As a kid I was hypnotized by the sight of this crystal globe and the vibrating glass stars that surrounded it. 2012-The brand new logo to celebrate the 100th Anniversary.

is outstanding.Did not know that about Muhl’s name appearing. Color version. Universal Studios; Universal Pictures/Other < Universal Pictures.

Should be good!I’m a big fan of their new logo for the 100th anniversary. The ‘triumphal’ fanfare of today (by John Williams?) History Talk (0) Share.

The name Universal appears in gold and white lettering. Universal Pictures (1974) by LogicSmash. Besides Jack Warner, he’s the only only one I know who got the honor of regular recognition on a studio logo.My favorite Universal-International logo treatment: ‘Spartacus’, with Alex North’s scoring.Like Cedric Gibbons at MGM (who designed the Oscar™ statuette), Alexander Golitzen was Universal’s premier art director. In 1909 he founded the Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP). Despite the change in 2012 as well as its eventual breakup, this logo is still used by Universal Music Group. Love the typeface.I like the new logo although I can’t wait to see what it looks like in motion….Ooo, forgot to think about the movement of it all. Thanks Nostra.They have! @Jimbo…go watch this clip, then rent or see 1973’s The Sting. And I’m not sure if it will be on YouTube when that ever happens, if they did it with the Paramount 100th Anniversary logo, why can’t Universal itself?Well, let’s hope it will be…only a couple of days till we will find out!The one that’s say 1937-1946 is used in a lot of woody woodpecker cartoonsI liked a number of movie logo transitions into the movie itself, and I pay particular attention to this..I love what you guys are usually up too. You might also be interested in: Another great post, keep up the good work!I do love this series… here is hoping for a bit of hitlist loving for youUniversal seems to have been the only studio who hasn’t gone all weird and trippy during the 60s/70s. How they made the star projections spin in place around them at the same time is more difficult to imagine, unless they were added in using matte photography.What’s the typeface or font used for the 1963-1990 logo? That’s the only movie I’ve seen Edward Muhl’s name on.My favorite, without doubt, is the 1936-46 art deco chrome globe with the rotating crystal stars! Following the 1996 replacement of MCA by Universal City Studios, a new logo used introduced in May 1997.

Any help out there?How did Universal know what the Earth looked like when the first space flight wasn’t until 1961?The Romans had a pretty good idea of what the Mediterranean Sea (which they referred to as “Mare Nostrum” or “our sea”) from charts created by sailing along the coast.I assume that they knew simply because cartographers knew from surveying and explorations what the coastlines looked like. Although Decca would continue to keep picture budgets lean, it was favored by changing circumstances in the film business, as other studios let their contract actors go in the wake of the 1948This is by far my favorite studio identifier of them all.

Recently I was reunited with this childhood “vision” when I started watching on You Tube the Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce that was made by Universal in the early 1940’s.Does anyone know what happened to to 1927- 36 Flying Airplane and Globe in the Intro.

There seems to be dust particles that follow the flow of the text.I wish someone would rebuild this model today and explain the mechanics. Black and white version. It’s a static, monochromatic shot of earth, with the words “A Universal Release” superimposed over it.Does ANYONE know how the 1936-46 reflective globe logo was built and filmed?

He moved to the US in 1884 and had a job as a manager. I’m not sure I’ve seen too many films with it, but its cool nevertheless.The logo or the introduction of Universal Pictures, 1997 remains the same because there are rumors that arrived or spread the new intro of Universal Pictures for the 100 years it was assumed that Universal opens new logo and it was a rumor.I didn’t know that, although I’d love to see it moving!I can’t wait to see the new Universal Logo! Universal has also set up Wow, they’ve come a long way haven’t they? The triumphant Universal fanfare used here is second only to my favorite, the Fox fanfare (with the CinemaScope addition).Yeah, that one is my favourite and it really looks stunning.

Other successes were the melodramas directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter, although for film critics they were not so well thought of on first release as they have since become. Wish they’d go back to an updated version of that!

Contents ... 1927–1936, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1990, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012. ?The 1990-97 Universal logo theme was composed by James Horner. My journey into stories behind famous movie related things we take for granted continues, still focussing on the logos of the big movie companies. Seuss’ The Lorax”.

Through the years the company has had various logos:The brand new logo to celebrate the 100th Anniversary. They kept it classic.Their new 2012 logo looks very… shiny. I believe the 1936-46 logo may have been built by Alexander Golitzen but am pretty sure it was designed by then head of Universal Art Department John Harkrider.Hitchcock’s thriller “The Birds”, which was released by Universal in 1963, has a logo that I’ve only seen on that one film.