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===Background===

The Buena Vista distribution company was established in 1953 after Walt Disney broke off his distribution deal with [[RKO Radio Pictures]], using a logo in some form until 1989. It is named after the street on which the Disney Studios reside. In 2007 after the release of ''The Game Plan'', the company was renamed and rebranded as "Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures".

==Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.==

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'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|blue}}/black gradient background, there is the text "DISTRIBUTED BY Buena Vista FILM DISTRIBUTION CO., INC." in {{color|powderblue|pale blue}}, with "Buena Vista" in a weird signature-like logo font, and the other words in a font that looks like carved wood.

'''Variants:'''

*In 1960, starting with ''Pollyanna'', the word "FILM" is removed.

*This logo was redone in 1966, brightening up the background to a {{color|blue}}/white gradient and changing the letters to a turquoise color. Also, the font for the "DISTRIBUTED BY" and "DISTRIBUTION CO., INC." text would change into a more normal font. This variant was first used on ''Follow Me, Boys!''.

*A black and white variant of the 1966 version also exists. It is only seen on the 1932 Mickey Mouse shorts ''Touchdown Mickey'' and ''Mickey's Good Deed'', both reissued in 1974.

*On some late-1980s/early-1990s reissues of classic animated features, which had the 1985 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo tacked on at the beginning, the films' respective BV logos were placed at the end of the film, where they played silently. This phenomenon is intact on the 1990 Laserdisc release of ''Peter Pan'' (this also happened on early-90s Disney Channel airings), the 1992 VHS release of ''101 Dalmatians'', the 1999 VHS and 2003 DVD releases of ''The Rescuers'', and a late-1980s print of the animated short ''Goofy and Wilbur''.

*On ''The Big Fisherman'' (a non-Disney film that BV distributed), the text is an in-credit notice placed at the end of the movie.

*The 1960 variant made its last known appearances on ''The Love Bug'' and a reissue of ''Mr. Duck Steps Out'', both from 1968.

*''The Rescuers'' version has also been restored on the 2011 DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film.

*''Mary Poppins'' has this logo on the following releases of the film: the 1980 Betamax and VHS releases, the 1989 VHS release, the 1998 and 2000 DVD releases, and the new 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases. It was replaced with the 1990 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo on the 1997 VHS release and the 3rd, and 4th DVD releases, as well as all international DVD releases.

*This was also the case on ''The Aristocats'', with its logo restored beginning with the Blu-ray release; however, previous releases (such as the 1996 VHS release and the 2000 and 2008 DVD releases) had it replaced with the 1990 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo.

*Sometimes, the logo is preceded by the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo.

*This also appears on the 1992 and 1994 VHS releases of ''So Dear to my Heart'', albeit silent.

'''Legacy:''' This logo is a favorite to older Disney fans.

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'''Availability:''' Only seen on the Roger Rabbit short ''Roller Coaster Rabbit'', which played in cinemas with ''Dick Tracy''. Just like ''Tummy Trouble'', it appeared as a special feature on the ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' DVD.

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