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Apr 22, 2024 · United Artists Television was the television production and distribution division of United Artists that was originally formed in 1949. They distributed their parent company's film library, but by the 1950s, there was little success. United Artists Corporation acquired Associated Artists Productions in 1958 and renamed it as "United Artists ...
- (May 17, 1930-October 23, 1967) Visuals: An elongated black hexagon is seen on a varying background, usually some sort of parchment, with a 3-layer white outline inside of it.
- (October 30, 1942-July 17, 1943) Visuals: There is a design of a bald eagle with the words "UNITED ARTISTS" in front. Above this "A" is seen, and below it "Release" is seen.
- (June 13, 1967-August 3, 1968) Visuals: A large black circle is seen with the words "UNITED ARTISTS" centered within it as cote outs. The "U" and "A" are much larger than the rest of the text, and overlap each other.
- (June 19, 1968-August 4, 1976) Visuals: It starts with two sets of blue lines going into place one by one on a black background. One line turns to the left, another turns to the right, and so on.
- Background
- 1st Logo (1919?)
- 2nd Logo (November 13, 1930-October 23, 1967)
- 3rd Logo (October 30, 1942, July 17, 1943)
- 4th Logo (June 13, 1967-August 3, 1968)
- 6th Logo (June 25, 1975-December 17, 1976)
- 7th Logo (April 23, 1976-August 14, 1981)
- 8th Logo (September 18, 1981-December 1982)
- 9th Logo (May 28, 1982-October 8, 1987, September 23, 1994, October 22, 2004)
United Artists was formed in 1919 by four of the leading figures in early Hollywood era: Mary Pickford, Sir Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith. It was sold to Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin in 1951; both Chaplin and Pickford sold the remaining shares to Krim and Benjamin in 1956. United Artists was sold to Transamerica Corporat...
Logo: We see a rounded UA monogram with the company name in the middle on a rock wall.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Possibly silent.
Availability: Probably extinct. It may have appeared on earlier films like Broken Blossoms.
Nicknames: "The Hexagon", "The UA Hexagon"
Logo: Over a grainy-looking background, we see the words "UNITED ARTISTS" appearing inside a 3-layer gold/brown hexagon shape. "Presents", in gold script, is sometimes shown below.
Variants:
•On films produced by London Productions, this logo would appear an in-credit version of this logo, with the words "Distributed by" above it.
•There were several color variants, including a sepia-toned variant from the mid 1940s-1950, three different black and white variants from 1930-1967, and a color variant from 1950-1967.
•A 20th anniversary variant was seen on Of Mice and Men, as well as on Laurel & Hardy's A Chump at Oxford (filmed and completed in 1939, released in 1940). This is also nicknamed "The Hal Roach Studios Variant".
Nickname: "The United Artists Eagle"
Logo: We see the words "UNITED ARTISTS" appearing in front of a design of a bald eagle. Above this "A" is seen, and below it "Release" is seen. The latter two phrases are in cursive.
Variants:
•On some films, the text reads as "Released through" and lacks the eagle. Instead a single spotlight is seen, emerging from the bottom right corner.
•There is also a colour version.
FX/SFX: None.
Nicknames: "The UA-Transamerica Circle", "The UA Ovoid"
Logo: We see the words "UNITED ARTISTS" appearing inside a circular field. The words "A Transamerica CORPORATION" (or "A Transamerica COMPANY") is seen in small letters underneath. The "U" and the "A" are somewhat taller than the rest of the company name, and they overlap each other. The word "FROM" appears above the UA circle, in teeny, tiny letters. The logo is contained inside a yellow circle, focused off-center from the screen, but centered around the logo, which is inside a blue rectangle with rounded corners, encased inside an off-center purple box, surrounded by offset dark red bars.
Variants: There were a few color scheme variations used for this logo besides the normal version:
•A variant of the standard version with the blue rectangle resembling a TV tube, an uneven alignment of the (larger) yellow and black circles, and a smaller purple section with rounded corners.
•BG/white circle/black lettering/Transamerica logo byline.
