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'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, there is a drawing of a ringed globe with "UNIVERSAL FILMS" over it. A plate with the text "[[Nestor Film Company|NESTOR]]" or "SPECIAL" is seen with the trademark text under the plate. Sometimes, the text "NATIONAL BOARD OF CENSORS" is added under the globe.

'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the film.

* On ''The Purple Mask: Episode 5, Reel 1'', there is a print logo below with the words "MOVING" above the word "UNIVERSAL" and "PICTURES" below.

'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film.

'''Visuals:''' There is a circle with "UNIVERSAL" written above and "FILMS" written below. Inside the circle is some small text that says "TRADE MARK". A Saturn-like ring surrounds the circle, which reads "THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FILM CO. LTD." (Universal's British distributor at the time).

'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the film. Otherwise, it uses a violin theme.

'''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)==

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'''Variants:'''

*Another variant has the rotating globe but with the "CARL LAEMMLE" text in a <u>capitalized font</u>.

*At the end of <u>''Smouldering Fires''</u>, there is the text  "It's a ''Universal'' Picture" on a black background.

'''Variants:'''

* The <u>position of the globe</u> varies per movie.

* A <u>colored</u> variant exists where the entire logo (except for the continents, which are {{color|green}}) is {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}.

* 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".

'''Technique:''' Live-action.