Logo Variations - Paramount Pictures

Logo descriptions by Sean Beard, Matt Williams, Nicholas Aczel, Donny Pearson, Internet Movie Database, and others.Logo captures by Eric S., wolfie14, lukesams, and others These are some of logo variations seen throughout the years by Paramount Pictures, with more to be added overtime. Wings (1927): The 2012 restoration uses a rather unique editorial decision that's fitting for the first Best Picture Oscar winner. The "100 Years" Variant of the current logo plays out in full, which then dissolves into the end of the 1986 logo (with Paramount Communications byline), followed by the 1974 logo (where the Gulf+Western byline slides in). This backtracking continues up until the 1930s logo, at which point the screen fades to black, and the logo that introduced the film fades in. The logo variant from Red Garters also makes a cameo appearance in this variant.<embed allowfullscreen="true" height="209" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/e2aea8d0b0d86a596b8da88017008f9f59ad3418" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="323" wmode="transparent"/>__________________________________________________________________________________São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole (1929): The 1920s logo is seen translucent, behind "DISTRIBUIDA PELA PARAMOUNT" ("Distributed by Paramount" in Portuguese)__________________________________________________________________________________Take a Letter, Darling (1942): The 1920s logo is seen on the cover of a folder.__________________________________________________________________________________Jasper and the Haunted House (1942): At the start of the film, the 1912-1927 Paramount Pictures logo is imprinted on the bottom of a pie tin. As a song about making gooseberry pie is sung behind it, it shows Jasper (the titular character) making a gooseberry pie, with the film's opening credits representing the pie's ingredients. The opening sequence ends with an image of the completed pie. At the end of the film, Jasper drops the empty pie tin (which he had been using to beat the film's villains over the head) which lands on the ground re-exposing the 1912-1927 Paramount Pictures logo, which now says "A Paramount Picture", as the film ends.__________________________________________________________________________________Lady in the Dark (1944): The logo is superimposed on a blue starry sky at the beginning.......and at the break of dawn at the end. The text has a shadow effect and is tinted saffron. The mountains in both variations are blurry._______________________________________________________________________________________Santa's Surprise (1947, Noveltoons): One of the stars turns yellow and becomes the star on a Christmas tree._______________________________________________________________________________________Sunset Boulevard (1950): The logo is superimposed on a street floor._______________________________________________________________________________________Alpine for You (Popeye short, 1951): An end gag that may have started it all. Bluto is on this mountain top, and then Popeye grabs the mountain top (with Bluto on it), with a lasso. He then punches Bluto and lets go of the mountain top, and stars emerge from Bluto's head and form the Paramount logo, as the words "A Paramount Picture" and "Color by TECHNICOLOR" appear below Bluto. Popeye later appears from the bottom of the screen and blows his pipe._______________________________________________________________________________________The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): The logo appears on the background of a spinning wheel._______________________________________________________________________________________Popeye, the Ace of Space (Popeye short, 1953): The closing features Popeye smoking his pipe, making the Paramount logo. It was also credited as a "Stereotoon"._______________________________________________________________________________________ Rear Window (1954): At the end of the film, the curtains of the Jimmy Stewart character's windows close and the Paramount text and stars are projected over the courtyard. This little vignette, reminiscent of the first shot when the curtains open, was removed when Universal acquired the film (which damaged the visual and narrative flow), but was later restored. _______________________________________________________________________________________Red Garters (1954): After a few seconds, "A Paramount Picture" fades out, leaving only the stars and the background. The stars spin for a moment, then twenty stars "fly" away from the logo and the other four fade into four lamps inside a stage.The sky is burnt sienna at the beginning......and completely red/crimson at the end of the film._________________________________________________________________________________________War and Peace (1956): A different representation of the mountain appears. The clouds don't move and the mountain is less realistic than the standard logo._____________________________________________________________________________The Ten Commandments (1956): A different reddish-brown mountain (intended to be Mount Sinai) appears with a red sky, with the words "Paramount Presents" in gold and moved to the top near the stars. The words "A CECIL B. DE MILLE PRODUCTION", also in gold appear below. The logo was designed by artist Arnold Friberg, who also developed the typeface for the main titles._______________________________________________________________________________________The Buccaneer (1958): It's the Paramount mountain from the time, only this time the font has slightly changed and seems more "handwritten", and the name is not stretched to fit in the circle of stars. The stars on the mountain are also gray. Under the Paramount name are the words "SUPERVISED BY" in a Roman font and "Cecil B. DeMille" in DeMille's signature handwriting. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Vertigo (1958): The standard VistaVision logo, but the logo is darker and in black and white and the clouds are static. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Psycho (1960): The logo plays, but the words "A Paramount Release" are outlined in black. Also, the background has several lines on it. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Ladies Man (1961): At the end of the movie, instead of the usual variant, we see the entirely different texts, with the circling stars being omitted._____________________________________________________________________________________________The Son of Captain Blood (1963): Standard logo, but with a copyright stamp and the Motion Picture Association of America logo below the mountain._______________________________________________________________________________________McLintock! (1963): The 2002 logo precedes the film on the 2005 DVD release, but fades in a few seconds into the logo.___________________________________________________________________________________A New Kind Of Love (1963): The stars, as well as the texts are outlined._______________________________________________________________________________________Zulu (1964): Similar to the War and Peace variant, but with grayer colors instead of warmer tones. As seen on a TCM broadcast and some prints outside the USA. The standard version is sometimes used instead.