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Background

Lux was a film company that operated between 1906 and 1914.

Logo (1906-1914)

Standard variant
Variant seen on title cards.

Visuals: This essentially consists of a realistic drawing of the Statue of Liberty with ""LUX"" underneath it on a black background.

Opening Titles: Within a Greek-like architecture with what appears to be wreaths on the top, the Statue of Liberty is on the right side and the title of the film on the left. The words "KINEMA "LUX" PARIS" with "LUX" in a larger size than the rest is underneath an unusual bar. To the bottom left reads "998.1.HLL".

Variants:

A green tinted variant exists.
Sometimes, the opening titles have the bottom left text read differently.
Sometimes, the opening titles omit the Statue of Liberty.
On Gare! Les lions!, everything from the architecture to the statue and text are filled in white.
Gratitude obsédante has an alternate version of both the statue and the company name where the former is less detailed and the latter is in a different font.

Technique: A still, printed image.

Audio: None.

Availability: The title card variant is easier to find and was preserved on old German and Dutch prints of their many films such as Gare! Les lions!, Le chien insaisissable, Ma concierge est trop jolie, and Gratitude obsédante. The standard variant was seen on the Cunégonde short films such as Cunégonde jalouse and Cunégonde trop curieuse albeit restored. The unrestored version of the standard logo was seen on Gare! Les lions!. All of the aforementioned films are preserved by the Eye Filmmuseum and are therefore kept on them, but half of the time, the logo is left out either due to the releases replacing them with a different opening and ending title due to them being in Dutch, or start or end with a black screen.

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 ===Background===
-'''Lux''' was a film company that operated between 1907 and 1913.
+'''Lux''' was a film company that operated between 1906 and 1914.
-===(1906-1914)===
+===Logo (1906-1914)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-Lux (1912, restored) (From - Eyefilm's restoration print of Cunégonde femme du monde).png
+Lux (1912, restored) (From - Eyefilm's restoration print of Cunégonde femme du monde).png|Standard variant
-Lux (1912, title card) (From - Ma concierge est trop jolie).png
+Lux (1912, title card) (From - Ma concierge est trop jolie).png|Variant seen on title cards.
 Lux (1912, Liberty-less title card) (From - Dutch release of Le chien insaisissable).png
 Lux (1912, silhouette title card) (From - German release of Gare! Les lions!).png
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 </gallery>
-'''Logo:''' This essentially consists of a realistic drawing of the Statue of Liberty with ""LUX"" underneath it on a black background.
+'''Visuals:''' This essentially consists of a realistic drawing of the Statue of Liberty with "{{Font|Times New Roman|"LUX"}}" underneath it on a black background.
-'''Opening Titles:''' Within a Greek-like architecture with what appears to be wreaths on the top, the Statue of Liberty is on the right side and the title of the film on the left. The words "KINEMA "LUX" PARIS" with "LUX" in a larger size than the rest is underneath an unusual bar. To the bottom left reads "998.1.HLL".
+'''Opening Titles:''' Within a Greek-like architecture with what appears to be wreaths on the top, the Statue of Liberty is on the right side and the title of the film on the left. The words "{{Font|Times New Roman|KINEMA "LUX" PARIS}}" with "{{Font|Times New Roman|LUX}}" in a larger size than the rest is underneath an unusual bar. To the bottom left reads "998.1.HLL".
 '''Variants:'''
-*A green tinted variant exists.
+*A <u>green tinted variant</u> exists.
+*Sometimes, the opening titles have the bottom left text read differently.
 *Sometimes, the opening titles omit the Statue of Liberty.
-*On ''Gare! Les lions!'', everything from the architecture to the statue and text are filled in white.
+*On ''<u>Gare! Les lions!</u>'', everything from the architecture to the statue and text are filled in white.
-*''Gratitude obsédante'' has an alternate version of both the statue and the company name where the former is less detailed and the latter is in a different font.
+*''<u>Gratitude obsédante</u>'' has an alternate version of both the statue and the company name where the former is less detailed and the latter is in a different font.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, printed image.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. The title card variant is easier to find and was preserved on old German and Dutch prints of their many films such as ''Gare! Les lions!'', ''Le chien insaisissable'', ''Ma concierge est trop jolie'', and ''Gratitude obsédante''. The standard variant was seen on the ''Cunégonde'' short films such as ''Cunégonde jalouse'' and ''Cunégonde trop curieuse'' albeit restored. The unrestored version of the standard logo was seen on ''Gare! Les lions!''. All of the aforementioned films are preserved by the Eye Filmmuseum and are therefore kept on them, but half of the time, the logo is left out either due to the releases replacing them with a different opening and ending title due to them being in Dutch, or start or end with simply nothing.
+'''Availability:'''  The title card variant is easier to find and was preserved on old German and Dutch prints of their many films such as ''Gare! Les lions!'', ''Le chien insaisissable'', ''Ma concierge est trop jolie'', and ''Gratitude obsédante''. The standard variant was seen on the ''Cunégonde'' short films such as ''Cunégonde jalouse'' and ''Cunégonde trop curieuse'' albeit restored. The unrestored version of the standard logo was seen on ''Gare! Les lions!''. All of the aforementioned films are preserved by the Eye Filmmuseum and are therefore kept on them, but half of the time, the logo is left out either due to the releases replacing them with a different opening and ending title due to them being in Dutch, or start or end with a black screen.
+{{Movie-Navbox}}
 [[Category:French film logos]]
-[[Category:French logos]]
+[[Category:France]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Logos with cultural icons]]