'''Variants:'''
* On <u>some films</u>, such as ''His Sweetheart'', ''Her Strange Wedding'', ''The Secret Game'', ''Male and Female'', ''The Copperhead'', ''Excuse My Dust'', ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', ''Why Change Your Wife?'', ''Forbidden Fruit'', ''Leap Year'', ''The Affairs of Anatol'', ''Miss Lulu Bett'', ''The Sheik'', ''Moran of the Lady Letty'', and ''Blood and Sand'', omit the Paramount Pictures logo.
* On <u>''Zaza'' (1923) and ''So's Your Old Man'' (1926)</u>, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" logo is seen in a background, containing credits which overlap the logo.
* On <u>''The False Faces''</u>, there is the print logo on the bottom right corner. On the top corner of the screen is the Thomas H. Ince Productions logo with the trademark notice below it.
* On <u>''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch''</u>, the box is replaced with the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" logo with the print logo on the right with the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION</span>" on the top of the screen.
** On <u>some films</u>, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" logo appears after the movie ends instead. After a few seconds, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" overlaps the logo and fades out or the text "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''THE END'''</span>" fading into the logo.
** Sometimes, the <u>[[Motion Picture Association|MPPDA]] logo</u> is seen on the lower-left screen.
** On ''It's the Old Army Game'' (1926), the text "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" is omitted.
** Sometimes, the words read "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''Paramount Pictures'''''</span>".
** Another variant, from <u>''Stage Struck'' (1925)</u>, shows the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''THE END'''''</span>" in white script with the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''T'''''</span>" and "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''E'''''</span>" in fancy lettering. After a few seconds, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" pseudo-logo is seen on a {{color
|deeppink|reddish pink}} background, while on ''Manhandled'' (1924), there are the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''The End'''''</span>" with the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''T'''''</span>" and "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''E'''''</span>" in fancy lettering. After a few seconds, the "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" logo is seen on a sepia background.
* On <u>some of Paramount's earlier movies</u>, the pseudo-logo "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" is nowhere to be seen in the movie's title, keeping only the two small pseudo-logos below the title. Instead, the full "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" logo is seen after it. After a few seconds, the film's opening credits overlap with the logo. It can be seen on films such as ''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' (1926) and ''Running Wild'' (1927).
* On the <u>openings of ''Grass'', ''Stage Struck'', ''Moana'', ''Dancing Mothers'', ''It's the Old Army Game'', ''Nell Gwyn'', ''Fine Manners'' and ''So's Your Old Man''</u>, the credits are seen, with the print logo at the bottom shown between the two words, being similar to the Closing Titles.
** On some films, such as ''The Show-Off'' (1926), the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''''A Paramount Picture'''''</span>" appear below the credits, with the two small pseudo-logos between the copyright notice are shown below the title.
** A version of this variant has the byline in a different font, which is seen at the end of a <u>French print of ''The Godfather: Part II''</u>.
* On the Modern Madcaps short <u>''Boy Pest with Osh''</u>, the byline was replaced with copyright beside the MPAA logo.
* <u>Some films</u> such as ''Lady Sings the Blues'' and the original 1969 version of ''The Italian Job'' (1969) have a still version of this logo.
* Sometimes, the text and stars have a more noticeable drop shadow. This version can be found on the original 1969 version of ''True Grit''</u> (1969) and the <u>2002 DVD releaserele</u></u><u>ase of ''Big Jake''</u> (a [[Cinema Center Films]] production).
* On some films such as the <u>original 1966 version of ''Alfie'' (1966)</u>, the clouds move a bitslightly faster than in the normal version.
* On some films such as <u>''Barbarella''</u>, <u>''Skidoo'' (both 1968)</u>, <u>''The Italian Job'' (1969)</u>, and <u>''Lady Sings the Blues'' (1972)</u>, the Gulf+Western byline is slightly off-center.
* On a <u>German print of ''The Caddy''</u>, the text is in German and the stars and text are disconnected from the mountain.
* Sometimes, the 1968 logo appears zoomed in. This variant is preserved on the <u>2001 widescreen DVD release of ''Charlotte's Web''</u>, and possibly on other films from the period.