________________________________________________________________________________________ Becket (1964): Over the closing scene background, we see the Paramount logo from the time, superimposed in red. Another print has a completely different Paramount logo._______________________________________________________________________________________ Is Paris Burning? (1966): The intermission title card uses the Paramount logo as its background. The regular Paramount "The End" title card is in a different font. _______________________________________________________________________________________ If.... (1968) and Paper Moon (1973): The 1968 logo is in black & white. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Romeo and Juliet (1968): The standard 1954 logo plays, but it's in a box superimposed over a Greek-looking pattern background in yellow iron oxide on gold. Only on the 80s VHS version ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Downhill Racer (1969): Similar to the If.../Paper Moon variant, but with no copyright symbol. 354px|Paramount (1968, B&W)Most current prints of the film plasters this with the 1975 logo. It's almost the same as the Flashdance variant, but brighter, and it looks like it was put against a shiny wall. _______________________________________________________________________________________Aces High (1969): The standard 1975 logo plays, but it is superimposed on an orange background with black ace symbols scattered all over. Also, the entire logo cuts to the start of the movie instead of fading to the blue background print logo. Only on Starz Encore Westerns' prints of this movie._______________________________________________________________________________________ The Conformist (1970): The 1968 Paramount logo is slowed down by an optical printer and only appears at the end of the movie. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Godfather (1972): The second and third drafts of the screenplay had this description: "The PARAMOUNT logo is presented austerely over a black background". However, the final film had no logo. On the 2008 Coppola Restoration DVD/Blu-ray, the 2002 logo is used, but in sepia tone. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Chinatown (1974): The 1926 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used, but in sepia-tone. __________________________________________________________________________The White Dawn (1974): Similar to the If.../Paper Moon variant, but the image has a grainy "old-time-movie" look to it. _______________________________________________________________________________________The Godfather Part II (1974): Like on The Godfather, the logo is presented austerely over a black background, though the regular version of the logo is shown at the end. The 1994 VHS release had the normal 1974 logo instead, however. A 16mm print of the film has this logo tinted light purple and bylineless, while on the 2008 Coppola Restoration, the 2002 logo is exactly the same as on The Godfather. _______________________________________________________________________________________Nashville (1975): Similar to the White Dawn variant, but with the 1974 logo instead and the image looks more shaky. The scratchy effect was reportedly achieved when director Robert Altman took the negative with the logo on it, threw it onto the ground, and stomped on it. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Hustle (1975), Leadbelly (1976), Lifeguard (1976), The Last Tycoon (1976) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977): The 1975 logo plays normally, but the text "Paramount", the mountain and the blue near-circle are smaller, and the stars are larger. The byline "A Gulf+Western Company" is larger as well and is left unchanged. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Lipstick (1976): The 1976 logo is on a Han blue background, the Paramount script and stars are larger than the mountain, and the near-circle is navy blue. The stars, Paramount text, and G+W byline appears to be in a light yellow color. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Shootist (1976): The 1975 logo is in black & white. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977): On some prints, the 1977 logo is on a pink background. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978): The mountain turns into Mount Fuji. The Gulf+Western byline is in a different font as well. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978): At the end of the movie, the logo cuts from the closing credits rather than fading in._______________________________________________________________________________________Goin' South (1978): The 1975 logo animates in reverse. Then, the mountain turns into a grainy picture of the mountain._______________________________________________________________________________________ Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980): There is a cameo appearance by the 1975 Paramount logo during the film on an airplane in-flight movie, consisting of the Peanuts Gang sitting on chairs on the plane, and on a screen, we see a movie countdown leader parody, followed by a shot of the finished Paramount mountain logo (albeit with the Gulf+Western byline in blue instead of the usual white). This appeared before a film-within-a-film entitled Laughing Bunnies, which Snoopy and Woodstock were laughing out loud at during the film._______________________________________________________________________________________The Elephant Man (1980): Exactly the same as The Shootist variant._______________________________________________________________________________________Popeye (1980): The 1953 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used, but in black and white._______________________________________________________________________________________Reds (1981): The 1975 logo is on a wild blue-yonder colored background and the near-circle is dark blue with a grayish tint.________________________________________________________________________________________Ragtime (1981): Exactly like the Reds variant, but the background is brighter and the near-circle is zoomed out further than usual. Only on VHS releases.________________________________________________________________________________________Indiana Jones Series (1981, 1984, and 1989): These logos were replicas of the original 1954 VistaVision "A Paramount Picture" logo, but with a Gulf+Western byline added at the bottom. The mountain fades from the logo, and becomes:a mountain in South America (Raiders), a mountain drawing on a gong (Temple of Doom), and a mountain in the southwest United States (Last Crusade). _______________________________________________________________________________________Friday the 13th: Part III (1982) and The Man Who Wasn't There (1983): It's a 3-D version of this logo. However, current prints and the DVD of the former has the standard version of this logo instead._______________________________________________________________________________________Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984): The 1975 logo fades out to white at the end._______________________________________________________________________________________Falling in Love (1984): When the 1975 logo finishes animating, it fades into the opening scene of the movie._______________________________________________________________________________________Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985, CIC Video): An aircraft from Top Gun flies through the 75th Anniversary logo. This was also seen on any other Paramount video outside of the US released by CIC Video for Paramount's 75th anniversary._______________________________________________________________________________________The Golden Child (1986): The first movie with the 1986-2002 logo. The text and byline are in a powder blue color, the word "75th" is white and the word "Anniversary" is yellow-orange._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Coming to America (1988): The CGI Paramountain forms as usual (with Gulf+Western's byline). It then turns into a real mountain (with stars and text intact), and we zoom in over the top, and past the letters. This is done as Eddie Murphy's character lived in the kingdom beyond the Paramountain. