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==Embassy Pictures (1st Era)== | ==Embassy Pictures (1st Era)== | ||
=== | ===(May 28, 1961-December 21, 1967)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Only the opening theme of the movie. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Only the opening theme of the movie. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. It's seen on some American-distributed Italian movies (most of which are in public domain) and ''The Graduate''. While the next logo below plastered this logo on most pre-1998 prints of the latter (while the 1978 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] VHS release plasters this with the Avco Embassy Television logo). It has been restored on current prints of ''The Graduate'', beginning with the 1997 [[ | '''Availability:''' Rare. It's seen on some American-distributed Italian movies (most of which are in public domain) and ''The Graduate''. While the next logo below plastered this logo on most pre-1998 prints of the latter (while the 1978 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] VHS release plasters this with the Avco Embassy Television logo). It has been restored on current prints of ''The Graduate'', beginning with the 1997 [[StudioCanal]]/Carolco Pictures (through Strand Releasing and Rialto Pictures) theatrical release and 1998 [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram Video]] VHS release, along with the [[MGM Home Entertainment]] DVD and Blu-ray releases and current television airings. | ||
==Avco Embassy Pictures== | ==Avco Embassy Pictures== | ||
=== | ===(March 18, 1968-February 12, 1982)=== | ||
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* Some film prints have the logo highly distorted to fit the entire screen. The inverted version also falls under this. | * Some film prints have the logo highly distorted to fit the entire screen. The inverted version also falls under this. | ||
'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation, which is similar to the Marvel Productions logo. | '''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation, which is similar to the [[Marvel Productions]] logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, but other times, the opening theme of the movie is used. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, but other times, the opening theme of the movie is used. | ||
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==Embassy Pictures (2nd Era)== | ==Embassy Pictures (2nd Era)== | ||
=== | ===(February 19, 1982-May 2, 1986)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* Embassy's library is shared in various forms by [[ | * 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''. | * 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''. | * 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''. | ||