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Camenati
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21 May 2022

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These finds are from David Andreasyan:


And note that TVB spotted these videos before I did.


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Camenati
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21 May 2022

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My bad, I will do that next time. But why on that particular date and not now?


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TVB
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22 May 2022

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Welp, I got a collection of finds here.

And I think it's important to include the videos, so here they areː


I also found the Fox Video Italian Warning Screen from 1994, but I didn't upload it here because I'll break the rules.


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LMgamer36
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22 May 2022

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Where did that workprint version of the Walt Disney Pictures logo come from?


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TVB
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23 May 2022

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Where did that workprint version of the Walt Disney Pictures logo come from?

It's from a workpoint copy of A Bug's Life in March 8, 1996.


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LMgamer36
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23 May 2022

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Why does it have John Debney's fanfare instead of Randy Newman's? Prototype I guess.


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Agbsdisbsji
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7 June 2022

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Hi, this is David. I've noticed how many of my finds have been posted in here. Thank you all very much


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TVB
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27 May 2022

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Last finds before my hiatus from this forum. If you want to, click here to be amazedː https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUf4Vw7nrTXblGSuFej97Ww/videos

In the meantime, I rounded up my findsː


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LMgamer36
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30 May 2022

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And I also found a demo reel from Flip Your Lid Animation, AKA the designer of the 1986 Paramount (plus Scrooged (1988) variant, 1990 Universal and 1994 Fox logos (the prototype is featured in this video, plus the Ice Age/Anastasia variants that TVB found!)!


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LMgamer36
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30 May 2022

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This is what stole the show for me.

A bylineless 1994 20th Century Fox prototype!

Considering how the News Corp. byline version of this was already rare, this one might be even rarer.


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LMgamer36
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1 June 2022

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Found these logos on Logo Archive's Youtube channel. Well these two are ultra-rare and can be seen on the Italian print of 'World by Night for the WB logo, and Un caso di conscienza for the Paramount logo.


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TVB
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2 June 2022

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Nice Finds LMgamer36ǃ

Anyways, my finds during my hiatus will finally be released here. I also have reasons why it should be featured to make it straight. Hope this helps. This still leaves French RKO with the watermark though.

Images of the finds

Reasons

20th Century Fox (Wide "0")ː It comes from a 2002 revival of the 20th Century Fox Hour and they seem rare. And it's undiscovered.

Warner Bros Pictures (35mm Prototype 75th Anniversary)ː It's the prototype 75th Anniversary Version in 35mm, what do you expect?

RKO Radio Films (French)ː Unlike the other French Versions, it's tinted in orange, if you notice.

Warner Bros Pictures (French)ː It's a French Version of the Black Background Variant of the 5th Warner Bros. Pictures Logo. In short, a variant of a variant of a 1950s logo.

Warner Bros Italia (Brown)ː Similar to LMgamer36's Blue Closing Version, this is an undiscovered variant.

Walt Disney Pictures (Silent)ː Not only that it's silent, but it comes from a bootleg of one of the company's movies, which also has the previous logo.

Since I've listed my reasons why some should get featured, I'm expecting 1 or 2 to get featured.


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Camenati
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3 June 2022

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While looking through pre-cert VHS openings and closings, I found this logo from a 1985 British tape of a Disney cartoon compilation titled "Cartoon Bonanza 1".

So what kind of branch and logo is this?


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LMgamer36
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3 June 2022

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That's the logo for Disney's former live-action and animation division. It was later split as Walt Disney Pictures and the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Walt Disney Productions today survives as parent company The Walt Disney Company.


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LMgamer36
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3 June 2022

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And this is the logo seen on Cartoon Bonanza 2 (not mine):


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SonicFan08MZ
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7 June 2022

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I found version 2 of S4C's eggs ident, uploaded by Lucky The YT Bunny. It's from a 2006 DVD of "Planed Plant Bach".

Please note it's out-of-sync.


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Camenati
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11 June 2022

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Here is a very nice Vitagraph find by CP1973 Network:


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Camenati
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13 June 2022

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I found a print version of the 1914 Universal logo on a restored Dutch print of Almost a Scandal, which appears in the title card of said film:


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Timpbskid23
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13 June 2022

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An old capture, but definetly interesting:


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LMgamer36
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14 June 2022

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These two Paramount logos are from Logo Archive.

