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imported>NotPurpleHoodieBoi (→7th Logo (1991-1999): https://tvark.org/digital-pictures-showreel at 0:53, dunno if it should count in here or the pathé video page) |
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'''Audio:''' Just the rooster crowing. On silent films with this logo, it had the film's score over it. | '''Audio:''' Just the rooster crowing. On silent films with this logo, it had the film's score over it. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' 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''). It may still be intact on French films released by The Criterion Collection, Fox Lorber, and Koch Media, among other specialty/art film labels. It was also seen on UK and French prints of Hal Roach's ''Laurel and Hardy'' comedies and Cecil B. DeMille's silent films such as ''Chicago'' and ''The Godless Girl''. 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, particularly [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC91Xc99QjNk-ywL6U8oDyXg/videos Motion Pictures]). | ||
===2nd Logo (1943)=== | ===2nd Logo (1943)=== | ||
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'''Visuals:''' There is 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" is beneath "PATHE". The camera then pans down to reveal that the text is part of a building awning with "PRESENTS" encased in a rectangle. | '''Visuals:''' There is 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" is beneath "PATHE". The camera then pans down to reveal that the text is part of a building awning with "PRESENTS" encased in a rectangle. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation. | ||
'''Audio:''' An uninspired horn fanfare. | '''Audio:''' An uninspired horn fanfare. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Most prints of titles from this period have it removed or plastered over with the 3rd logo. Some films, such as ''Cosmo Jones'' and ''Crime Smasher'', have kept it intact with the 7th logo following. | ||
===3rd Logo (1945-1948)=== | ===3rd Logo (1945-1948)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film. | '''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Unknown. {{AvailabilityExamples}} | '''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}} | ||
===4th Logo (March 9, 1945-1946)=== | ===4th Logo (March 9, 1945-1946)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the film. | '''Audio:''' The opening theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on the French DVD and the Criterion DVD of ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' at the start, the end of part 1, and the 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. | ||
===5th Logo (1970-1980s)=== | ===5th Logo (1970-1980s)=== | ||
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'''Visuals:''' On a worn-out black background, there is a white rectangle containing an abstract {{color|red}} rooster. Beneath that is the white text "PATHÉ". "TRADEMARK OF QUALITY SINCE 1896" is beneath "PATHÉ" in smaller print. | '''Visuals:''' On a worn-out black background, there is a white rectangle containing an abstract {{color|red}} rooster. Beneath that is the white text "PATHÉ". "TRADEMARK OF QUALITY SINCE 1896" is beneath "PATHÉ" in smaller print. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' A hand-drawn graphic. | ||
'''Audio:''' Unknown. | '''Audio:''' Unknown. | ||
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'''Variant:''' At the end of the program, the logo is seen superimposed on the program, as well as a copyright below. | '''Variant:''' At the end of the program, the logo is seen superimposed on the program, as well as a copyright below. | ||
'''Technique:''' A | '''Technique:''' A digital graphic. | ||
'''Audio:''' The opening and ending themes of the film. | '''Audio:''' The opening and ending themes of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It was only seen on ''Arthur Murray Dance Lessons: Cha Cha''. | ||
===7th Logo (1991-1999)=== | ===7th Logo (1991-1999)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' A short synthesized fanfare, followed by a dreamy synth/piano tune. Sometimes silent. | '''Audio:''' A short synthesized fanfare, followed by a dreamy synth/piano tune. Sometimes silent. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on UK prints of films such as ''1492: Conquest of Paradise'' and ''Super Mario Bros.'' (1993), but has likely fallen to plastering with the current logo. It also appears on several VHS tapes from [[Guild Home Video|Guild]] and [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox]]. | ||
===8th Logo (July 2, 1999-)=== | ===8th Logo (July 2, 1999-)=== | ||