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'''Logo:''' Two semicircles with lines protruding down their midsections are drawn into view. Then a bunch of circle M's appear in back of it, one gray and other green, sort of like a continuous mirrored effect or video feedback. The text "MAGNETIC VIDEO CORPORATION" in a computer-generated font begins to scroll upward, and like the M, have copies appearing behind the logo.
'''Logo:''' Two semicircles with lines protruding down their midsections are drawn into view. Then a bunch of circle M's appear in back of it, one gray and other green, sort of like a continuous mirrored effect or video feedback. The text "MAGNETIC VIDEO CORPORATION" in a computer-generated font begins to scroll upward, and like the M, have copies appearing behind the logo.
'''Trivia:'''
*Some later prints of releases with the Magnetic Video logo, such as ''Von Ryan's Express'', ''Notorious'', ''Young Frankenstein'' and ''High Anxiety'', may have CBS/Fox Video labels, but those are usually in the original Magnetic Video packaging, with a video release year of 1980 on the slipcover.
*Occasionally, as seen on a 1985 pressing of ''Von Ryan's Express'' and a 1984 pressing of ''Take the Money and Run'', an earlier Magnetic Video voiceover may be plastered with its post-1980 ("...special video presentation") counterpart on later prints; also, most films featuring Elvis Presley were reprinted starting in early 1979 with the old Viacom voiceover plastered with the "...major motion picture on videocassette" variant thereof, which would make its first new-release appearance a few months later on ''The African Queen''.
*When 20th Century-Fox purchased Magnetic Video, they aimed to recapture audiences that no longer go to the movies, had market strategies which were supposed to help eliminate video pirates, and intended to launch new productions aimed specifically at the video market.
*The first pressings of the first 50 releases from 20th Century-Fox in 1977 did not have a FBI Warning; just the Magnetic Video logo, followed by the film itself.
*Several titles, such as ''Homebodies'' (1974), ''Jury of One'' (1974), ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (1964), ''The Ski Bum'' (1971), ''Village of the Giants'' (1965) and ''Walk Into Hell'' (1956), were all at one point listed in the Magnetic Video catalog in 1979, but no evidence has come up of them ever being released in 1979, or any other year during Magnetic Video's history. It is doubtful that they ever were. All of these films were produced and/or distributed by Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation, and at least some of them would eventually see a home media release during the 1980s by Embassy Home Entertainment and their Charter Entertainment label.


'''Variant:''' There is a black and white variant for releases in said colors.
'''Variant:''' There is a black and white variant for releases in said colors.
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*An additional Laserdisc-only voiceover was used on ''The Moon Is Blue'', spoken by Voiceover D: "By special arrangement with Otto Preminger and Carlyle Productions, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following special video presentation". The music's tempo is approximately 116.3 BPM with 60 beats.
*An additional Laserdisc-only voiceover was used on ''The Moon Is Blue'', spoken by Voiceover D: "By special arrangement with Otto Preminger and Carlyle Productions, Magnetic Video Corporation is proud to offer the following special video presentation". The music's tempo is approximately 116.3 BPM with 60 beats.


'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Magnetic Video's releases have been out of print since the mid-1980s. Can be found at used video stores, pawn shops, flea markets, thrift stores and even eBay. Titles with this logo include ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Longest Day'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Escape to Athena'', ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Kotch'', ''Patton'', ''Let It Be'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1979 television version), ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''The Cassandra Crossing'', ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Conversation Piece'', ''All Screwed Up'', ''Sympathy for the Devil'', ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''King Creole'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''Carnal Knowledge'', ''Deadly Hero'', ''The Graduate'', the ''Greatest Sports Legends'' series, ''City Lights'', ''The Great Dictator'', ''The Gold Rush'', ''A Woman of Paris'', ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', ''Mad Monster Party'', ''A Touch of Class'', ''The Jazz Singer'', ''Casablanca'', ''The Boston Strangler'', ''Hello Dolly!'', ''Alien'', and ''At Long Last Love''. The variant without the voiceover can be seen on ''The Sensuous Nurse'', ''The Man with the Golden Arm'', and ''The Moon Is Blue'', and debuted on ''Promise at Dawn''. The last releases to use this logo were the earliest 20th Century-Fox Video releases, including ''Bedazzled'', ''Caveman'', ''Chu Chu and the Philly Flash'', ''Dr. No'', ''Eyewitness'', ''A Fistful of Dollars'', ''The Great Muppet Caper'', ''History of the World Part I'', ''Sergeant York'' and ''Stardust Memories''. In order to fit the whole feature on a single tape, this does not appear on their release of ''Monsieur Verdoux'' (a portion of the opening credits is also missing on the same release).
'''Availability:'''  
* Ultra rare. Magnetic Video's releases have been out of print since the mid-1980s. Can be found at used video stores, pawn shops, flea markets, thrift stores and even eBay.  
* Titles with this logo include ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Longest Day'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''Escape to Athena'', ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''The Muppet Movie'', ''Kotch'', ''Patton'', ''Let It Be'', ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1979 television version), ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''The Cassandra Crossing'', ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Conversation Piece'', ''All Screwed Up'', ''Sympathy for the Devil'', ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''King Creole'', ''Last Train from Gun Hill'', ''Carnal Knowledge'', ''Deadly Hero'', ''The Graduate'', the ''Greatest Sports Legends'' series, ''City Lights'', ''The Great Dictator'', ''The Gold Rush'', ''A Woman of Paris'', ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', ''Mad Monster Party'', ''A Touch of Class'', ''The Jazz Singer'', ''Casablanca'', ''The Boston Strangler'', ''Hello Dolly!'', ''Alien'', and ''At Long Last Love''. The variant without the voiceover can be seen on ''The Sensuous Nurse'', ''The Man with the Golden Arm'', and ''The Moon Is Blue'', and debuted on ''Promise at Dawn''.  
* The last releases to use this logo were the earliest 20th Century-Fox Video releases, including ''Bedazzled'', ''Caveman'', ''Chu Chu and the Philly Flash'', ''Dr. No'', ''Eyewitness'', ''A Fistful of Dollars'', ''The Great Muppet Caper'', ''History of the World Part I'', ''Sergeant York'' and ''Stardust Memories''.  
* In order to fit the whole feature on a single tape, this does not appear on their release of ''Monsieur Verdoux'' (a portion of the opening credits is also missing on the same release).
* Some later prints of releases with the Magnetic Video logo, such as ''Von Ryan's Express'', ''Notorious'', ''Young Frankenstein'' and ''High Anxiety'', may have CBS/Fox Video labels, but those are usually in the original Magnetic Video packaging, with a video release year of 1980 on the slipcover.
* Occasionally, as seen on a 1985 pressing of ''Von Ryan's Express'' and a 1984 pressing of ''Take the Money and Run'', an earlier Magnetic Video voiceover may be plastered with its post-1980 ("...special video presentation") counterpart on later prints; also, most films featuring Elvis Presley were reprinted starting in early 1979 with the old Viacom voiceover plastered with the "...major motion picture on videocassette" variant thereof, which would make its first new-release appearance a few months later on ''The African Queen''.


'''Editor's Note:''' This is the very first home video logo. While the animation is primitive, the music is relaxing.
'''Editor's Note:''' This is the very first home video logo. While the animation is primitive, the music is relaxing.
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