* A textless version also exists, which was seen on an <u>Italian print of the 1967 film ''El Dorado''</u>.
* On a May 4, 1986 [[Yorkshire Television|Yorkshire]] airing of ''Darling Lili'' (1970), the 1968 variant of the logo fades into the 1982 [[ITV Yorkshire Productions|Yorkshire Television]] endcap.
'''Technique:''' This logo is a painting filmed by a cameraman, with the cloud backdrop being moved behind the mountain. Cel animation from [[Famous Studios]] is also included in the [[VistaVision]] variant.
* The 1968-74 variation first debuted on ''The Odd Couple'', and among the notable releases of this variant were ''The Godfather'' (at least on the 1990 VHS release; most prints have either newer Paramount logos or none at all), ''Catch-22'', ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'', ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Paint Your Wagon'', ''Harold and Maude'', and ''Rosemary's Baby''.
** It is also seen at the end of the 2001 DVD release of ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Chinatown'', which had the 2nd logo at the beginning.
** It was also seen at the beginning of ''Escape from Zahrain'' (1962) when it was streamed on the Paramount Vault YouTube channel in 2016; it is unknown if it plastered the 1953-69 version.
* [[BBC One]] UK airings of the original 1969 version of ''The Italian Job'' retains(1969) retain the logo, sometimes after The Wonderful World of Disney intro.
* Original theatrical prints of ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' contained the 1968-74 logo, but the rights reverted to producer David L. Wolper after that film initially underperformed at the box office, and became property of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] upon that studio's acquisition of [[The Wolper Organization|Wolper Productions]] in 1976, so most newer prints plaster this with a variety of Warner Bros. logos, most prominently the various 1990s [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]] logos.
** However, the 2021 UHD print of the film restores the opening Paramount logo (although the closing Paramount logo is seen on an old UK VHS release thereof).
* The 1974-75 variation can be found on the original 1974 version of ''The Great Gatsby'' (1974), ''The Longest Yard'' (1974), ''The Godfather Part II'', ''The Day of the Locust'', ''Bug'', ''Nashville'', ''Framed'', and ''Three Days of the Condor'', and also plasters the 1968-74 variation on many current prints of ''Goodbye, Columbus''.
* Newer prints of ''Danger: Diabolik'' and ''Such Good Friends'', the 1995 VHS release of ''Charlotte's Web'', and earlier DVD releases of ''The Godfather'' and ''The Godfather Part II'' have this logo plastered with the 1986 logo, while many current prints of ''Once Upon a Time in the West'', ''Barbarella'', ''Ace High'', ''Downhill Racer'', ''Fear is the Key'', ''Three Days of the Condor'', and ''Murphy's War'' have it plastered with the next logo below (although this logo is kept at the end of ''Barbarella'').
* The last film to use this logo was ''Three Days of the Condor''.
* On <u>some French releases</u>, the mountain (the same one used in the ''Is Paris Burning?'' variants of the previous logo) is quite awkward, and the finished product also looks more like the previous logo. The Gulf+Western byline is larger, in a different font, and moved up the mountain. Also, there are 29 stars instead of 22.
* On <u>[[Rockstar Games]]' ''The Warriors'' (2006)</u>, the logo has the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" byline.
* On a <u>1991 [[BBC Two|BBC 2]] airing of ''Pretty in Pink'' (1986)</u>, the logo does not fade to the print mountain.
* On a <u>December 21, 1986 [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] airing of ''Trading Places'' (1983)</u>, the logo fades into the 1986 [[London Weekend Television Productions|LWT]] endcap.
'''Technique:''' The mountain segment is a painting filmed by a cameraman, with the cloud backdrop being moved behind the mountain. Fading effects are used for the transition to the print logo.
* This logo has also been restored on the recent Sony DVD release and TV airings of ''Meatballs'', which previously plastered it with the 9th logo.
* The 1976 variation can be found on ''Lipstick'', ''The Bad News Bears'', ''Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood'', the 1996 VHS release of ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'', U.S. prints of ''Bugsy Malone'', and current prints of ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar''.
