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Background

World-Northal Corporation, formerly known as Northal Films, was a film company by Albert Schwartz. They primarily focused on martial arts titles exported from Hong Kong and Japan, but also distributed some titles in other genres. The company went out of business in the mid-1980s.

1st and Only Logo (1976-1986)

Nickname: "The AT&T Logo"

Logo: On a black background, we see a series of yellow lines, which are thick on the left side, and get thinner on the right side. The lines zoom out to the left, revealing they are in a circle shape, looking like a yellow version of the AT&T logo. Once it finishes, "W RLD-NORTHAL CORPORATION PRESENTS" appears. The circle takes place of the "O" in "WORLD". "CORPORATION" is in a much smaller font, and is under the "THAL" part of "NORTHAL". "PRESENTS" is under the circle.

FX/SFX: The circle zooming, the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized flute version of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Sometimes, as seen on Quadrophenia, the logo is silent.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The music for this logo was sampled on various Wu-Tang Clan songs.

Availability: Extremely rare. Was common on English-dubbed versions of various Shaw Brothers productions until they were withdrawn from distribution in 1986. Seen on older prints of The Children before Troma Entertainment acquired distribution rights. Can be seen on the Prism VHS of Sweet William, and the Rhino VHS release of The Last Wave. It also appears on a Hulu stream of the 114 minute U.S version of Quadrophenia, and on the Bonzai Media DVD release of The Hong Kong Connection (titled The Tattoo Connection). This logo may have been plastered by the WW Entertainment logo on some prints of the studio's films.

Editor's Note: It may be very simple for the time, but this logo nevertheless has a good amount of charm, and is favored among kung-fu movie fans.

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+===Background===
-Logo descriptions by Codyfinke2, PAV123, StephenCezar15, Ryanasaurus0077, and Supermarty-o
+World-Northal Corporation, formerly known as Northal Films, was a film company by Albert Schwartz. They primarily focused on martial arts titles exported from Hong Kong and Japan, but also distributed some titles in other genres. The company went out of business in the mid-1980s.
-Photos by mr3urious, StephenCezar15
-Editions by thehugetvfan, StephenCezar15, Ryanasaurus0077 and indycar
+===1st and Only Logo (1976-1986)===
-Background: World-Northal Corporation, formerly known as Northal Films, was a film company by Albert Schwartz.
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+<u>'''Nickname'''</u>: "The AT&T Logo"
+<u>'''Logo'''</u>: On a black background, we see a series of yellow lines, which are thick on the left side, and get thinner on the right side. The lines zoom out to the left, revealing they are in a circle shape, looking like a yellow version of the AT&T logo. Once it finishes, "W RLD-NORTHAL CORPORATION PRESENTS" appears. The circle takes place of the "O" in "WORLD". "CORPORATION" is in a much smaller font, and is under the "THAL" part of "NORTHAL". "PRESENTS" is under the circle.
-(1976-1986)
-World Northal Corporation (1979)
+<u>'''FX/SFX'''</u>: The circle zooming, the text appearing.
-Nickname: "The AT&T Logo"
+<u>'''Music/Sounds'''</u>: A synthesized flute version of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Sometimes, as seen on ''Quadrophenia'', the logo is silent.
-Logo: On a black background, we see a circle, being made with yellow lines, which are thick on the left of the circle, and get thinner to the right of the circle, looking like the AT&T logo. Then it zooms out to the left, then once it finishes, "W RLD-NORTHAL CORPORATION PRESENTS" appears. The circle takes place of the "O" in "WORLD". "CORPORATION" is in a much smaller font, and is under the "THAL" part of "NORTHAL". "PRESENTS" is under the circle.
+<u>'''Music/Sounds Trivia'''</u>: The music for this logo was sampled on various Wu-Tang Clan songs.
-FX/SFX: The circle zooming, the text appearing.
+<u>'''Availability'''</u>: Extremely rare. Was common on English-dubbed versions of various [[Shaw Brothers]] productions until they were withdrawn from distribution in 1986. Seen on older prints of ''The Children'' before [[Troma Entertainment]] acquired distribution rights. Can be seen on the [[Prism Entertainment|Prism]] VHS of Sweet William, and the [[Rhino Home Video|Rhino]] VHS release of ''The Last Wave''. It also appears on a Hulu stream of the 114 minute U.S version of ''Quadrophenia'', and on the Bonzai Media DVD release of ''The Hong Kong Connection'' (titled ''The Tattoo Connection''). This logo may have been plastered by the [[WW Entertainment]] logo on some prints of the studio's films.
-Music/Sounds: A synthesized flute version of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Sometimes, as seen on Quadrophenia, the logo is silent.
+<u>'''Editor's Note'''</u>: It may be very simple for the time, but this logo nevertheless has a good amount of charm, and is favored among kung-fu movie fans.
-Music/Sounds Trivia: The music for this logo was sampled on various Wu Tang Clan songs.
-Availability: Extremely rare. Was common on English-dubbed versions of various Shaw Brothers productions until they were withdrawn from distribution in 1986. Seen on older prints of The Children before Troma Entertainment acquired distribution rights. Can be seen on the Prism VHS of Sweet William, and the Rhino VHS release of The Last Wave. It also appears on a Hulu stream of the 114 minute U.S version of Quadrophenia, and on the Bonzai Media DVD release of The Hong Kong Connection (titled The Tattoo Connection). This logo may have been plastered by the 1978 WW Entertainment logo on some prints of the studio's films.
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-Editor's Note: None.