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'''Logo:''' On the film's title card, a small mountain logo is seen circled by stars. The words "A Paramount Picture", in a script font, appear in a single line across the mountain. |
'''Logo:''' On the film's title card, a small mountain logo is seen circled by stars. The words "A Paramount Picture", in a script font, appear in a single line across the mountain. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
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'''End Title:''' On the wall background, the words "The End" are written in a fancy font. It then fades to the opening logo. |
'''End Title:''' On the wall background, the words "The End" are written in a fancy font. It then fades to the opening logo. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" or the cartoon's opening theme. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" or the cartoon's opening theme. |
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*On Screen Song cartoons from 1932-33, the closing shot of a live-action performer would have the Paramount print logo of the time superimposed over the shot. This is usually plastered on UM&M/NTA prints, but is intact on "Ain't She Sweet?". |
*On Screen Song cartoons from 1932-33, the closing shot of a live-action performer would have the Paramount print logo of the time superimposed over the shot. This is usually plastered on UM&M/NTA prints, but is intact on "Ain't She Sweet?". |
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'''Technique:''' The flowing clouds in the background. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music. On some 1932 shorts, a fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" is heard. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music. On some 1932 shorts, a fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" is heard. |
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*On ''Destruction, Inc.'', he said, "Paramount. We'll stop making Transformers movies when you stop watching them!" |
*On ''Destruction, Inc.'', he said, "Paramount. We'll stop making Transformers movies when you stop watching them!" |
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'''Technique:''' Just the flowing clouds in the background. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music. |
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'''Trivia:''' This logo was also satirized by the Nostalgia Critic in his "That Guy Riffs" series (he covered the first cartoon of ''Casper''). Due to heavy profanity, what he said won't be mentioned on this site, but it did refer to the poor reception of ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (at least from audiences). |
'''Trivia:''' This logo was also satirized by the Nostalgia Critic in his "That Guy Riffs" series (he covered the first cartoon of ''Casper''). Due to heavy profanity, what he said won't be mentioned on this site, but it did refer to the poor reception of ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (at least from audiences). |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip). |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip). |
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*Starting in late 1954 with "No Ifs, Ands or Butts", the titles were re-adjusted for widescreen and the logo became smaller. |
*Starting in late 1954 with "No Ifs, Ands or Butts", the titles were re-adjusted for widescreen and the logo became smaller. |
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'''Technique:''' Traditional animation. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy xylophone tune composed by Sammy Timberg. In late 1948, beginning with "Hector's Hectic Life", this theme is shortened somewhat. In late 1951, beginning with "Cat-Choo", the theme was rearranged by Winston Sharples. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A jazzy xylophone tune composed by Sammy Timberg. In late 1948, beginning with "Hector's Hectic Life", this theme is shortened somewhat. In late 1951, beginning with "Cat-Choo", the theme was rearranged by Winston Sharples. |
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'''Variant:''' Originally, they had a non-separate Famous Studios logo. It reads "Paramount PRESENTS POPEYE The Sailor A FAMOUS STUDIOS PRODUCTION in TECHNICOLOR" with the following disclaimer below: "BY AGREEMENT WITH KING FEATURES SYNDICATE". Until 1945, they had a brown mountain and a yellow-orange background. |
'''Variant:''' Originally, they had a non-separate Famous Studios logo. It reads "Paramount PRESENTS POPEYE The Sailor A FAMOUS STUDIOS PRODUCTION in TECHNICOLOR" with the following disclaimer below: "BY AGREEMENT WITH KING FEATURES SYNDICATE". Until 1945, they had a brown mountain and a yellow-orange background. |
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'''Technique:''' Traditional animation. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Either the generic cartoon sailor song ''The Sailor's Hornpipe'' (a.k.a. ''Popeye the Sailor Man'') or an abridged version that ends on a high note. The former is the music for the AAP Popeye opening. The latter is the more common, and was updated for the opening to the 1960s Popeye television shorts. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' Either the generic cartoon sailor song ''The Sailor's Hornpipe'' (a.k.a. ''Popeye the Sailor Man'') or an abridged version that ends on a high note. The former is the music for the AAP Popeye opening. The latter is the more common, and was updated for the opening to the 1960s Popeye television shorts. |
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**NTA Variant: Same as for Lulu, except they finally get to the regular titles when the Famous Studios logo comes in. |
**NTA Variant: Same as for Lulu, except they finally get to the regular titles when the Famous Studios logo comes in. |
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'''Technique:''' Traditional animation. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Either the Little Lulu or Little Audrey theme. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' Either the Little Lulu or Little Audrey theme. |
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*Another special end title was used on "Pedro and Lorenzo", with the Paramount logo appearing on a book end cover. |
*Another special end title was used on "Pedro and Lorenzo", with the Paramount logo appearing on a book end cover. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip, Noveltoons). |
'''Music/Sounds:''' The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip, Noveltoons). |
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*There's a later variation where the logo is smaller, the sky is red, the "Paramount" script and the stars are yellow, the clouds are pink and the mountain is in jungle green overhung with flowers. It was first used on the Honey Halfwitch cartoon "Alter Egotist". The Go-Go Toon cartoon "The Squaw-Path", however, has the sky in sea blue, the clouds in light blue, and the mountain in a wood-like texture. |
*There's a later variation where the logo is smaller, the sky is red, the "Paramount" script and the stars are yellow, the clouds are pink and the mountain is in jungle green overhung with flowers. It was first used on the Honey Halfwitch cartoon "Alter Egotist". The Go-Go Toon cartoon "The Squaw-Path", however, has the sky in sea blue, the clouds in light blue, and the mountain in a wood-like texture. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' |
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Logo: On the film's title card, a small mountain logo is seen circled by stars. The words "A Paramount Picture", in a script font, appear in a single line across the mountain.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Near extinction. This logo appeared on the Inkwell Imps cartoons of the day and were removed when the titles were deleted for UM&M prints. Because of this, there's pretty much no evidence of this logo on this wiki or the internet. Only original prints (and maybe a couple current prints) will have this logo, such as on a print of "Koko the Kop".
