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2 MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Television. 2.1 1983–1986. 2.2 1984 (60th anniversary) 3 MGM Television (second era) 3.1 1986. 3.2 1986–1987. 4 MGM/UA Television Productions. 4.1 1987–1992. 5 MGM Worldwide Television Group.
MGM Television was established on June 30, 1956 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under Loews, Inc. It was initiated to have MGM to distribute 770 of its films, 900 shorts, produce network series, and acquire TV stations after its first program, The M-G-M Parade, was canceled by ABC in the spring. The M-G-M Parade first used the 1953 version of Jackie at ...
- The first MGM logos: 1924-1939. The first parodies of the MGM logo began to appear, promoting a Marx Brothers film, A Night at the Opera (1935), by swapping a roaring Leo for various roaring Marx brothers and changing the motto to incorporate their name, as ‘Marx gratia Marxes’.
- The MGM motto and the film reel: 1939-1966. For its main static logo, MGM’s motto was added to the upper half of the circle in 1939. It would later be parodied in the cartoon Tom and Jerry (1961), and in the film National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), where it was the motto of the fraternity house.
- A stylised, flat lion: 1966-1982. In 1965, Leo became even more stylised and minimalist, after branding agency Lippincott & Margulies was recruited to update the logo.
- Rapid changes to the MGM logo: 1982-1986. By 1982, it was time to bring back the slogan, the film reel, and a more realistic lion. Out went the Helvetica typeface, too – a traditional serif font was chosen to spell out ‘MGM/UA’ (United Artists), almost compressed by the film reel above, followed by a sans-serif font for the words ‘Entertainment Co.’
Visuals: On a black background, a bunch of orange lines compress more and more until they form the Magnum logo, in a red-white gradient, in a pixel-like way. "VIDEO PRODUCTIONS LTD." and Chinese characters fade in below. Technique: Analog computer animation. Audio: None.
Aug 9, 2024 · Magnum Films (萬能影業) was one of the important independent Hong Kong production companies in the blooming 1980's. Established by former Shaw Brothers actor Danny Lee (李修賢) in 1987 (with the backing of Golden Princess), Magnum focused on realistic police-themed action dramas, including Final Justice (霹靂先鋒, 1988), Thank You ...
Feb 17, 2015 · Here's where they came from. 1. MGM. Movie studio publicist Howard Dietz designed the lion logo for Goldwyn Picture Corporation in 1917; he based it on the mascot of his alma mater, Columbia ...
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The following text on Magnum’s history is by Fred Ritchin, taken from the book , published by Nathan in the Collection Photo Poche, 1997. Two years after the apocalypse that was called the Second World War ended, Magnum Photos was founded. The world’s most prestigious photographic agency was formed by four photographers – Robert Capa ...
