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In the beginning, MGM used the live-action theatrical logos of Jackie (black & white cartoons only), Coffee (1934-1935 cartoons), and Tanner (1935-1942 cartoons) on early MGM cartoons.
In the beginning, MGM used the live-action theatrical logos of Jackie (black & white cartoons only), Coffee (1934-1935 cartoons), and Tanner (1935-1942 cartoons) on early MGM cartoons.
===1st Logo (August 16, 1930-July 18, 1943)===
===1st Logo (August 16, 1930-July 18, 1943)===
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Variants:
Variants:
  * Starting in 1939 with "The Little Goldfish", the logo is followed by a screen saying "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents AN MGM CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOR" with the copyright disclaimer below on a blue background. Starting in 1942 with the Tom and Jerry cartoon "Dog Trouble", the title is put on a red background with "IN TECHNICOLOR" in blue.
* Starting in 1939 with "The Little Goldfish", the logo is followed by a screen saying "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents AN MGM CARTOON IN TECHNICOLOR" with the copyright disclaimer below on a blue background. Starting in 1942 with the Tom and Jerry cartoon "Dog Trouble", the title is put on a red background with "IN TECHNICOLOR" in blue.
  *     On the Captain and the Kids series, "Jitterbug Follies" and "Wanted: No Master", the end title is in black & white.
* On the Captain and the Kids series, "Jitterbug Follies" and "Wanted: No Master", the end title is in black & white.
  *     On "Peace on Earth", a slightly different end title was used. On a sky background, the words "The End" don't appear at all. Instead, the cartoon's title appears in majestic letters.
* On "Peace on Earth", a slightly different end title was used. On a sky background, the words "The End" don't appear at all. Instead, the cartoon's title appears in majestic letters.
  *     On "Swing Social", the end title is on an orange background. Same goes with the "AN MGM CARTOON" title.
* On "Swing Social", the end title is on an orange background. Same goes with the "AN MGM CARTOON" title.
  *     On "The Homeless Flea", the end title is on an animation background with Homer the Flea singing.
* On "The Homeless Flea", the end title is on an animation background with Homer the Flea singing.
  *     On "Papa Gets the Bird", the end title is on an animation background with Papa Bear falling in the well.
* On "Papa Gets the Bird", the end title is on an animation background with Papa Bear falling in the well.
  *     On "Home on the Range", the end title has the words "The End" written in ropecast.
* On "Home on the Range", the end title has the words "The End" written in ropecast.
  *     On "Dance of the Weed", the end title is on an orange pound background with the words "The End" written differently.
* On "Dance of the Weed", the end title is on an orange pound background with the words "The End" written differently.
  *     On "Abdul the Bulbul-Ameer", the end title is on a book cover with the red words "THE END" written in a bold Algerian font.
* On "Abdul the Bulbul-Ameer", the end title is on a book cover with the red words "THE END" written in a bold Algerian font.
  *     On the Tom and Jerry cartoon "The Night Before Christmas", the end title is on a red background with green Christmas bells surrounding it.
* On the Tom and Jerry cartoon "The Night Before Christmas", the end title is on a red background with green Christmas bells surrounding it.
  *     On "The First Swallow", the end title is on a shot of a medieval village with the red words "The End" written in medieval letters.
* On "The First Swallow", the end title is on a shot of a medieval village with the red words "The End" written in medieval letters.
  *     On the Barney Bear cartoon "The Bear and the Beavers", the end title is in the form of a page. Then the WWII disclaimer fades onto the screen.
* On the Barney Bear cartoon "The Bear and the Beavers", the end title is in the form of a page. Then the WWII disclaimer fades onto the screen.
Closing Title: On a customized background, we see the words "The End" in white (later yellow with a "shadow" effect starting on September 7, 1940) script above the MGM pseudo logo saying "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PICTURE". During WWII, the "The End" words were moved to the top of the screen and the pseudo logo was moved to the bottom, to give space for the following advertisement:
Closing Title: On a customized background, we see the words "The End" in white (later yellow with a "shadow" effect starting on September 7, 1940) script above the MGM pseudo logo saying "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PICTURE". During WWII, the "The End" words were moved to the top of the screen and the pseudo logo was moved to the bottom, to give space for the following advertisement:
 
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"AMERICA NEEDS YOUR MONEY
"AMERICA NEEDS YOUR MONEY
BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS
BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS
EVERY PAY DAY"
EVERY PAY DAY"
 
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The background was blue (later changed to red on April 18, 1942).
The background was blue (later changed to red on April 18, 1942).