I also have a compilation of various logos from Italian 16mm prints of American (and some Italian) films.


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TVB
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14 June 2022

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Nice.

And now, I give you 3 super rare images. If they are not rare enough, I dunno what is.


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LMgamer36
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15 June 2022

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That's even weirder than my jagged "Paramountain".


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TVB
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15 June 2022

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Sadly, it's discovered it ain't Paramount Pictures, but some Soviet Company I never heard of. Still, it's a rare find overall.


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Timpbskid23
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15 June 2022

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Italian Paramount.


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LMgamer36
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17 June 2022

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Thanks for TVB for introducing me to this Mr. Gann guy. Here are some logos that I found here.


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LMgamer36
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17 June 2022

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That 75 Years WB logo comes from a promo reel from the company. Note the "WARNER BROS." banner.


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Timpbskid23
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17 June 2022

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I can't decide between the rare byline or the fact that it's in 35mm.


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TVB
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18 June 2022

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Yeah, it's been 3 days, so let's get into it.

Worthy Images

[Deleted Image]

Other Cool Images

Videos might be coming later


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@TVB: Unfortunately that Fox Searchlight logo isn't real. We've had it show up a couple of times before on the wiki.


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LMgamer36
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18 June 2022

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Does the green fake "prototype" also count?


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LMgamer36
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18 June 2022

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And I found another WB Italia closing logo. This was seen on an Italian print of Heat (1995) and found by Mr. Gann.


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WannyManny
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18 June 2022

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Eleven Eleven O’Clock Productions logo in print form (image here) I can’t find a way to do that... I’ll be right back


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LMgamer36
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19 June 2022

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Here's another French Paramountain. This's ones from Malefices.


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LMgamer36
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20 June 2022

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And this is again from Mr. Gann.


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VPJHuk
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20 June 2022

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Just showing up in the middle of nowhere; I and Davit have found a brand new CIC logo with the chains fully colored. There are 2 versions of this.

Videos:


Anyways, that's one of the finds we have uncovered in recent times. I see some of you uploading some of them here :D


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TVB
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20 June 2022

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Got my finds for the last 2 days (yes this insane) hereː

Images 3.0

NOTEː Before I replied, I realized that the last image was found in WF.

The Evidence


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LMgamer36
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20 June 2022

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That's coincidental. I also have the last logo on that Italian 16mm logo compilation.


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Agbsdisbsji
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20 June 2022

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Nice finds, my guy. Btw, I'm really glad my finds are being posted here.


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I found this previously undiscovered High Voltage Software logo on a reel.


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Mr. Gann
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24 June 2022

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hello i found this lmao https://closinglogosgroup.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Columbia_Tristar_Films_Italia.png


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LMgamer36
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24 June 2022

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Is that the REAL Mr. Gann?


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Mr. Gann
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24 June 2022

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yep


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LMgamer36
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24 June 2022

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Also CDI (Italian Orion) and FS Film Oy (a Finnish TCF-SF Studios joint venture) now have their own pages.


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A new Tobis logo has been hiding from us in plain sight for 8 months!


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TVB
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24 June 2022

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Welp, don't have much going on, just these 3 Columbia Pictures logos from USSR.


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LMgamer36
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25 June 2022

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Welp, don't have much going on, just these 3 Columbia Pictures logos from USSR.

Love how they didn't even nail the face on the first one correctly.


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Camenati
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24 June 2022

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Welp, don't have much going on, just these 3 Columbia Pictures logos from USSR.

I think I remember seeing the first logo featured on the old CLG Wiki.


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Neo Deckard
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24 June 2022

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Yeah, the first logo was featured previously.


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Timpbskid23
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25 June 2022

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Guess what film this Jagga Gujjar Productions logo appears on:

File:Jagga Gujjar Productions (1994).png Hints: This logo has more quality (both in sound and frames). We can now clearly hear that the man sings "Allahu Akbar" rather than just a religious hymn. We can now actually see another mosque in the background (that being the Jamia Masjid of the Data Darbar complex).