* Some films have this plastered with the next logo in any of its three byline variations, such as ''Grease'' starting with its 1998 video releases, the 1976 version of ''King Kong'' (1976), and the 2002 DVD release of ''Mahogany'' (all with the Viacom byline version).
** Early video releases, most 2004-2012, and post-2020 prints of ''Top Gun'' retain this logo, but all other copies plaster it with either the 7th logo (although the 1987 VHS release retains this logo at the very end, as it is plastered by the "75th Anniversary" variant of the 1986 logo at the beginning) or the 10th logo for most 2013-19/3D prints.
** Late 1990s American TV broadcasts of ''Dragonslayer'' briefly plastered this logo with the Viacom byline version of the 1986 logo, but recent broadcasts retain the original logo.
** The 2001 Director's Edition DVD of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' also replace this logo with the 1995 version of the 1986 logo, but it is still retained on copies of the theatrical cut and the 2022 versions of the Director's Edition.
* Of the films released during Paramount's distribution pact with [[Lorimar Film Entertainment]], ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' still has this logo due to it being financed and owned outright by Paramount, but the 1981 version of ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' (1981), ''Escape to Victory'', ''S.O.B.'', and ''The Sea Wolves'' all have it replaced by the 1999 [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] logo on most current prints (since Paramount only had North American distribution rights).
** ''Night School'', however, had this and the Lorimar logo intact on a recent Movie Channel airing and is preserved intact on the widescreen LaserDisc release, with Warner's 1984 "Shield of Staleness" preceding it.
* The "Coming From" variant is usually preserved on trailers for films such as ''Flashdance'', ''Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Islands in the Stream'' on their DVD and Blu-ray releases.
** While the 8th logo plasters this (but retains the original fanfare) on the iTunes and Blu-ray trailer for ''Airplane!'', the DVD release retains the original variation.
* This logo is also seen on the 1982(?) Paramount Home Video Gateway Video VHS release of the ''Star Trek'' episode "Space Seed", following the 1979 Acid Trip warning and preceding the episode (the Betamax version precedes the episode with a trailer for ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' after the warning, instead of the logo).
* This logo is also seen after the credits on the VHS release of ''Jailbait'' (aka ''Streetwise''), at least on the U.S. screener VHS release.
* This logo may have also been seen on Canadian theatrical prints of [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] films such as ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* Despite replacing the 1995 variant as an opening logo, the <u>1999 variant</u> was seldom used as a closing logo, with most films released from 1999 to 2002 instead using the 1995 logo at the end. Some exceptions include the domestic release of ''South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut'' (which was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] internationally) and the 2022 Blu-ray and digital releases of ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''.
* On <u>''Mission: Impossible II''</u>, the logo fades in without the Viacom byline, which fades in after about a second.
* A zoomed-in still variant of the 1988 version of the 1986 logo also exists, which was seen at the <u>end of a BBC1 UK airing of ''The Presidio'' (1988) on February 14, 1995</u>.
'''Technique:''' A mixture of CGI animation and live-action, designed and composited by Jay Jacoby of Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation), who went on to produce the logos for [[Universal Pictures]] and [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], among others. The CGI stars were created by David Sieg at Omnibus/Abel on a III Foonly F1 computer, and the mountain scenery was a physical model created and filmed by Apogee, Inc.
* On the <u>1998 reissue of ''Grease''</u>, the 1988 fanfare is given a more "powerful" remix with louder cymbals.
* On the <u>Australian DVD release and a French print of ''The Next Best Thing''</u>, the [[Lakeshore Entertainment]] theme is heard over the logo due to an editing error where the order of the logos are reversed but the audio isn't.
* On the <u>UK Second Sight Blu-ray release of ''Creepshow'' (1982)</u>, the NTSC-pitched 1994 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] fanfare plays over the ending version of this logo.
* On <u>European TV airings of ''Braddock: Missing in Action IIIII'' (1985)</u>, the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion roar is heard over the Viacom byline version of the 1986 logo, likely due to those airings using a Paramount-owned TV print with audio from an MGM-owned master.
* On the Icon UK DVD release of ''What Women Want'' (2000), the thunderclap from the 1994 [[Icon Productions]] logo is heard due to an audio swapping error (the DVD release uses the pitched-up U.S. audio master, as Paramount held the U.S. rights to the movie while Icon held internationally).