Early Closing Titles:
Early Closing Titles:
 
* 1930-1933: TBA
    1930-1933: TBA
* 1933-1934: TBA
    1933-1934: TBA
* 1934: TBA
    1934: TBA
* 1934-1935: On a red background with musical notes swirling, the Harman-Ising Productions logo appears on the top of the screen. Below it are the big words "The End", in white, and on the bottom of the screen are the words "Recorded by RCA Victor "HIGH FIDELITY" Sound System". After a few seconds, the "The End" text fades to the MGM marquee.
    1934-1935: On a red background with musical notes swirling, the Harman-Ising Productions logo appears on the top of the screen. Below it are the big words "The End", in white, and on the bottom of the screen are the words "Recorded by RCA Victor "HIGH FIDELITY" Sound System". After a few seconds, the "The End" text fades to the MGM marquee.
* 1935-1938: Now, on a blue background, the MGM marquee is tacked on the top of the screen and the Harman-Ising logo in the middle with the words "IN TECHNICOLOR" below it. The "RCA Victor" words remain at the bottom of the logo. After a few seconds, all of this fades to the words "The End".
    1935-1938: Now, on a blue background, the MGM marquee is tacked on the top of the screen and the Harman-Ising logo in the middle with the words "IN TECHNICOLOR" below it. The "RCA Victor" words remain at the bottom of the logo. After a few seconds, all of this fades to the words "The End".




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    On the first few cartoons with this logo (except for "Blitz Wolf"), the words "The End" were moved to the top of the screen and the pseudo logo was moved to the bottom, to give space for the following advertisement:
* On the first few cartoons with this logo (except for "Blitz Wolf"), the words "The End" were moved to the top of the screen and the pseudo logo was moved to the bottom, to give space for the following advertisement:
    "AMERICA NEEDS YOUR MONEY
<center>
    BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
"AMERICA NEEDS YOUR MONEY
    AT THIS THEATRE"
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
 
AT THIS THEATRE"
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like on the previous logo and the "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" secondary end title doesn't appear. The background is red with a shadowy statue of a Continental soldier behind the titles.
like on the previous logo and the "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" secondary end title doesn't appear. The background is red with a shadowy statue of a Continental soldier behind the titles.


    A special end title was used on "Blitz Wolf". After the cartoon ends, the pictures irises out to a blue circle, a white one and a red one. Then, a more humorous version of the WWII text is used (adding "of Adolf" to "The End" in reference to the end of that short). Due to the mean-spirited nature of the reworded "bond" text, a result of America's extreme patriotism, this end title is cut from most TV airings.  
* A special end title was used on "Blitz Wolf". After the cartoon ends, the pictures irises out to a blue circle, a white one and a red one. Then, a more humorous version of the WWII text is used (adding "of Adolf" to "The End" in reference to the end of that short). Due to the mean-spirited nature of the reworded "bond" text, a result of America's extreme patriotism, this end title is cut from most TV airings.  
 
