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'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on ''The Producers'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''The Howling'', ''The Fog'', ''Vice Squad'', ''The Seduction'', ''The Exterminator'', ''Target'', ''The Ruling Class'', the original Time-Life Video and Vestron Video and later HBO VHS releases of ''Go Tell the Spartans'', and pre-1998 prints of ''The Graduate'' (the 1987 Embassy Home Entertainment and 1987 Nelson VHS releases of the latter have no logo). This may have been on older prints of ''Escape from New York'', but no evidence has shown up as of yet. Sometimes, as seen on ''The Graduate'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''A Nice Girl Like Me'', and ''Woman Times Seven'', the Avco Embassy Television logos plasters this or the previous logo on the Magnetic Video releases. For ITC films that the studio distributed, the logo is removed on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Cassandra Crossing'' but is preserved on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Tamarind Seed''. The in-credit references were also preserved on the Avid Home Entertainment release of ''Farewell My Lovely'', a surprise considering that Avid usually removed or replaced references to other companies with the then-current ITC logo, which precedes the Avco Embassy in-credit opening screen on this release. This logo is also seen on most of the studio's films from the time frame when they are aired on Antenna TV. On streaming copies of ''The Producers'', this logo is plastered by the current StudioCanal logo. It may have been seen on original theatrical prints of the original ''Prom Night'', but it is unknown if it's preserved on the British Embassy Home Entertainment VHS release. It also appeared on the U.S. theatrical and 1983 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''Watership Down'', but most newer prints of the film either cut straight to the opening credits or have the Janus Films logo. Weirdly, the logo is retained on Roadshow Home Video's release of ''Phantasm'' (known as ''The Never Dead'' in Australia), despite Roadshow typically stripping logos from most of its home video releases. This also appeared on the 1994 VHS of ''Carbon Copy'' (other home media releases omit this logo).

'''Availability:''' Rare. Embassy's library is shared in various forms by StudioCanal (copyright and most international rights), MGM (domestic home media rights), SPT (television rights) and Lionsgate (domestic internet streaming rights under license from StudioCanal) with any of their logos preceding this logo. It is more common than the Embassy Television logos and can still be seen on ''This is Spinal Tap'' and ''The Sure Thing''. The version without the text can be seen on the 2013 Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Crimewave'', the 2014 Kino Lorber Blu-ray of ''The Emerald Forest'', the trailer for ''A Chorus Line'' and the VHS release of ''The Sure Thing'' (along with some television airings). However, the 2004 MGM DVD release and Encore airings of the latter use the standard version instead. It was also seen on the MGM Movie Time VHS of ''Eddie and the Cruisers''. This might have appeared on theatrical prints of ''Zapped'', but home media releases show no evidence.