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LMgamer36
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25 June 2022

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A couple of finds that I uploaded on my channel:


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VPJHuk
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25 June 2022

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Also CDI (Italian Orion) and FS Film Oy (a Finnish TCF-SF Studios joint venture) now have their own pages.

The FS Film page wasn't actually needed, as it already had one in the name of SF Film Finland (Finland).


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Camenati
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2 July 2022

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Found a very early Nordisk Films logo from Eyefilm's channel.


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@Camenati: Nice find! I think logos from the silent film era are quite underrated.


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Camenati
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3 July 2022

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@Logohub: Thanks. In fact, I really like searching and making articles for these kind of logos.

And today, I found an unusual Columbia TriStar-King World combo from a 1996 episode of the UK version of Jeopardy!.


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Zachary MB
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3 July 2022

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I just came across a rare ITC Distribution logo from a 1961 printing of a March 1960 episode of “Johnnie Ray Sings.” Unfortunately, the logo’s very partial, appearing not even for a second. Despite that, I think it should be featured since this logo’s way different than the version we’re used to seeing (with the Distribution text, now in a different font, appearing slightly at the bottom right corner of the screen with a 1961 ATV copyright date below it) and this is the only footage we have of this logo.


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TVB
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3 July 2022

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I also have a silent movie find from The Shock in the year of 1923.



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I found three unused Warner Animation Group logos last week. They were from the Nathaniel Howe Studios website, which can be found here.


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TVB
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12 July 2022

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This was a find I found a while ago, and it ain't anything noteworthy, but I'm still showing it because, well, I was the only one in the logo community to find it.


Have fun Commentsǃ


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My mom worked at Port Huron Schools Television when it was called CPHS-6. She and her friend who made the logo who she texted about the wiki page say that if you played the 3rd logo for its entire length, the dancing stick lady's hair eventually falls out.


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Camenati
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15 July 2022

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Another Nordisk Film logo find, this time from television:


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Camenati
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16 July 2022

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Now here are a few more interesting finds, this time from ZMB's Worldwide Logo Archive:


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LMgamer36
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19 July 2022

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Here's a really really rare logo, again from Mr. Gann.


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TVB
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19 July 2022

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Now here are a few more interesting finds, this time from ZMB's Worldwide Logo Archive:

That's actually nice, and one of the best from your category.

And now I give you 3 more images from David's Logo Archive.

It's recent on his channel, go figure.


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LMgamer36
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21 July 2022

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Nice finds TVB. Also Logo Archive (not the Chuc socks) is back!


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The retro format hates my phone so much that this took 5 minutes to load, so I can't add them to the pages today. But look what I found! http://www.mikebdaniels.com/paramount-players/ http://www.mikebdaniels.com/dc-comics/ http://www.mikebdaniels.com/imax/ http://www.mikebdaniels.com/global-road/ http://www.mikebdaniels.com/tang-concepts/ http://www.mikebdaniels.com/saban/


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TVB
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25 July 2022

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Nice finds, at least seems interesting.

This one is also from David's Logo Archive. This gives me WF vibes because of the text.


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Tanawat2002
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30 July 2022

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File:///4EFD27E2-95D1-4379-AC6E-C125BD845539.png I have discovered a super duper mega ultra rare National Educational Television logo from 1958. I searched for "media dlib edu national educational television" and I found an ultra rare logo at the end of The World We Want episodes The Conquest of Prejudice and Education for What?. In case you don't know here are the links to the two episodes containing the logo: https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/0r967m50d https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/rv043995z Additionally, the title card from both of those episodes has a outlined variant of the "NET Circle" logo, with the "NET" being smaller and more spaced out. That's extroadinary, because the only other logo cmbining the NET Circle logo are a promo for Doctors in Space (with the normal logo). This has about the same rarity with other NET logos (or variants).

