Logo descriptions and captures by Eric S.
Editions by Eric S. and V of Doom


Background: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation started life as a subsidiary of Monogram Pictures that was established in 1946 as an outlet for films with bigger names and higher budgets than Monogram could boast. Monogram continued to produce "B" movies through 1952, while the studio's special attractions were released as "Allied Artists Productions." In 1953, Allied Artists dropped the Monogram name and functioned as a single entity, Allied Artists Pictures. For better or for worse, one of its better known films today is Mitchell (1975) which was spoofed in a very popular episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Although the corporation produced and/or distributed major films such as Papillon, Cabaret and The Man Who Would Be King, it met with financial catastrophe and filed for bankruptcy in 1979. Lorimar Productions purchased the former Allied Artists Pictures Corporation in 1980. With Time Warner purchasing Lorimar in 1988, most of the Allied Artists library is controlled by Time Warner subsidiary, Warner Bros.


Allied Artists Productions/Pictures Corporation/Film

1st (known) Logo
(????-????)

Nickname: "AA"



2nd Logo
(1970's-1978)

Nickname: "The db"

Logo: We see a blue background shorten into a circle, with light blue surrounding it. After the darker blue (or white) circle is small enough, we now see that the light blue figure is a large lowercase a, with another flipped a the same size next to it zooming out to the from the left, and settling in the middle of the screen. When it's done zooming, it reads:


Later variant: On their last film, their logo would be set on a green background with white lettering.

FX: The zooming out of "db"

Cheesy Factor: The inverted a doesn't look like an a.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Still intact on their movies produced on this period, usually after the Warner Bros logo.

Scare Factor: Low.





2nd (known) Logo
(2000's?-)


Nickname: "Golden db"

Logo: We start on a black background, suddenly the background brakes itself in four sections and reels out. The allied artists icon "db" is there, now in 3D and textured on a chromed or golden texture.

FX: The reeling of the pages.

Cheesy Factor: Very cheap to be from the 2000s.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh as the pages reels.

Availability: Appears on public-domain DVDs of their films.

Scare Factor: Low.