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Unconfirmed, unless this appeared on older prints of movies or there is a black-and-white Lorimar movie out there.
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
[[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Productions]] began to produce movies in 1971, starting with the independent film ''The Sporting Club''. Later on, the company acquired the [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists Pictures]] library in 1980 when said company went under, but it didn't have its own movie arm until April 21, 1986 when [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] was formed by the merging of Lorimar with Telepictures, | [[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Productions]] began to produce movies in 1971, starting with the independent film ''The Sporting Club''. Later on, the company acquired the [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists Pictures]] library in 1980 when said company went under, but it didn't have its own movie distribution/production arm until April 21, 1986, when [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] was formed by the merging of Lorimar with Telepictures. Shortly afterwards, the new venture created '''Lorimar Motion Pictures'''; in January 1987, it was renamed to '''Lorimar Film Entertainment''', though it was still referred to as Lorimar Motion Pictures on-screen. On January 11, 1989, Lorimar was acquired by Warner Communications and its film unit was absorbed into [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] Today, most of the Lorimar movie releases, with the exceptions of ''The Choirboys'', ''The Last Starfighter'' and ''Tank'' ([[Universal Pictures|Universal]]), ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]), and ''The Toxic Avenger Part II'' ([[Troma Entertainment|Troma]]), are currently held by Warner Bros. Entertainment. | ||
===1st Logo (March 20, 1981-1986)=== | ===1st Logo (March 20, 1981-1986)=== | ||
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*Sometimes the ''LORIMAR'' text is {{Font color|red|red}}. | *Sometimes the ''LORIMAR'' text is {{Font color|red|red}}. | ||
*Sometimes, it's bylineless. | *Sometimes, it's bylineless. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the TV version. | '''FX/SFX:''' Same as the TV version. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent. | ||
'''Availability:''' Pretty rare. | '''Availability:''' Pretty rare. Warner Bros. has a poor habit of plastering their logo over this one, while Universal leaves it intact most of the time. | ||
* It can be still be seen on ''Escape to Victory'' and ''Tank'' after the 1963 Universal logo. | * It can be still be seen on ''Escape to Victory'' and ''Tank'' after the 1963 Universal logo. | ||
* The first VHS, and recent DVD/Blu-ray of ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984) retain it after the Universal logo, but was plastered with the WB shield on old full-screen TV airings, and the 1997 Universal logo on the 1999 DVD release. | * The first VHS, and recent DVD/Blu-ray of ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984) retain it after the Universal logo, but was plastered with the WB shield on old full-screen TV airings, and the 1997 Universal logo on the 1999 DVD release. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a late 1980's HBO airing of ''The Fourth Protocol'', the gongs from the [[The Rank Organisation (UK)|Rank Organisation]] logo can be heard due to a sloppy plaster. It's not present in the VHS release. | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a late 1980's HBO airing of ''The Fourth Protocol'', the gongs from the [[The Rank Organisation (UK)|Rank Organisation]] logo can be heard due to a sloppy plaster. It's not present in the VHS release. | ||
'''Availability:''' Quite rare considering the logo's short lifespan in addition to the rampant plastering habits of Warner Bros. | '''Availability:''' Quite rare, considering the logo's short lifespan in addition to the rampant plastering habits of Warner Bros. | ||
* | * This is retained on the Warner Archive DVD-R of ''Orphans'', the Warner Archive Blu-ray of ''Running On Empty'', and the Columbia TriStar/Sony DVDs and 88 Films UK Blu-Ray of ''Two Moon Junction'' (RCA/Columbia released the film on VHS/Laserdisc, since Lorimar only had theatrical distribution rights). | ||
* This was originally seen on films such as ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', ''The Morning After'', ''Big Shots'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', and ''Made in Heaven''. | * This was originally seen on films such as ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', ''The Morning After'', ''Big Shots'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', and ''Made in Heaven''. | ||
* ''Return of the Living Dead Part II'' also had this logo, but with Warner's plastering habits, it got plastered on the 2004 DVD release (it is presumed, though, that the recent Scream Factory Blu-Ray release restores it since it will also feature a new 4K restoration). | * ''Return of the Living Dead Part II'' also had this logo, but with Warner's plastering habits, it got plastered on the 2004 DVD release (it is presumed, though, that the recent Scream Factory Blu-Ray release restores it since it will also feature a new 4K restoration). | ||