  1. Inverted ETVNETETV (1958) (2019/01?)
  2. NET Chimes (1958) (Saturday, 2019/02/02)
  3. Map of America II (1957) with ultra rare voiceover (Thursday, 2019/08/29)
  4. Inverted variant of Map of America II (1957) (Thursday, 2019/09/05)
  5. Map of America (1955) with ballerina music (Tuesday, 2019/12/03)
  6. NET Circle (1958) but the circle contains "National Educational Television" and "a service of" is in the top-left corner (Saturday, 2020/12/27)
  7. NET Circle (1959) with Ordeal by Fire: Comet of Fire music (Saturday, 2021/09/18 by Google Chrom)
  8. Map of America (1955) with The Finder opening music (Friday, 2022/03/25 by Google Chrom)
  9. Map of America with credits (1957) (Friday, 2022/03/25 by Google Chrom) NOT Map of America II)

I have already posted it, but in the wrong thread. This will be one of the strangest and most astonishing logo finds in the CLG Wiki's history, and it should be featured because of that.


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I found a Italian RKO logo variant from the closing of ‘’Rancho Notorious’’, the main differences are the end is replaced by Fine, and RKO radio pictures is now RKO radio films.

This is from 1952



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Unused Thunder Road logo concept art! https://roachsu.com/thunder-road-pictures-logo-design


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And some more unused Thunder Road logos for good measure! Scroll down. https://www.blackbook.studio/project/thunderroad


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TVB
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4 August 2022

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This is new. Plz help me lmao


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So I decided to post my finds here myself, cause why not lol


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Ile of Tynwald
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4 August 2022

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I’m not sure if these counts as rare, but I found three of these idents no one here found.


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Oh, ok. Thanks for answering.


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Ile of Tynwald
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5 August 2022

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Sadly no. I only found it from the Movie Title Stills Collection. No closing logos.


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BTW, David, I told you this already: when you post pictures, you need to state what works do they come from. That way, we can avoid logo mysteries. I told you this before, so you need to start now. This is a warning


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Ok, I will.

So, The Buena Vista TV finds come from the Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectaculars from 1988,1989 and 1990. As for the last one, it comes from a 1986 NBC airing of Dumbo.


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LMgamer36
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6 August 2022

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This find is from Mr. Gann.


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Here are a couple of finds:

The Italian Columbia and CEIAD logos come from a TeleGenova airing of Together Again and the Italian Paramountain comes from a RAI airing of Sabrina


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TVB
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7 August 2022

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Imma need to stop finding stuff so often. Anyways, here's something probably rare.

https://archive.org/details/201910171956


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This logo has no relation to the Columbia we all know, but a very interesting logo.


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This find is so huge that I can't believe that it is real. Probably unknown to the logo community before me, an unused Orion Pictures logo designed by Dan Perri! (The designer of countless famous movie titles like the ones for Star Wars and The Exorcist, as well as the Samuel Goldwyn and Hemdale logos) https://vimeo.com/468662872/recommended


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Y'know what? Count this as my first find that I am confident enough in its rarity that I nominate this capture to be featured.


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This should be featured!


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LMgamer36
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22 August 2022

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These are two finds that I uploaded to my channel, both are from a rare promo reel from Cannon Films:


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Hello, so since the topic of this thread involves rare logos, I'll post this announcement here. I'm planning on getting Miraheze's system administrators to delete a massive backlog of unused files that we have on the wiki (over 4,000 at the time of typing), and I would like to recommend everyone who has posted rare finds to upload their finds onto this user subpage so they may be kept safe from deletion. Granted, I have asked for the deletions to be made recoverable in case any files need to be restored, but I would still suggest posting your findings onto this page, especially ones that you have not used on the wiki yet, so the workload of having to restore any deleted files is greatly reduced. Be warned that the page is big, though, so it may load slowly or even crash your device. I am open to making additional subpages as needed. Thanks!


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AlmightyKingPrawn
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25 August 2022

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Hibiscus, the wiki counts the page you created as one of your own, so when I try to edit it it says I'm a vandal and protects it. So, I'd like if you added these orphaned files in addition to my Orion find (thanks for putting it there btw).

The latter isn't rare, but Ape/Creatures Inc does not yet have a page so there is currently nowhere to put it, making it a likely deletion target. As for the former, I still haven't added it to the RHI page yet as I know nothing about the company and feel too unknowledgeable to do so.


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TVB
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28 August 2022

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I'm back ːD So David is keeping up with the Soviet Toei Logos a few weeks ago. Here's a couple out of the more than few.


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LMgamer36
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31 August 2022

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Next time, please fix capitalizing your letters in your next edits :D.


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Here's an early Italian Paramount from 1937.

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