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| − | <div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=MGM%2FUA+Communications+Co.&version=185&savePath=%2Fpage%2FMGM%252FUA%2BCommunications%2BCo.&saveType=page"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font> Matt Williams and Kris Starring<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> wolfie14, V of Doom and indycar<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom and indycar<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> phasicblu, EnormousRat, Gorb Stromaire, and ThePreviesGuy VHS Openings</font></i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">MGM/UA Communications Co. was founded in 1986, five years after the formation of MGM/UA Entertainment Co. when [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures|MGM]] acquired [[United Artists Pictures|UA]] from Transamerica Corporation in 1981.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Before the name existed; from March 25 to August 26, 1<font face="Arial">986</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, Ted Turner owned M<font face="Arial">GM,</font> and both companies were reincorporated as "MGM Entertainment Co." a<font face="Arial">nd "United Artists Corporation" </font>for a short time<font face="Arial">. A</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">fter UA purchased MGM's production and distribution assets, as well as its trademark, from Turner, both companies were reincorporated as</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> MGM/UA Communications Co<font face="Arial">.</font> In 1990, when Giancarlo Parretti under Pathé Communications (not to be confused with the <a href="/page/Path%C3%A9+%28France%29" target="_self">famed French studio</a>) purchased MGM/UA, the company was renamed as "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". However, the company was reverted back to "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" on July 2, 1992.<br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(1987-1988)</font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"> | + | <div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=MGM%2FUA+Communications+Co.&version=185&savePath=%2Fpage%2FMGM%252FUA%2BCommunications%2BCo.&saveType=page"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font> Matt Williams and Kris Starring<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> wolfie14, V of Doom and indycar<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom and indycar<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> phasicblu, EnormousRat, Gorb Stromaire, and ThePreviesGuy VHS Openings</font></i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">MGM/UA Communications Co. was founded in 1986, five years after the formation of MGM/UA Entertainment Co. when [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures|MGM]] acquired [[United Artists Pictures|UA]] from Transamerica Corporation in 1981.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Before the name existed; from March 25 to August 26, 1<font face="Arial">986</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, Ted Turner owned M<font face="Arial">GM,</font> and both companies were reincorporated as "MGM Entertainment Co." a<font face="Arial">nd "United Artists Corporation" </font>for a short time<font face="Arial">. A</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">fter UA purchased MGM's production and distribution assets, as well as its trademark, from Turner, both companies were reincorporated as</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> MGM/UA Communications Co<font face="Arial">.</font> In 1990, when Giancarlo Parretti under Pathé Communications (not to be confused with the <a href="/page/Path%C3%A9+%28France%29" target="_self">famed French studio</a>) purchased MGM/UA, the company was renamed as "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". However, the company was reverted back to "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" on July 2, 1992.<br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(1987-1988)</font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1">[[File:RPRw5VKFVzT5V7xNIHy04g45960.jpeg|287px|MGM/UA Communications Co. (1988, Widescreen)]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1">[[File:URQ87Pt9DXe37v8CiFiG1g11905.jpeg|213px|MGM/UA Communications Co.]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1">[[File:1f46204db51d313a545d25d6b880b0a8.png|213px|1987 MGM/UA Communications Co. black and white logo]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1">[[File:1b83cde50d641245005dcd85f90c761d.png|211px|1987 MGM/UA Communications Co. trailer logo]]<br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="161" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/2c149aa1d45e45a935a8fe158c13b38ccb329fa1" width="310"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "Zooming/Flashing MGM-UA",</font><font color="#333333"> "WGBH Rip-Off"</font><br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, an outline of the </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">MGM-UA </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">logo zooms out, leaving a smoky trail behind it. The trail and "<b>MGM-UA</b>" outline splits into three. The smoky trails get sucked into the logo, which st</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">ops in the top center of the screen. The "</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><b>MGM-UA</b></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">" logo is a metallic, WGBH-like outline. Then, the letters in the words "</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><b>MGM</b>/<b>UA</b> COMMUNICATIONS CO.