in a cursive font. "It's a Universal Picture" (also in cursive) is superimposed over the globe. A ray of light also shines down on the globe. On some films, the text is on the bottom left corner. Starting around <u>1933</u>, the text is in a Broadway font. | ||
* On <u>short films</u>, instead of the text saying "It's a Universal Picture", the text is replaced with "It's a Universal Short". | * On <u>short films</u>, instead of the text saying "It's a Universal Picture", the text is replaced with "It's a Universal Short". | ||