•Print UA-Transamerica Circle (seen on most trailers and B&W films)
Nicknames: "Blue Light", "The Secret Transamerica T", "UA Glow"
Logo: The text "UNITED ARTISTS" starts appearing on a black screen in five segments, outlined by a blue light. After "UNITED ARTISTS" completely revealed, the Transamerica "T" and the byline "A Transamerica Company" (which is sometimes tinted gold) fade in below as "UNITED ARTISTS" turns orange. Then, little sparkles appear and disappear in various spots in the word "UNITED ARTISTS" for a few seconds before stopping.
Variants:
•There is a variant without the Transamerica byline.
•A short version seen on trailers starts with the logo already revealed and the sparkles on the "UNITED ARTISTS" text.
FX/SFX: The logo appearing in segments, the outline, the fade in of the "Transamerica T" and the byline (when it applies), and the sparkling on various on the "UNITED ARTISTS" text.
Nicknames: "Transamerica T '76", "The Transamerica T II"
Logo: We see the text "United Artists" in the same Impact font on a black background. A few seconds later, the blue "T" design fades in on the left side of the company name. Like the previous logo variant, the "T" is made up of 6 blue lines, with three stacked on top of each other on both sides. At the same time, a blue text that says "A Transamerica Company" appears underneath the United Artists name.
Variants:
•On trailers for some films (mostly when distributing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures films), the "T" and Transamerica Corporation byline are in white and the words "Released thru" are seen above the logo.
•A similar variant appears on black-and-white films, including Manhattan, Stardust Memories (both Woody Allen films) and Raging Bull, only the full animation is used, and "Released thru" doesn't appear at all.
•On some films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Being There and a full screen print of Moonraker, the "T" and the text are bigger and the Transamerica byline is smaller. It was known as a print logo, and was seen on movie posters.
Nicknames: "Blank United Artists", "T-less United Artists"
Logo: It's just the on-screen text of the 7th logo without the Transamerica "T" logo and byline.
Trivia: This was later used during the time of MGM/UA Entertainment Co.'s formation after MGM merged with United Artists.
Variants:
•The logo appears in a videotaped version when plastering older logos.
•A variant has the font the same as in the 5th logo.
Nicknames: "Turning UA", "UA Paperclip", "The Sad/Happy Music"
Logo: It starts with a whitish line against a black screen. The line then rotates at an extremely slow pace and reveals itself to be a silvery blue stylized "UA". The logo is in the shape of a "U" with a bigger left side, and a diagonal line protruding from the shorter right side to form the "A." When the symbol finishes turning around, the words "United Artists" appear under it in the same font that was used during the "Transamerica" era.
Trivia: The logo was created and designed by Sandy Dvore (who also created the Lorimar 1971 "LP" logo). The "UA" was a wood model sprayed with chrome-like paint and suspended with a black rod covered in a velvet cloth to avoid reflection. The background was simply a black piece of paper. The model was then rotated on a small stage.
Variants:
•There is a rare variant which has the logo in white. It just zooms out from the left.
•There was also a variant with larger "United Artists" text underneath the UA paperclip. This was mainly seen on reissue prints and films shot in 2.35:1 such as Trail of The Pink Panther and Death Rides a Horse. It was also seen (after the 2012 MGM logo and Overture) on an Amazon Prime version of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, which was of the director's second 1981 edit running 149 minutes.
The "United Artists Television" logo was eventually phased out around 1983 in favor of the "MGM/UA Television" banner, although the United Artists Television name was used on select television series as an in-name-only unit of MGM/UA Television until 1995. On September 22, 2014, MGM purchased a 55% interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers ...
The "United Artists Television" logo was eventually phased out around 1983 in favor of the "MGM/UA Television" banner, although the United Artists Television name was used on select television series as an in-name-only unit of MGM/UA Television until 1995. On September 22, 2014, MGM purchased a 55% interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers ...
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United Artists Television (UATV) was an American television production/distribution studio of United Artists Corporation that was formed on January 1, 1958. The company is remembered for producing series such as This Man Dawson, World of Giants, Stoney Burke, The Outer Limits, Gilligan's Island, My Mother the Car, The Fugitive, The Rat Patrol, thirtysomething, The New Phil Silvers Show, The ...
