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'''Availability:''' Much more common than the General Film Distributors Ltd. logo. | '''Availability:''' Much more common than the General Film Distributors Ltd. logo. | ||
* When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television]] in 1997, Carlton originally deleted the logo from many of its prints (seeing as they have a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos), but now it is steadily reappearing on recently remastered TV prints and home video releases. Restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive continues under ITV Studios' ownership. | * When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television]] in 1997, Carlton originally deleted the logo from many of its prints (seeing as they have a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos), but now it is steadily reappearing on recently remastered TV prints and home video releases. Restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive continues under ITV Studios' ownership. | ||
** Though some films, such as ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) and ''The Plank'' (1967), still have the [[ITV Studios Global Distribution|Carlton International]] logo, due to them having not been restored and remastered yet. | ** Though some films, such as ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) and ''The Plank'' (1967), still have the 1999 [[ITV Studios Global Distribution|Carlton International]] logo, due to them having not been restored and remastered yet. | ||
* Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | * Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | ||
* The logo was not seen at all on ''Bad Timing'', as Rank's management was appalled by the film's gruesome content, with one executive even going as far as to describe it as "a sick film made by sick people for sick people". | * The logo was not seen at all on ''Bad Timing'', as Rank's management was appalled by the film's gruesome content, with one executive even going as far as to describe it as "a sick film made by sick people for sick people". | ||