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Background

ABC Pictures Corporation was a film production division of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The studio's films were distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation. The studio never turned a profit for ABC and was shut down in 1972. Walt Disney Pictures has owned the rights to the studio's library since 1996 when Disney acquired ABC. The home media rights are licensed to Kino Lorber after they were previously released by MGM Home Entertainment, Fox Video and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

(September 23, 1968-February 13, 1972)

Logo: We see a picture of a rotating globe on a blue (or pale blue/gray) background. The letter "b" sketches in the center of the globe and the letters "a" and "c" uncover from the left and right of the "b" to form "abc". The globe turns black over the transparent "abc" letters, the words "PICTURES CORP." fade in below the "abc" as the logo moves to the left and a filmstrip with another rotating globe grows out from the right of the logo. The byline "A SUBSIDIARY OF THE AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC." fades in below, and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below the filmstrip.

Variant: A rare variant exists where the background is white as the byline in orange, as the "PRESENTS" text in black.

Technique: Cel animation, with live-action for the globe.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film, or none.

Availability: Was near extinction due to DVD releases from MGM Home Entertainment having ether the 2001 MGM logo (or in some cases, having it blacked out with the opening theme), but is now uncommon. It can be seen on the Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?, Kotch, The Grissom Gang, Song of Norway, and The Last Valley. Some films such as Straw Dogs (on The Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-Ray release (except the MGM and Anchor Bay Entertainment DVDs) only contains the 1968 Cinerama Releasing Corporation logo. It was also seen on the original Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Laserdisc of They Shoot Horse's Don't They? (current prints have the ABC Pictures International logo), and the Anchor Bay DVD release and TCM airings of Too Late The Hero (though removed on the MGM DVD).

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 ===Background===
-'''ABC Pictures Corporation''' was a film production division of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The studio's films were distributed by [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]. The studio never turned a profit for ABC and was shut down in 1972. [[Walt Disney Pictures]] has owned the rights to the studio's library since 1996 when Disney acquired ABC. The home media rights are licensed to Kino Lorber after they were previously released by [[MGM Home Entertainment]], [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox Video]] and [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]]. It was then reorganized to '''ABC Pictures International''' as a production company for television and some theatrical films for ABC (although [[ABC Circle Films]] did handle the former use for the network).
+'''ABC Pictures Corporation''' was a film production division of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The studio's films were distributed by [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]. The studio never turned a profit for ABC and was shut down in 1972. [[Walt Disney Pictures]] has owned the rights to the studio's library since 1996 when Disney acquired ABC. The home media rights are licensed to Kino Lorber after they were previously released by [[MGM Home Entertainment]], [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Fox Video]] and [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]].
-==ABC Pictures Corporation==
 ===(September 23, 1968-February 13, 1972)===
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 '''Availability:''' Was near extinction due to DVD releases from MGM Home Entertainment having ether the 2001 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] logo (or in some cases, having it blacked out with the opening theme), but is now uncommon. It can be seen on the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Magnetic Video Corporation]] VHS and Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?'', ''Kotch'', ''The Grissom Gang'', ''Song of Norway'', and ''The Last Valley.'' Some films such as ''Straw Dogs'' (on [[The Criterion Collection]] DVD and Blu-Ray release (except the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] and [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] DVDs) only contains the 1968 [[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]] logo. It was also seen on the original [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Magnetic Video Corporation]] VHS and Laserdisc of ''They Shoot Horse's Don't They?'' (current prints have the ABC Pictures International logo), and the Anchor Bay DVD release and TCM airings of ''Too Late The Hero'' (though removed on the [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM DVD]]).
-==ABC Pictures International==
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-'''Logo:''' It's the same as the previous logo, except it's a rotating Earth globe on a zooming space background. The letter "b" sketches in the center of the globe and the letters "a" and "c" uncover from the left and right of the "b" to form "abc". The globe turns black over the white "abc" letters, the words "PICTURES INTERNATIONAL" fade in below the "abc" as the logo moves to the left and a filmstrip with another rotating globe grows out from the right of the logo. The same ABC byline fades in below, and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below the filmstrip.
-'''Variants:'''
-* On B&W movie re-releases such as the 1980 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] VHS and Betamax prints of ''Notorious'' (an [[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO Radio Picture]] that was produced under license from [[Selznick International Pictures]] that ABC acquired the rights to in 1965 when they purchased the Selznick library from the David O. Selznick estate), the logo appears in black and white.
-* On some prints of ''The Comeback Kid'', the regular ABC logo is entirely chyroned over, text and all, by a different black circle with the ABC text on it. You can tell because the logo does not match the film quality and shakes differently. Under it, the chyroned in text "ABC PICTURES INTERNATIONAL" is seen below it. "A Subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc." appears a second later below the text. The logo also freezes at the end. Strangely, some prints of the first season of ''The Littles'' also used this logo, as seen on a Junior DHX (WildBrain - Kids Videos) upload of the episode "The Little Winner".
-'''Technique:''' Same as the previous logo, including the zooming space.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of "Industrial Power", by Keith Mansfield (which consists of brass instruments and drums), being remixed/abridged on later releases. In some cases, none.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be seen on the Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Midas Run'', ''Jenny'', ''They Shoot Horses Don't They?'', the international theatrical version of ''Nightmare in Badham County'', and the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|Magnetic Video Corporation]] VHS and Betamax releases of ''Straw Dogs'', ''Take the Money and Run'', ''Notorious,'' and various television movies aired on ABC, such as ''Love Among The Ruins'', ''Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story'', and ''Kolchak: The Night Stalker'' among others. It makes a surprise appearance on the trailers for ''The High Commissioner'' on the Kino Lorber Blu-Ray and ''Ben'' on the [[Scream Factory]] release. The black and white version of the logo can be seen on the [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] DVD release of ''The Bat.''
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