MCA Television Enterprises: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→3rd Logo (1956-1965)
imported>Blue2000 |
imported>Blue2000 |
||
| Line 108: | Line 108: | ||
|MCA TV (1956-1965) X.jpeg| | |MCA TV (1956-1965) X.jpeg| | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{YouTube|id=xpYGixFLEbY}} | |||
'''Nicknames:''' "The Arrowhead", "MCA Arrowhead" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Arrowhead", "MCA Arrowhead" | ||
| Line 121: | Line 121: | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||
* A fanfare that starts with drumbeats similar to the first notes of 20th Century-Fox's famed jingle, then goes to a 3-note ominous sounding horn sounder (sounding like an evacuation alarm). | * A fanfare that starts with drumbeats similar to the first notes of [[20th Century Studios|20th Century-Fox]]'s famed jingle, then goes to a 3-note ominous sounding horn sounder (sounding like an evacuation alarm). | ||
* Sometimes, the opening theme of the show/movie is used. | * Sometimes, the opening theme of the show/movie is used. | ||
* For the superimposed variant, it used only the closing theme of the show. | * For the superimposed variant, it used only the closing theme of the show. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* It appears on old MCA Home Video releases of pre-1950 Paramount movies; these are too easy to spot due to the MCA TV prints that were 16mm rather than the original Paramount 35mm master negatives and are therefore lower in picture quality. This company switch is due to Paramount selling their entire pre-1950 film library to MCA. | * It appears on old MCA Home Video releases of pre-1950 Paramount movies; these are too easy to spot due to the MCA TV prints that were 16mm rather than the original [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] 35mm master negatives and are therefore lower in picture quality. This company switch is due to Paramount selling their entire pre-1950 film library to MCA. | ||
* The in-credit logo that's shared with the Revue logo is uncommon. However, it can be seen on ''Leave It to Beaver'' on Me-TV and DVD and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' on Antenna TV. | * The in-credit logo that's shared with the Revue logo is uncommon. However, it can be seen on ''Leave It to Beaver'' on Me-TV and DVD and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' on Antenna TV. | ||
* The animated version was retained on ''Remember the Night'' with the opening theme and ''Broken Lullaby'' with the theme on TCM. The long version appeared on the 1942 film, ''Hatter's Castle'' on TCM. | * The animated version was retained on ''Remember the Night'' with the opening theme and ''Broken Lullaby'' with the theme on TCM. The long version appeared on the 1942 film, ''Hatter's Castle'' on TCM. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' It's not known why "a" was used in the animated logo instead of "an", but MCA may have been referring MCA TV by its full name, despite the lack of dots following each letter. | '''Editor's Note:''' It's not known why "a" was used in the animated logo instead of "an", but MCA may have been referring MCA TV by its full name, despite the lack of dots following each letter. | ||
===4th Logo (December 24, 1980-1991) === | ===4th Logo (December 24, 1980-1991) === | ||