MGM Cartoons: Difference between revisions

*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".

'''Music/Sounds:''' Originally, this logo did not have music at first, just the soundbite of Coffee, Telly or Tanner's roar. Starting with the 1939 cartoon "The Little Goldfish", Tanner's roar is accompanied by a fanfare (a la the Alfred Newman-composed 20th Century Fox Fanfare) composed by Scott Bradley, MGM's principal cartoon conductor. This music would be modified as the years went on.

* 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.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A modified version of the 1st logo's fanfare.

'''John Sutherland Closing Title:''' Same as above, but only the words "The End" in thin white outlines and red colored letters was shown and "MADE IN HOLLYWOOD, U.S.A." appears at the bottom of the screen in white letters.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An updated version of the fanfare from the 1st logo; by now, it began blending into the opening themes of the cartoons.

'''Tom and Jerry Closing Title:''' Same as the previous logo. Starting in 1953, the "The End" text has a thicker border.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The updated fanfare from the 1st logo, blending into the opening theme for the cartoon.

** Third variant (December 14, 1956-August 1, 1958): On a {{color|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".

'''Music/Sounds:''' The updated 1st logo fanfare.

* On the short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead (surrounded by a red border on unrestored Turner prints) and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The updated 1st logo fanfare, plus, with the lion roar, it had three roar tracks: the 1960 roar, another which sounded like a yawning roar, and on "Calypso Cat" a fierce-sounding roar. Both roars were made by Tod Dockstader.

*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.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The updated 1st logo fanfare leading into the trademark ''Tom and Jerry'' music with the 1960 roaring soundtrack. For non-Tom and Jerry cartoons, a different fanfare is used.