* On the Barney Bear cartoon "Wild Honey", the end title is on a red background.
    On the Barney Bear cartoon "Wild Honey", the end title is on a red background.
* On "The Boy and the Wolf", the end title is on a rainbow-like background.
    On "The Boy and the Wolf", the end title is on a rainbow-like background.
* On "The Shooting of Dan McGoo", the end title is on a mountain background.
    On "The Shooting of Dan McGoo", the end title is on a mountain background.
* On the public domain print of "Jerky Turkey", "IN TECHNICOLOR" is blacked out.
    On the public domain print of "Jerky Turkey", "IN TECHNICOLOR" is blacked out.
* On the Barney Bear cartoon "Bear Raid Warden" and the Screwy Squirrel cartoon "Big Heel-Watha" (both 1944), the MGM pseudo logo is dropped on the "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" secondary end title due to an error.
    On the Barney Bear cartoon "Bear Raid Warden" and the Screwy Squirrel cartoon "Big Heel-Watha" (both 1944), the MGM pseudo logo is dropped on the "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" secondary end title due to an error.
* Two Screwy Squirrel cartoons, "Happy-Go-Nutty" and "The Screwy Truant", have end title card gags.
    Two Screwy Squirrel cartoons, "Happy-Go-Nutty" and "The Screwy Truant", have end title card gags.
* * "Happy-Go-Nutty": Screwy Squirrel and Meathead are chasing when they stop in front of an end title card on a black background, with the words "The End" in green. They realize that it is the end of the picture. They say goodbye to each other and Screwy says "Hey! Before you leave, just what was the idea chasing me over the picture?". Meathead says "Because you're crazy. You take your appointment. But your ace. I'm crazy." Then Meathead begins to "screw" himself and runs from the cartoon breaking the title card. Then the screen zooms in to Screwy, who says "You know, I like this ending. It's silly". Then the cartoon ends and the typical "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" card appears.
        "Happy-Go-Nutty": Screwy Squirrel and Meathead are chasing when they stop in front of an end title card on a black background, with the words "The End" in green. They realize that it is the end of the picture. They say goodbye to each other and Screwy says "Hey! Before you leave, just what was the idea chasing me over the picture?". Meathead says "Because you're crazy. You take your appointment. But your ace. I'm crazy." Then Meathead begins to "screw" himself and runs from the cartoon breaking the title card. Then the screen zooms in to Screwy, who says "You know, I like this ending. It's silly". Then the cartoon ends and the typical "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" card appears.
* * "The Screwy Truant": Screwy Squirrel brings down a title card on a water blue background with the words "THE END" and says: "Well, that's that. Now that dumb officer never will know why I wasn't in school." Then the officer comes in and says: "Oh yeah? Come on, now! Why wasn't you in school?". Then Screwy replies "Because... I've got measles!" and kisses the officer, causing him to get the measles as well. Screwy laughs at him and we zoom up to the words "THE END", which also get the measles. This irises out and the regular "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" card fades in.
        "The Screwy Truant": Screwy Squirrel brings down a title card on a water blue background with the words "THE END" and says: "Well, that's that. Now that dumb officer never will know why I wasn't in school." Then the officer comes in and says: "Oh yeah? Come on, now! Why wasn't you in school?". Then Screwy replies "Because... I've got measles!" and kisses the officer, causing him to get the measles as well. Screwy laughs at him and we zoom up to the words "THE END", which also get the measles. This irises out and the regular "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" card fades in.
* The final theatrical George and Junior cartoon, Half-Pint Pygmy, has the duo holding up guns to their head. George pulls a blue "The End" background down and two gunshots are heard, shaking the card.
    The final theatrical George and Junior cartoon, Half-Pint Pygmy, has the duo holding up guns to their head. George pulls a blue "The End" background down and two gunshots are heard, shaking the card.




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===5th Logo (1953-August 1, 1958)===
===5th Logo (1953-August 1, 1958)===
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    The logo is modified for cartoons released in CinemaScope.
* The logo is modified for cartoons released in CinemaScope.
    On the Droopy cartoon "Dixieland Droopy", the end title is on a shoot of a night concert.
* On the Droopy cartoon "Dixieland Droopy", the end title is on a shoot of a night concert.
    A slightly different end title was used on "The Flea Circus". After the words "LE END" in a square scrolls from right to left to a pink background after a few seconds, the words "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON MADE IN HOLLYWOOD U.S.A." are seen.
* A slightly different end title was used on "The Flea Circus". After the words "LE END" in a square scrolls from right to left to a pink background after a few seconds, the words "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON MADE IN HOLLYWOOD U.S.A." are seen.
    On "Good Will to Men", it fades to a version of the secondary end title, written this way:
* On "Good Will to Men", it fades to a version of the secondary end title, written this way:


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MADE IN HOLLYWOOD, U.S.A.
MADE IN HOLLYWOOD, U.S.A.


    In the Tom and Jerry short "Smarty Cat", The end title has Jerry Mouse holding the camera and the word "THE END" zooms at us, Then it fades to the regular blue "A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Cartoon Made in Hollywood, U.S.A." end card instead of the normal Tom & Jerry end title. The reason why this likely happened was possibly due to an editing mistake .
* In the Tom and Jerry short "Smarty Cat", The end title has Jerry Mouse holding the camera and the word "THE END" zooms at us, Then it fades to the regular blue "A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Cartoon Made in Hollywood, U.S.A." end card instead of the normal Tom & Jerry end title. The reason why this likely happened was possibly due to an editing mistake .




