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*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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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On the ''Captain and the Kids'' series, "Swing Social" and "The Bear and the Beavers", the theme of the cartoon is played over the logo. | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On the ''Captain and the Kids'' series, "Swing Social" and "The Bear and the Beavers", the theme of the cartoon is played over the logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Although Turner Entertainment Co. was very bad at colorization, they are quite good at logo preservation, and you can see these when cartoons from the period are rerun on TCM (mainly ''The Captain and the Kids''). You might also see this logo on some tapes. The WWII end variant appeared on "The Hungry Wolf", "The Bear and the Beavers", "Dog Trouble", "Little Gravel Voice", "Puss n' Toots", "Bats in the Belfry" and "The Bowling Alley-Cat" (all released in 1942). The Jackie logo premiered on the ''Flip the Frog'' cartoon "Fiddlesticks", released on August 16, 1930 and made its final appearance on "Wanted: No Master , released on March 18, 1939. The Coffee logo premiered on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "The Discontented Canary", released on September 1, 1934 and made its final appearance on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "Barnyard Babies", released on May 25, 1935. The Tanner logo premiered on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "The Old Plantation", released on September 21, 1935 and made its final appearance on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "The Bowling Alley-Cat", released on July 18, 1942. This logo (with Tanner) was used on the earliest ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, but the much more common reissue prints replace this with the 3rd, 4th, or 5th logos, or on a few occasions, the 6th logo. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
* Although Turner Entertainment Co. was very bad at colorization, they are quite good at logo preservation, and you can see these when cartoons from the period are rerun on TCM (mainly ''The Captain and the Kids''). | |||
* You might also see this logo on some tapes. | |||
* The WWII end variant appeared on "The Hungry Wolf", "The Bear and the Beavers", "Dog Trouble", "Little Gravel Voice", "Puss n' Toots", "Bats in the Belfry" and "The Bowling Alley-Cat" (all released in 1942). | |||
* The Jackie logo premiered on the ''Flip the Frog'' cartoon "Fiddlesticks", released on August 16, 1930 and made its final appearance on "Wanted: No Master", released on March 18, 1939. | |||
* The Coffee logo premiered on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "The Discontented Canary", released on September 1, 1934 and made its final appearance on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "Barnyard Babies", released on May 25, 1935. | |||
* The Tanner logo premiered on the ''Happy Harmonies'' cartoon "The Old Plantation", released on September 21, 1935 and made its final appearance on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon "The Bowling Alley-Cat", released on July 18, 1942. | |||
* This logo (with Tanner) was used on the earliest ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons, but the much more common reissue prints replace this with the 3rd, 4th, or 5th logos, or on a few occasions, the 6th logo. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' Nothing much here, as it's just the regular MGM logo. | '''Editor's Note:''' Nothing much here, as it's just the regular MGM logo. | ||