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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background, we see "Paramount" in the famous script, and "HOME VIDEO" below that in a wide Microgramma Bold font in between two lines, one above and one below. To the right of that, we see the 1968 Paramount print Logo to the right, complete with the Gulf+Western byline. A moment later, a warning screen (also on a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background) fades over this Logo. | '''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background, we see "Paramount" in the famous script, and "HOME VIDEO" below that in a wide Microgramma Bold font in between two lines, one above and one below. To the right of that, we see the 1968 Paramount print Logo to the right, complete with the Gulf+Western byline. A moment later, a warning screen (also on a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background) fades over this Logo. | ||
'''Variant:''' On black and white films such as ''Sunset Boulevard'', the background is black. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' None; unless you count the fade to the warning screen. | '''FX/SFX:''' None; unless you count the fade to the warning screen. | ||
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'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
Extremely rare. Because VHS and Beta were in their infancies at the time, releases were in lower quantities and are harder to find. | Extremely rare. Because VHS and Beta were in their infancies at the time, releases were in lower quantities and are harder to find. | ||
* This Logo appeared primarily on Betamax releases. This should appear on a few VHS releases from 1979 and 1980 including the first two ''Godfather'' films, ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Grease'', ''Heaven Can Wait'', ''True Grit'', ''Goin' South'', ''Play It Again Sam'', ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976 version), ''Prophecy'' and ''Catch 22''. | * This Logo appeared primarily on Betamax releases. This should appear on a few VHS releases from 1979 and 1980 including the first two ''Godfather'' films, ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Grease'', ''Heaven Can Wait'', ''True Grit'', ''Goin' South'', ''Play It Again Sam'', ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976 version), ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', ''Sunset Boulevard'', ''Prophecy'' and ''Catch 22''. | ||
* Among the last releases to use this Logo were five volumes of ''Star Trek'' episodes as part of the "Television Classics" series on VHS and Betamax in Summer 1980 (Those releases are out of print, having been replaced in 1985 by Paramount's single-episode releases, and are hard to find). Other final releases with this | * Among the last releases to use this Logo were five volumes of ''Star Trek'' episodes as part of the "Television Classics" series on VHS and Betamax in Summer 1980 (Those releases are out of print, having been replaced in 1985 by Paramount's single-episode releases, and are hard to find). Other final releases with this logo were tapes of ''Escape from Alcatraz'', ''North Dallas Forty'', ''Mandingo'', ''Malicious'', and ''Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman''. | ||
* This surprisingly appears on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' (usually, releases printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures Logo). | * This surprisingly appears on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' (usually, releases printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures Logo). | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' One of the 1st home video company Logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple. | '''Editor's Note:''' One of the 1st home video company Logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple. | ||
===2nd logo <br>(1979-January 1981)=== | ===2nd logo <br>(1979-January 1981)=== | ||