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">", in </font><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial">red</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, appear on-by-one below "</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><b>MGM-UA</b></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">". A </font><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial">red </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">line starts in the center of the company name and splits into two, one line going towards the top of the screen, and one towards the bottom. The lines wipe the screen and bring forth either the MGM "Lion" or the UA "Swoosh". The MGM-UA logo zooms towards the viewer as this happens.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font></font><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">There is a variation that only uses this logo alone, as neither the MGM or UA logo will follow. </font>This is seen on <i>Pumpkinhead</i> (even on current prints where the 2001 MGM logo appears before it) and the original VHS release of <i>Illegally Yours</i>.</font></li><li><font size="3">A black and white version exists.</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">Adapted for widescreen (2.35:1) films, the </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">"<b>MGM-UA</b>" logo does not zoom out further than usual.</font></font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3">On trailers for films on [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] VHS releases the logo plays as normal, but the logo video zooms out and lands on a film cell and it slides away. Another film cell appears and the trailer begins. Can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYxjlvDydAY" target="_self">here</a>.</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">Depending on the film quality, the </font><font color="#808080" face="Arial">silver</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> may appear as light brown.</font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Very cool '80s computer graphics<font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">.</font><br/></font><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: <font face="Arial">A</font> synth chord<font face="Arial"> seguing</font> into some whooshing sounds combined with a drum-beat, followed by a synth trumpet fanfare, and then a metallic hit at the end<font face="Arial"> (which is not pr<font face="Arial">esent on the standalone variant).</font></font><br/><br/></font></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon. The MGM/UA Communications-UA Swoosh mixture is seen on old TV, VHS and Laserdisc prints of several <i>James Bond</i> movies and movies from the <i>Pink Panther</i> series (and plasters old UA logos, such as the "Transamerica T"). The version with the UA logo following it can be seen on </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>Baby Boom</i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, <i>I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!</i>, <i>Rain Man</i>, <i>Child's Play</i>, and the 1998 DVD of <i>The Great Escape</i>. The version with the MGM logo following can be seen on <i>Fatal Beauty</i><font face="Arial">, <i>Moonstruck</i>, and the VHS<font face="Arial"> releases</font> of <i><font face="Arial">Overboard</font></i><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">, <i>Poltergeist III </i>(including the Scream Factory Blu-Ray), </font></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><i>A Fish Called Wanda</i><i> </i>(including the 2017 [[Arrow Video]] Blu-ray)</font></font></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">, and others. Re</font></font></font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">cent prints of some of these films, such as </font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">the 20th anniversary DVD of </font><i>Moonstruck</i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">, wil</font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">l have it re</font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">placed with a newer MGM logo. The black and white variant can be seen on the 1988 MGM/UA Home Video VHS release of </font><i>The Manchurian Candidate </i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">and the 1989 MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc release of </font><i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Apartment</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">. </font></i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The trailer variant can be seen on several MGM/UA Home Video releases, such as the 1988 VHS release of </font><i>Spaceballs</i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">. <br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Editor's Note</u>: This is a logo that is pretty well liked by the logo community.<br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><br/></div> |
Latest revision as of 16:52, 3 November 2020
Logo description by Matt Williams and Kris Starring
Logo captures by wolfie14, V of Doom and indycar
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom and indycar
Video captures courtesy of phasicblu, EnormousRat, Gorb Stromaire, and ThePreviesGuy VHS Openings
Background: MGM/UA Communications Co. was founded in 1986, five years after the formation of MGM/UA Entertainment Co. when MGM acquired UA from Transamerica Corporation in 1981. Before the name existed; from March 25 to August 26, 1986, Ted Turner owned MGM, and both companies were reincorporated as "MGM Entertainment Co." and "United Artists Corporation" for a short time. After UA purchased MGM's production and distribution assets, as well as its trademark, from Turner, both companies were reincorporated as MGM/UA Communications Co. In 1990, when Giancarlo Parretti under Pathé Communications (not to be confused with the <a href="/page/Path%C3%A9+%28France%29" target="_self">famed French studio</a>) purchased MGM/UA, the company was renamed as "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". However, the company was reverted back to "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" on July 2, 1992.