Logo: On a wall-like background, in a hole with a border of encircling stars, there is a mountain with clouds in the background. The script words "A Paramount Picture" are in front of the mountain. A group of clouds lines the bottom of the wall.
End Title: On the wall background, the words "The End" are written in a fancy font. It then fades to the opening logo.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: A fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" or the cartoon's opening theme.
Availability: Extremely rare. This logo has been plastered over by the UM&M or NTA logo on current prints, but there are a few prints that will keep this intact. It was saved on the Talkartoon short "Any Rags" and an HD print of the Betty Boop short "Show White".
Logo: Against a multi-colored sky backdrop is a three-dimensional dark-colored mountain surrounded by a round border of 23 stars. In front of the mountain are the same words as the previous logo.
Variants:
Technique: The flowing clouds in the background.
Music/Sounds: The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music. On some 1932 shorts, a fanfare based on "Paramount on Parade" is heard.
Music/Sounds Variant: On the Screen Song short "Kitty from Kansas City" and the Talkartoon short "Chess-Nuts", a different version of the fanfare is heard.
Availability: Uncommon. In its heyday, this was seen on cartoons shown in movie theaters. However, when Paramount Pictures sold most of its pre-1955 film library to the TV Corporation of United Film Service, MTA TV, and Minot TV (U.M. & M. TV Corporation) for airing on TV, the company insisted that any reference to Paramount Pictures be removed. U.M. & M. TV agreed, and as a result this logo was plastered with the U.M. & M. logo. However, before all cartoons could be plastered, National Telefilm Associates (NTA) purchased U.M.& M. and replaced the U.M. & M. logos with its own logos. In 1956, Associated Artists Productions purchased the Popeye cartoons and replaced this logo. As a result, it was very difficult to spot then, but nowadays the original prints are being restored, and thus this logo has become easier to find. Seen on the Popeye the Sailor DVD series from Warner Home Video, 1980s video prints of the Talkartoon short "Minnie the Moocher", the Screen Song short "Ain't She Sweet?" and several Color Classics. The 1933-34 closing title was seen on Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor and Screen Song cartoons. This may also be on the Boomerang app.
Logo: Same as the last logo, but there is one more star, making the count 24 stars. The cloud background, the mountain, and the font is also slightly different (while still showing the same text as before).
Variants:
Trivia: This logo was satirized twice by the Nostalgia Critic in his "That Guy Riffs" series. The logos came from two cartoons of Superman.
Technique: Just the flowing clouds in the background.
Music/Sounds: The beginning/end of a cartoon's theme music.
Availability: Rare for the same reasons as the last logo. Can be seen on Popeye and Superman shorts on DVD from Warner Home Video. The logo made its final appearance on the Popeye cartoon "Cartoons Ain't Human", released on September 3, 1943.
Logo: Same as previous, but the logo more resembles a cartoon drawing rather than a painting.
Usually at the end of the film, it featured the following byline in these four variations...
Variants:
Trivia: This logo was also satirized by the Nostalgia Critic in his "That Guy Riffs" series (he covered the first cartoon of Casper). Due to heavy profanity, what he said won't be mentioned on this site, but it did refer to the poor reception of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (at least from audiences).
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip).
Availability: Uncommon. Can usually be seen when Boomerang is showing Popeye shorts. This may also be on the Boomerang app. It premiered on the Popeye cartoon "Her Honor the Mare" and the Noveltoon cartoon "No Mutton fer Nuttin'", both released on November 26, 1943 and made its final appearance on the Popeye cartoon "Private Eye Popeye", released on November 12, 1954.
Logo: An extreme close-up of a box takes up the screen, with a red border surrounding a peach outlining. Inside is a picture of a brownish mountain, against a blue sky with white clouds (without clouds from November 26, 1943-April 9, 1948). The mountain is surrounded by 24 stars, and the same text as previous appears in front of it. The box zooms down to the bottom center of the screen. A Jack-in-the-Box pops from inside the box, opening the word "NOVELTOON". The picture fades, leaving the title card over a plain blue background. Then more words appear above and below the title. On this, we see "Paramount PRESENTS A NOVELTOON in (Color by) TECHNICOLOR". After this, the Famous Studios logo appears on the same background (starting around 1952, it appeared on a red-orange screen).