'''Availability:''' Seen on most Paramount movies of the era. While it's been plastered on some TV airings and video releases of Paramount films (as well as some remastered or restored prints), most of these films still retain their original logos.
** The tail end of it also makes an appearance on the rough cut of the final ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' episode "Diabolik" (the actual episode itself cuts it out).
** It was also seen at the start of a UK airing of the 1978 TV movie ''True Grit: A Further Adventure'' on LEGEND from April 8, 2023.
* The standard Gulf+Western variant of this logo is also preserved on VHS releases from 1988 to 1989, and also makes an appearance on the Razor Digital DVD release of the original ''Puppet Master'' (1989).
* The Viacom variant of this logo is also preserved on VHS releases from 1995 to 2003 (as detailed above), and at the end of AMC airings of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Prancer''.
* The 1995-2002 version with the Viacom byline was also spotted after the split-screen credits of Nickelodeon airings of ''Barnyard''. This was the result of a credits error that resulted in Nickelodeon instead using the ones for ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', which originally used the 1999 logo.
* On the other hand, this logo can be found on DVD, digital, and Blu-ray prints of ''Jimmy Neutron'', as well as TV airings, but is plastered with the 90th Anniversary version of the next logo on its original VHS release.
* The silent version of the Viacom variant is also preserved on Hulu prints of ''The Lorax'' (1972) and ''The Cat in the Hat''.
* This logo is also seen on ThisTV's prints of ''Wild Geese II'' plastering the Cannon logo, and ''That Championship Season'' (1982) on the same station, as they used a Paramount master.
* It is also seen on Screenpix Action airings of ''Avenging Force''.
* It is also seen at the end of Anchor Bay's print of ''Bad Boys'' (the 1983 film), an EMI film for which Viacom had the television rights.
* The 1990 Paramount Communications variant of the closing logo does not appear at the end of a 2004 UK airing of ''Ghost'' (1990) on ITV1, as it goes right from the closing credits straight into the ten-second [[Motorola (Sponsor Bumpers)|Motorola]] closing sponsorship ident instead.
* The 1995 Viacom variant of the closing logo was also seen at the end of a UK airing of ''Beavis and Butthead Do America'' (1996) on BBC Two from August 6, 2000.
'''Legacy:''' Much like some of its predecessors, this logo is a favorite within the logo community thanks to its blend of models and CGI, as well as its fanfare.
*Only the finished product of the logo, with the only animation being the clouds in the background. It's basically the same as its [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|pre-2006 television counterpart]], but slightly extended and silent.
*On <u>''The Eye''</u> and <u>''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull''</u> (both 2008), the logo is completely still.
*<u>2006-October 28, 2011:</u> When distributing films from another company, the words "DISTRIBUTED BY", in white, are seen above the logo with the Viacom byline and the line. Usually seen at the end of DreamWorks Pictures (however, some films will say "DISTRIBUTED BY DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT DISTRIBUTION") and DreamWorks Animation films beginning in late 2006. Also appeared at the end of ''Iron Man'' before the [[Marvel Studios]] logo.
*The "DISTRIBUTED BY" text was updated along with the Viacom byline starting in <u>2010</u>.
*On <u>''Twisted''</u>, wind is audible throughout the logo.
*On <u>''Jackass Number Two''</u> and <u>''Jackass 2.5''</u>, a loud jet sound is heard along with wind when the stars fly down, followed by whooshes when the stars pass by the screen, then a final whoosh sound when the Viacom byline fades in.
*On a <u>French Paramount Channel airing of ''Assassination'' (1987)</u>, the 1984 Cannon Films theme plays over the logo.
'''Availability:''' Appears on all films from the company from the time-period until 2011.
*It also appears at the end of ''Grease Sing-a-Long'' (a re-release of 1978's ''Grease''), which retains the 7th logo at the beginning.
*It also appears at the end of IMAX prints and all international prints of ''Watchmen''; on North American IMAX prints, it is followed by the [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] closing logo.
*This also plasters the previous logo on small HD widescreen prints of ''The Rainmaker'' (1997), although most current prints including the Blu-ray release have the original logo intact.
