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'''Pathé''' is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary [[Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont]] and television networks across Europe. It is the second oldest operating film company behind [[Gaumont]] which was established in 1895 by the four brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques '''Pathé'''. In 1942, the company was acquired by Adrien Ramauge and was later renamed to Pathé-Cinéma, while Pathé's distribution branch became [[AMLF]]. In 1990, [[Chargeurs]] purchased the Pathé-Cinéma group and resumed its film production business. AMLF was later folded into [[Pathé Distribution]] as a result.

'''Logo:''' Inside a white circle on a black BG, we see a rooster, which seems to be standing on top of a model globe. Below it is the word "Pathé", in the same style as before. The word is in white, except the areas which overlap the circle, which are in black. The rooster crows.

'''Availability:''' Very rare. Most surviving prints of their output have this removed or plastered over with the 7th logo (an example of this is on the Olive Films DVD & Blu-ray of the 1959 French version of ''Les Misérables''). May still be intact on French films released by The Criterion Collection, Fox Lorber, and Koch Media, among other specialty/art film labels. Was also seen on UK and French prints of Hal Roach's ''Laurel and Hardy'' comedies. This was found intact on Pathegrams News Digests. Also seen on ''Van Beuren'' cartoons from 1929-1930 (most YouTubers remove the Pathé logo, but some kept them, particulary [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC91Xc99QjNk-ywL6U8oDyXg/videos Motion Pictures]).

'''Logo:''' We see the front of a skyscraper at dusk. A black square with a picture of a rooster is in the middle of the building. The large text "PATHE" is beneath the square while a marquee with the text "PICTURES LTD" beneath "PATHE". The camera then pans down to reveal that the text is part of a building awning with "PRESENTS" encased in a rectangle.

'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on the French DVD and the Criterion DVD of ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' at the start, the end of part 1 and end of part 2. On the Criterion Blu-ray, the current Pathé ident replaces this at the start but it is seen at the end of the film since both parts 1 & 2 are combined into one.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It was only seen on ''Arthur Murray Dance Lessons: Cha Cha''.

'''Logo:''' On a {{color|grey}} background, we see a balloon reading "PATHÉ!" in {{color|gold|yellow}}, stylized after the speech bubble variant, made into a mobile, rotating around clockwise, with the letters revolving around as well. There are two shadows of the mobile casted in the background by two spotlights. Then, the mobile stalls in it's moment, only for it to rotate to it's side, with a shadow of a rooster to turn into view.

'''Trivia:''' There are replicas of the mobile seen in some [[Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont|Pathé cinemas]] (mostly from the Netherlands). However, they are designed differently than the logo does. You can see the demonstration [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMWB5sxV8tk here].

**There is another version which has the name in 2 speech bubbles, coming from a rooster. The text here is now stretched and straightened upwards.

*On the UK VHS and 4:3 UK TV broadcasts of ''Chicken Run'', the logo cuts to when we see the logo revealed. It applies to both the retail and rental versions. The DVD releases has it uncut.

*It is also seen at the beginning of British and European releases of ''Chicken Run'', accompanied with the film's theme music; however, it does not appear on the DreamWorks print, due to the length of that logo at the start of the film (although the print version of this logo appears at the end).

*The print logo is seen on several trailers, on ''Chicken Run'' and ''The Magic Roundabout'' (also known as ''Doogal'' in the US and several other countries) and also appears (in yellow) on the video game ''Astérix and Obélix Take on Caesar''. The version with the rooster is very rare, which was seen on a trailer for ''The Iron Lady''.

*It can also be seen on the 2018 Australian Umbrella Entertainment DVD release of ''Driving Miss Daisy'' (this is because Pathé has international rights to the film).