Variants:
Technique: Traditional animation.
Music/Sounds: A jazzy xylophone tune composed by Sammy Timberg. In late 1948, beginning with "Hector's Hectic Life", this theme is shortened somewhat. In late 1951, beginning with "Cat-Choo", the theme was rearranged by Winston Sharples.
Availability: It all depends on which public domain tape you buy. Some '40s Noveltoons have NTA titles on them. Since only a few Noveltoons were included in the U.M.&M. sale, most have Harveytoon titles. Several Noveltoons (such as "Gabriel Churchkitten", the three Casper cartoons from the 1940s, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", "The Enchanted Square", "The Wee Men", "The Mild West", and "Leprechauns Gold") do not use this opening, but rather the standard Paramount cartoon logo. It premiered on "No Mutton fer Nuttin'", released on November 26, 1943 and made its final appearance on "Rabbit Punch", released on September 30, 1955.
Logo: We see a shot of the 5th logo. A star then spins towards the screen from the center of the logo. When it stops, Popeye appears in it and toots his pipe. The title screen then appears on the mountain background: "Paramount PRESENTS POPEYE The Sailor, etc. etc." After this the logo on the mountain now reads "A FAMOUS Studios PRODUCTION", after which we get the regular credits. (An updated version of this logo was used for the 1960s Popeye television shorts, except with the King Features Syndicate logo.)
Variant: Originally, they had a non-separate Famous Studios logo. It reads "Paramount PRESENTS POPEYE The Sailor A FAMOUS STUDIOS PRODUCTION in TECHNICOLOR" with the following disclaimer below: "BY AGREEMENT WITH KING FEATURES SYNDICATE". Until 1945, they had a brown mountain and a yellow-orange background.
Technique: Traditional animation.
Music/Sounds: Either the generic cartoon sailor song The Sailor's Hornpipe (a.k.a. Popeye the Sailor Man) or an abridged version that ends on a high note. The former is the music for the AAP Popeye opening. The latter is the more common, and was updated for the opening to the 1960s Popeye television shorts.
Availability: Can usually be seen when Boomerang is showing Popeye shorts. May be more visible if they continue to restore the shorts and replace the AAP logos with the originals. It premiered on "Her Honor the Mare", released on November 26, 1943 and made its final appearance on "Spooky Swabs", released on August 9, 1957. This may also be on the Boomerang app.
Logo: Again, we first see a shot of the 5th logo. A star then spins towards the screen from the center of the logo. Inside the star, we see either Little Lulu's or Little Audrey's head appear. Several variations were used.
Technique: Traditional animation.
Music/Sounds: Either the Little Lulu or Little Audrey theme.
Availability: It all depends on which public domain tape you buy. Most Little Lulu cartoons have U.M.&M. titles on them. Since only a few Little Audrey cartoons were included in the U.M.&M. sale, most have Harveytoon titles. Only two Little Audrey cartoons, "The Lost Dream" and "Tarts and Flowers", have U.M.&M. titles, so most have NTA titles. Now, a few Little Audrey cartoons have original titles, or recreations of them. However, one Little Lulu cartoon on a Republic Pictures Home Video tape has a complete Paramount logo sequence. The opening premiered on the first Little Lulu cartoon, "Eggs Don't Bounce", released on December 24, 1943 and made its final appearance on the Little Audrey short "Dizzy Dishes", released on February 4, 1955.
Logo: Same as the 5th logo, but zoomed further back, and with slightly different clouds.
Usually at the end of the film featured the following byline in these two variations...
Variants:
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The theme of any cartoon short (i.e. Casper, Herman and Katnip, Noveltoons).
Availability: Rare. As mentioned in the 3rd logo, Paramount sold most of its pre-1955 film library, so most of these cartoons will always retain this logo. Can usually be seen when Boomerang is showing Popeye shorts. This may also be on the Boomerang app. It premiered on the Herman and Katnip cartoon "Rail-Rodents", released on November 26, 1954. From 1957-1959, this logo was used in tandem with the next logo.
Logo: Same as previous, but the drawing style is simpler. The title card of the featured cartoon fades in, after which we get the regular credits. Most variety cartoons would have the Noveltoons or Modern Madcaps label with "Paramount presents" in the Paramount logo font. Also, most cartoon titles would have the pseudo Paramount ident alongside with the copyright information.
Closing Title: Same as the opening logo. During the final years of Techincolor cartoons (1957-59), the byline "TECHNICOLOR®" appeared on the mountain.
Variants:
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Rare. Most cartoons from this period retain this logo, but they are rather obscure, and Paramount Cartoons was beginning to slow down by this time, especially since Gulf + Western Industries was shutting down the cartoon studio in 1967. However, it did appear on Nickelodeon's Kartoon Kablooey back in 1991. The logo made its final appearance on the Fractured Fable cartoon "Mouse Trek", released on December 31, 1967. One of the first cartoons to use this was the Herman and Katnip cartoon "Cat in the Act", released on February 22, 1957.
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Paramount cartoons:
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