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Tom and Jerry Closing Title: Same as the previous logo. For the CinemaScope cartoons, there are three variants:
Tom and Jerry Closing Title: Same as the previous logo. For the CinemaScope cartoons, there are three variants:


    First variant (November 20, 1954-November 19, 1955): Similar to the original title, but it's in widescreen and the background is orange. It was used on shorts from "Pet Peeve" to "That's My Mommy".
* First variant (November 20, 1954-November 19, 1955): Similar to the original title, but it's in widescreen and the background is orange. It was used on shorts from "Pet Peeve" to "That's My Mommy".
    Second variant (January 17-November 6, 1956): The "An M.G.M. Tom and Jerry CARTOON" secondary end title from before, now in different yellow fonts and put on a blue background. It was used on shorts from "The Flying Sorceress" to "Blue Cat Blues".
* Second variant (January 17-November 6, 1956): The "An M.G.M. Tom and Jerry CARTOON" secondary end title from before, now in different yellow fonts and put on a blue background. It was used on shorts from "The Flying Sorceress" to "Blue Cat Blues".
    Third variant (December 14, 1956-August 1, 1958): On a blue background, we see a pink square on the upper-left corner, an orange rectangle in the middle of the screen and a green square on the bottom-right corner. In the pink square is the word "an", on the orange rectangle are the words "M.G.M CARTOON", and on the green square are the words "made in Hollywood, U.S.A.". It was first used on "Barbecue Brawl" and its last appearance was on "Tot Watchers".
* Third variant (December 14, 1956-August 1, 1958): On a blue background, we see a pink square on the upper-left corner, an orange rectangle in the middle of the screen and a green square on the bottom-right corner. In the pink square is the word "an", on the orange rectangle are the words "M.G.M CARTOON", and on the green square are the words "made in Hollywood, U.S.A.". It was first used on "Barbecue Brawl" and its last appearance was on "Tot Watchers".




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    On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the then-current MGM movie logo would play (without "CARTOON" at the bottom, and without the theme song accompanying it) followed by a screen saying "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON", whose font and background vary depending on the cartoon. The theme song would start whenever this screen came up. While the standard movie logo also appeared on "Buddies Thicker Than Water" and "Carmen Get It!", the second screen was not shown and the opening music played over it.
* On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the then-current MGM movie logo would play (without "CARTOON" at the bottom, and without the theme song accompanying it) followed by a screen saying "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON", whose font and background vary depending on the cartoon. The theme song would start whenever this screen came up. While the standard movie logo also appeared on "Buddies Thicker Than Water" and "Carmen Get It!", the second screen was not shown and the opening music played over it.
    On the Academy Award-winning short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany.
* On the Academy Award-winning short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany.




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Variants:


    Tom and Jerry Variant: After showing Tanner roaring, it later fades out to reveal none other than Tom in the circle, who meow-roars (which is the only way we can describe it), and hisses. Then, the ribboning fades into a simple blue circle and moves upwards as the black background changes to orange, Tom "roaring" all the while. "T" and "M" appear besides it, and "and" appears below. "JERRY" appears letter-by-letter below all that as Jerry drops into the "Y," smiling pleasantly, and waves his hand. Tom notices this and hisses.
* Tom and Jerry Variant: After showing Tanner roaring, it later fades out to reveal none other than Tom in the circle, who meow-roars (which is the only way we can describe it), and hisses. Then, the ribboning fades into a simple blue circle and moves upwards as the black background changes to orange, Tom "roaring" all the while. "T" and "M" appear besides it, and "and" appears below. "JERRY" appears letter-by-letter below all that as Jerry drops into the "Y," smiling pleasantly, and waves his hand. Tom notices this and hisses.
    Closing Title Variant: On 1963's Pent-House Mouse (Chuck Jones's first T&J short), "The End" is in a completely different font. It also cuts to the "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" screen instead of fading.
* Closing Title Variant: On 1963's Pent-House Mouse (Chuck Jones's first T&J short), "The End" is in a completely different font. It also cuts to the "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon" screen instead of fading.




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