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* Sometimes, the <u>movie's opening theme</u> plays over the logo without the gong sounds. | * Sometimes, the <u>movie's opening theme</u> plays over the logo without the gong sounds. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on releases from the company right up until 1997. | '''Availability:''' Seen on releases from the company from the time-period right up until 1997. | ||
* When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television]] in 1997, Carlton originally deleted the logo from many of its prints and replacing it with the 1999 [[Carlton International]] logo as they had a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos. However, after Carlton merged with the [[Granada Media Group]] to form ITV plc, this has since become less common with ITV's restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive keeping the logos intact. | * When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television]] in 1997, Carlton originally deleted the logo from many of its prints and replacing it with the 1999 [[Carlton International]] logo as they had a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos. However, after Carlton merged with the [[Granada Media Group]] to form ITV plc, this has since become less common with ITV's restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive keeping the logos intact. | ||
** Films that have not yet been restored by ITV, such as ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) and ''The Plank'' (1967), still have the 1999 [[Carlton International]] logo. | ** Films that have not yet been restored by ITV, such as ''The Naked Truth'' (1957) and ''The Plank'' (1967), still have the 1999 [[Carlton International]] logo. | ||
** The B&W variant of the original version of this logo is also intact at the beginning of a Screenpix print of ''All Night Long'' (1962), following the 2012 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] and 1999 Carlton International logos. | ** The B&W variant of the original version of this logo is also intact at the beginning of a Screenpix print of ''All Night Long'' (1962), following the 2012 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] and 1999 Carlton International logos. | ||
* Among the films containing this logo are ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | * Among the films containing this logo are ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | ||
* | * This logo was not seen 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 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is also retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD releases, the 1987 UK VHS release by [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], releases from [[Rhino Home Video]], alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from Maverick Entertainment and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution]] DVD release (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo instead but still retains the gong sounds). | * The 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is also retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD releases, the 1987 UK VHS release by [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], releases from [[Rhino Home Video]], alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from Maverick Entertainment and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution]] DVD release (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo instead but still retains the gong sounds). | ||
* It is also seen on current UK DVD releases and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'' (1989), and ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) all after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo (the latter also | * It is also seen on current UK DVD releases and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'' (1989), and ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) all after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo (the latter is also intact on the U.S [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] Blu-ray release). | ||
* This logo may have also been seen on international prints of the [[Gladden Entertainment Corporation|Gladden Entertainment]] catalog, as the former company had a international distribution deal with Rank. | |||
* The 1970s variant can be seen on UK TV prints and the Network DVD release of ''Short Circuit'' (again, after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo). | * The 1970s variant can be seen on UK TV prints and the Network DVD release of ''Short Circuit'' (again, after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo). | ||
* This logo also currently turned up on an Australian airing of the 1949 film ''Eureka Stockade''. | * This logo also currently turned up on an Australian airing of the 1949 film ''Eureka Stockade''. | ||
* | * This logo is also preserved on a U.S. streaming print of ''Gleaming the Cube'' on Amazon Prime Video. | ||
* Though Rank distributed ''Reservoir Dogs'' in the UK, this | * Though Rank distributed ''Reservoir Dogs'' in the UK, this does not appear at all on the film. | ||
* This also | * This logo is also seen on UK VHS prints of ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'', preceding the [[New Line Cinema]] logo. | ||
* The German variant was spotted on a 22 May 1982 [[ARD]] airing of ''Fähre nach Hongkong (Ferry to Hong Kong)''. | * The German variant was spotted on a 22 May 1982 [[ARD]] airing of ''Fähre nach Hongkong (Ferry to Hong Kong)''. | ||
* The original version of this logo also | * The original version of this logo was also seen at the start of a November 10, 2022 UK airing of ''Countess Dracula'' (1971) on LEGEND, following the 2009 ITV Studios Global Entertainment, the 2001 version of the 1986 MGM, and 2001 [[United Artists]] logos. | ||
* The black and white version of "{{Font|Times New Roman|Distributed by THE RANK ORGANISATION}}" also | * The black and white version of "{{Font|Times New Roman|Distributed by THE RANK ORGANISATION}}" was also seen on a reissue print of ''Carry On Cabby'' (1963) before the 1962 [[Anglo-Amalgamated Films]] logo. This combo would also be kept intact on later 2000s prints where it's preceded by the black and white variant of the 2003 [[StudioCanal]] logo, while newer prints instead only have the current StudioCanal logo precede the 1962 Anglo-Amalgamated Films logo. | ||
* This may have been seen on international prints of ''Ambition, Pyrates, Tomorrow Never Comes, All Dogs Go to Heaven, A Rage in Harlem, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Circle of Friends, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Rude Awakening'' (1989), ''Physical Evidence'', ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' (released internationally as ''Paydirt''), ''Love Crimes'', and ''Wilt'' (AKA: ''The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt''), as Rank had foreign distribution rights to those films. | * This logo may also have been seen on international prints of ''Ambition, Pyrates'', ''Tomorrow Never Comes'', ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'', ''A Rage in Harlem'', ''Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'', ''Circle of Friends'', ''Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde'', ''Rude Awakening'' (1989), ''Physical Evidence'', ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' (released internationally as ''Paydirt''), ''Love Crimes'', and ''Wilt'' (AKA: ''The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt''), as Rank had foreign distribution rights to those films. | ||
'''Legacy:''' This is one of the most famous British logos of all time. | '''Legacy:''' This is one of the most famous British logos of all time. | ||