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Turner Home Entertainment
Logo descriptions by Wisp2007
Logo captures by Wisp2007 and V of Doom
Background: Turner Home Entertainment was founded in 1987 by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting to distribute most of their film library, mainly the RKO Radio Pictures library, on videocassette; however, Turner licenses their pre-1986 MGM and pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries to MGM/UA Home Video from 1987 to 1999. In 1994, when Turner bought out the New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment studios, Columbia TriStar Home Video sold the distribution rights to New Line Home Video releases to Turner Home Entertainment. Turner Home Entertainment also handles the rights to shows by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network, as well as PBS Home Video releases from 1994-1997. In 1997, a year after Turner merged with Time Warner, Turner Home Entertainment was dissolved into Warner Home Video.
1st Logo
(1987-1990)
Logo: On a dark red/black gradient background, the words "TURNER HOME ENTERTAINMENT", in a fancy blue font, fly from the top of the screen, stopping in the middle.
FX/SFX: Cheap all around.
Music/Sounds: A harsh, droning synth. It sounds identical to the music of the U.S.A. Home Video logo.
Availability: Very rare; may probably be seen on RKO HV releases and the original home video release of Laser Mission. Surprisingly, this logo recently appeared without music during the documentary portion of Starrcade: The Essential Collection, a DVD set from World Wrestling Entertainment.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; droning synths combined with fancy script don't mix.
2nd Logo
(1991-1993)
Nickname: "The Filmstrip"
Logo: On a green grass-like background with a blue filmstrip below, the words "TURNER HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in the same font used in the previous logo and in CGI fly out from the center of the screen and stop in the middle.
FX/SFX: The filmstrip, the words flying.
Music/Sounds: TBA.
Availability: Rare; seen on Turner video releases from 1991 to 1993 such as Reflections on Citizen Kane: Fifty Years.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
3rd Logo
(1993-1997)
Nickname: "Turner Mansion"
Logo: Same as the movie logo, only "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PICTURES".
FX/SFX: Same as the movie logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the movie logo.
Availability: More prolific than the movie logo, but still rare. It can be seen on several early-mid '90s Cartoon Network tapes (look at a mom-and-pop video shop, a thrift/second-hand store or eBay for those), which are your best bet as several were released in the channel's early years. Also seen on 1994-1997 PBS Home Video releases such as Adventures From the Book of Virtues and the Ken Burns documentary Baseball.
Scare Factor: Low; the darkness and somber music don't really mix.
Logo captures by Wisp2007 and V of Doom
Background: Turner Home Entertainment was founded in 1987 by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting to distribute most of their film library, mainly the RKO Radio Pictures library, on videocassette; however, Turner licenses their pre-1986 MGM and pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries to MGM/UA Home Video from 1987 to 1999. In 1994, when Turner bought out the New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment studios, Columbia TriStar Home Video sold the distribution rights to New Line Home Video releases to Turner Home Entertainment. Turner Home Entertainment also handles the rights to shows by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network, as well as PBS Home Video releases from 1994-1997. In 1997, a year after Turner merged with Time Warner, Turner Home Entertainment was dissolved into Warner Home Video.
1st Logo
(1987-1990)
FX/SFX: Cheap all around.
Music/Sounds: A harsh, droning synth. It sounds identical to the music of the U.S.A. Home Video logo.
Availability: Very rare; may probably be seen on RKO HV releases and the original home video release of Laser Mission. Surprisingly, this logo recently appeared without music during the documentary portion of Starrcade: The Essential Collection, a DVD set from World Wrestling Entertainment.
Scare Factor: Medium to high; droning synths combined with fancy script don't mix.
2nd Logo
(1991-1993)
Nickname: "The Filmstrip"
Logo: On a green grass-like background with a blue filmstrip below, the words "TURNER HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in the same font used in the previous logo and in CGI fly out from the center of the screen and stop in the middle.
FX/SFX: The filmstrip, the words flying.
Music/Sounds: TBA.
Availability: Rare; seen on Turner video releases from 1991 to 1993 such as Reflections on Citizen Kane: Fifty Years.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
3rd Logo
(1993-1997)
Nickname: "Turner Mansion"
Logo: Same as the movie logo, only "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PICTURES".
FX/SFX: Same as the movie logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the movie logo.
Availability: More prolific than the movie logo, but still rare. It can be seen on several early-mid '90s Cartoon Network tapes (look at a mom-and-pop video shop, a thrift/second-hand store or eBay for those), which are your best bet as several were released in the channel's early years. Also seen on 1994-1997 PBS Home Video releases such as Adventures From the Book of Virtues and the Ken Burns documentary Baseball.
Scare Factor: Low; the darkness and somber music don't really mix.
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