*It also plasters the [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] logo on an Encore airing of ''My Stepmother is an Alien'', retaining the film's opening music.
*It also plasters the 1982 [[Orion Pictures]] logo on HBO, Comedy Central, and IFC airings of ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure'' (also plasters the closing version of the logo at the end, with the following [[Nelson Entertainment]] logo kept at the beginning), and the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] logo on older HBO airings of ''House Arrest'' (1996).
*The full version appears at the beginning of a few early episodes of ''Hogan's Heroes'' on MeTV, including the pilot episode and the HD remasters on Universal HD.
*This logo does not appear at the beginning of ''Strange Wilderness'', however, the "Distributed by" variant appears at the end.
*It also appears at the end of [[DreamWorks Animation]] films released from 2006 to 2011, but not at the beginning of them, unlike [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] and [[Universal Pictures]].
**It does, however, appear on the VCD release of ''Flushed Away'' (2006) before the DreamWorks Animation logo.
**Some later prints of these movies like the 2018 Blu-ray release of ''Over the Hedge'' have this plastered with the 2012 Universal logo.
*It also plasters the 1973 Warner Bros. "Big W" logo on the VCD release of ''Cujo'' due to Paramount gaining the rights to that film when Taft Entertainment was merged into Republic, which became part of Viacom.
*Disney has also retained this logo on current prints of ''Iron Man'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''Thor'', and ''Captain America: The First Avenger'', all of which Paramount distributed on behalf of [[Marvel Studios]] until 2013.
*The 2003 version of the 2002 logo also appears at the end of the Criterion Ultra HD Blu-ray release of ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1999).
*The 2003 version of the 2002 logo also appears at the start and end of modern prints (including a November 24, 2022 TMC Movies UK airing) of ''Big Jake'' (1971).
*The 2003 version of the 2002 logo also appears at the end of a Showtime on Paramount+ streaming print of ''Basic Instinct'' (1992).
*The closing version of the 90th Anniversary variant of this logo also appears at the end of current prints of ''Turbulence'' (1997).
*The 90th Anniversary variant of this logo also appeared at the start of both a December 4, 2022 UK airing of ''Mean Machine'' (2001) on Film4 and a December 17, 2022 UK airing of ''Jackass: The Movie'' (2002) on Comedy Central, respectively.
'''Legacy:''' Another favorite of the logo community due to its more advanced CGI.
*<u>Sometimes</u>, whooshes are added to the logo over either the fanfare or the opening theme of the movie when the stars and the text fly by.
*None for the closing variant. Sometimes, the <u>closing theme</u> of the movie would be used instead.
*At the end of a <u>Starz print of ''Hero and the Terror'' (1988)</u>, a Cannon film, the 1986 [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] "V of Steel" jingle plays over the end variant of this logo due to a plastering error.
* On the 2022 German film ''Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase'' (''It's Just a Phase, Honey''), the logo is accompanied by different sound effects, such as whooshes, water rippling when the stars skim on the lake. When the script reaches its position, a faint metallic banging sound is heard.
**Similarly, it is also seen at the end of digital prints of ''The Black Demon'', as it does not appear at the beginning of the film.
*This logo can also be found on VOD and home media prints of ''Devotion'', which was originally released theatrically in the U.S. by [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[STX Entertainment|STX International]] overseas (Sony sold the home media rights to Paramount).
*The ViacomCBS variant of this logo was also seen at the end of a January 8, 2023 UK airing of ''Rio Lobo'' (1970) on ITV4, and at the end of a December 27, 2023 UK airing of ''The Croods: A New Age'' (2020) on BBC One, and is also seen at the end of newer prints of ''The April Fools'' (1969).
'''Legacy:''' This is another well-regarded logo among many due to the CGI and fanfare.
'''Availability:''' The only known appearance of this logo is an image found on [https://www.matthartle.com/ Matt Hartle's website] but the video footage is currently unknown at this time.
=== References ===
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=== External links ===
*[[w:Paramount Pictures|Paramount Pictures]] on Wikipedia
*[https://www.paramountpictures.com/ Official Website for Paramount Pictures]
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