Buena Vista Pictures Distribution/Logo Variations

These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954): The 1954 logo is on a curtain background.

Grand Canyonscope (1954): The text is placed on a stylized landscape background with green clouds and trail and a blue horizon. The text (excluding "Buena Vista", which is in orange and has a red shadow facing the left) is in red and in a capitalized serif font.

Man in Space (1955): The text is red and the background is black.

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955): The 1954 logo is red and on a yellow map background.

Lady and the Tramp (1955): The logo is set on a blue wall background, the Buena Vista text is gold, and the rest of the text is in an italicized serif font.

The Littlest Otulaw (1955): The background is of a blue-tinted valley. The text is gold with a black shadow facing the bottom right with "BUENA VISTA" in a capitalized serif font and the rest in a cursive font.

The Great Locomotive Chase (1956): On a dark blue background is the "BUENA VISTA" text in red, with a gold border and a vintage serif font. The rest of the text are in a gold-light yellow color and in the same font.

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956): The background is a wooden surface, the "BUENA VISTA" text is gold, and the rest of the text is in a red Western font.

Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956): The text, in white, a wide serif font, and with a black border, is on a dark blue gradient background.

Johnny Tremain (1957): The text is in white, has a black outline, and set to a capitalized serif font ("Buena Vista", while in the same font, has normal capitalization). The background is purely royal blue.

Perri (1957): It is set on a dark green-blue paint stroke background and the text is in a red serif font (excluding "Distributed by", which is in cursive).

Sleeping Beauty (1959): The dark blue carpet background is decorated with green fleur de lis. The text placed on top of it is in a gothic font with "Buena Vista" in yellow.

Nature's Strangest Creatures (1959): The background consists of a dark field setting with white grassy fields and a black mouse on the right side of the screen. The text, with "FILM DISTRIBUTION CO., INC." in gold, is placed within the black region of the background.

Noah's Ark (1959): The text, colored in teal, is placed on a purple-blue cloudy background.

Zorro the Avenger (1959): The text "A BUENA VISTA PRESENTATION" is superimposed over the opening shot.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959): Set on a green-blue radial gradient background is the text in white and with a black border and shadow. It is set to a stylized font with some influence from the Greek script.

101 Dalmatians (1961): The text, in a fancy gold font, is on a blue flooring background.

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967): The text, in a red Western-themed font, is within a oval floral-patterned border on a dimly lit gold background.

The Black Hole (1979): The text, in a red digital font, is typed in at the bottom of the screen.

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980): The Buena Vista text, in a fancy script font, is set on a blue spotlight background. It fades out and is replaced by the text "From Walt Disney Productions".