(1987-1988)
Nicknames: "Zooming/Flashing MGM-UA", "WGBH Rip-Off"
Logo: On a black background, an outline of the MGM-UA logo zooms out, leaving a smoky trail behind it. The trail and "MGM-UA" outline splits into three. The smoky trails get sucked into the logo, which stops in the top center of the screen. The "MGM-UA" logo is a metallic, WGBH-like outline. Then, the letters in the words "MGM/UA COMMUNICATIONS CO.", in red, appear on-by-one below "MGM-UA". A red line starts in the center of the company name and splits into two, one line going towards the top of the screen, and one towards the bottom. The lines wipe the screen and bring forth either the MGM "Lion" or the UA "Swoosh". The MGM-UA logo zooms towards the viewer as this happens.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Very cool '80s computer graphics.
Music/Sounds: A synth chord seguing into some whooshing sounds combined with a drum-beat, followed by a synth trumpet fanfare, and then a metallic hit at the end (which is not present on the standalone variant).
Logo captures by wolfie14, V of Doom and indycar
Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom and indycar
Video captures courtesy of phasicblu, EnormousRat, Gorb Stromaire, and ThePreviesGuy VHS Openings
Background: MGM/UA Communications Co. was founded in 1986, five years after the formation of MGM/UA Entertainment Co. when MGM acquired UA from Transamerica Corporation in 1981. Before the name existed; from March 25 to August 26, 1986, Ted Turner owned MGM, and both companies were reincorporated as "MGM Entertainment Co." and "United Artists Corporation" for a short time. After UA purchased MGM's production and distribution assets, as well as its trademark, from Turner, both companies were reincorporated as MGM/UA Communications Co. In 1990, when Giancarlo Parretti under Pathé Communications (not to be confused with the <a href="/page/Path%C3%A9+%28France%29" target="_self">famed French studio</a>) purchased MGM/UA, the company was renamed as "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". However, the company was reverted back to "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" on July 2, 1992.
(1987-1988)
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Nicknames: "Zooming/Flashing MGM-UA", "WGBH Rip-Off"
Logo: On a black background, an outline of the MGM-UA logo zooms out, leaving a smoky trail behind it. The trail and "MGM-UA" outline splits into three. The smoky trails get sucked into the logo, which stops in the top center of the screen. The "MGM-UA" logo is a metallic, WGBH-like outline. Then, the letters in the words "MGM/UA COMMUNICATIONS CO.", in red, appear on-by-one below "MGM-UA". A red line starts in the center of the company name and splits into two, one line going towards the top of the screen, and one towards the bottom. The lines wipe the screen and bring forth either the MGM "Lion" or the UA "Swoosh". The MGM-UA logo zooms towards the viewer as this happens.
Variants:
- There is a variation that only uses this logo alone, as neither the MGM or UA logo will follow. This is seen on Pumpkinhead (even on current prints where the 2001 MGM logo appears before it) and the original VHS release of Illegally Yours.
- A black and white version exists.
- Adapted for widescreen (2.35:1) films, the "MGM-UA" logo does not zoom out further than usual.
- On trailers for films on MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases the logo plays as normal, but the logo video zooms out and lands on a film cell and it slides away. Another film cell appears and the trailer begins. Can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYxjlvDydAY" target="_self">here</a>.
- Depending on the film quality, the silver may appear as light brown.
FX/SFX: Very cool '80s computer graphics.
Music/Sounds: A synth chord seguing into some whooshing sounds combined with a drum-beat, followed by a synth trumpet fanfare, and then a metallic hit at the end (which is not present on the standalone variant).
Availability: Uncommon. The MGM/UA Communications-UA Swoosh mixture is seen on old TV, VHS and Laserdisc prints of several James Bond movies and movies from the Pink Panther series (and plasters old UA logos, such as the "Transamerica T"). The version with the UA logo following it can be seen on Baby Boom, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!, Rain Man, Child's Play, and the 1998 DVD of The Great Escape. The version with the MGM logo following can be seen on Fatal Beauty, Moonstruck, and the VHS releases of Overboard, Poltergeist III (including the Scream Factory Blu-Ray), A Fish Called Wanda (including the 2017 Arrow Video Blu-ray), and others. Recent prints of some of these films, such as the 20th anniversary DVD of Moonstruck, will have it replaced with a newer MGM logo. The black and white variant can be seen on the 1988 MGM/UA Home Video VHS release of The Manchurian Candidate and the 1989 MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc release of The Apartment. The trailer variant can be seen on several MGM/UA Home Video releases, such as the 1988 VHS release of Spaceballs.
Editor's Note: This is a logo that is pretty well liked by the logo community.