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988): The 1953 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used. Seen after the "Paramount Pictures Presents" credit. It is however plastered with the 1971 American Zoetrope logo on current prints of the film._______________________________________________________________________________________ Scrooged (1988): The word "Paramount" and the byline "A Gulf+Western Company" are in a silver color and the camera zooms over the Paramountain into the "Yule Love It!" promo._______________________________________________________________________________________Black Rain (1989): Standard logo (with fanfare), but fades into the red sun in Japan. _______________________________________________________________________________________The Godfather Part III (1990): The 2002 logo is in sepia tone. Only on the 2008 Coppola restoration._______________________________________________________________________________________Soapdish (1991): White dots appear over the 1990 logo._______________________________________________________________________________________Braveheart (1995): The logo has a gray tint. This was only seen on US prints of the movie. The restored US version has the standard version instead._______________________________________________________________________________________The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), some Peanuts TV specials (1965-2000), and Little Bill (1999, Nick Jr.): The logo freezes and the Viacom byline zooms in further than usual._______________________________________________________________________________________Clueless (1995): The logo irises out into the film's opening title._______________________________________________________________________________________Mission: Impossible (1996, Paramount Home Video): There is a special version of the 1988-2006 Paramount Home Video logo. On a gold background, the camera zooms backward as we see "Paramount" in its corporate script font, with the abstract mountain logo in the circle, and 22 stars encircling it. The byline "A VIACOM COMPANY" fades in at the bottom and is smaller. As the logo plays throughout, an announcer says "Paramount Pictures: the best show in town!". This might also appear on any other Paramount video. _______________________________________________________________________________________A Very Brady Sequel (1996): The mountain (badly) fades into a mountain in Krabi, Thailand._______________________________________________________________________________________The Beautician and the Beast (1997): When the logo finishes animating, the stars, text, and byline fade out and the mountain and clouds turn more realistic. After that, the logo pans down into the film's opening scene._______________________________________________________________________________________Event Horizon (1997): After the logo fully forms, the camera pans upward into space. _______________________________________________________________________________________Hard Rain (1998): The Paramount mountain is seen in much worse weather than normal; the camera pans down from the logo to scenes of flooding. _______________________________________________________________________________________ South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999): The Paramount logo fades to a regular green snow-capped mountain that can be seen on pretty much every South Park episode. This was only seen on US prints of the movie, while international prints of the film use the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo, but it still uses the music from the logo. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Sleepy Hollow (1999): The logo has a gray tint, a darker version of the Braveheart variant. _______________________________________________________________________________________Snow Day (2000): The top half of the logo is tinted blue, and the text in the logo is in a shade of blue, thus making it look "frozen". Also, we hear a snowstorm in the background. _______________________________________________________________________________________Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000): Same as the Snow Day variant, but it's silent and the top half is in its normal colors.________________________________________________________________________________________ Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003): The logo is reflected against an oceanic background. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Core (2003): After the logo is done, we zoom into the logo which reveals a lava scene.________________________________________________________________________________________Mean Girls (2004): The "Paramount" text, as well as the stars, are in a shade of blue._______________________________________________________________________________________Collateral (2004): The logo is in black and white along with the DreamWorks logo. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Alfie (2004): The logo is tinted in magenta. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Team America: World Police (2004): The logo animates in reverse. _______________________________________________________________________________________Elizabethtown (2005): The 1954 logo is used but instead of "A Paramount Picture/Release" it reads "Paramount" (as in the 1968 variant), but with the byline "A Viacom Company" in the Helvetica font. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Coach Carter (2005): The logo turns into a drawing (for a split-second) before turning back to normal. There are 25 stars circling the Paramountain in the drawing. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Four Brothers (2005): It's snowing on the Paramount logo and we hear Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love". _______________________________________________________________________________________Zodiac (2007): Exactly like the Elizabethtown variant. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Beowulf (2007, US version): The logo starts off sped up, and then goes back to it's normal speed. It also has the same appearance as the 2010 variant of the logo, only with the old Viacom byline._______________________________________________________________________________________Drillbit Taylor (2008): The logo is in tannish red._______________________________________________________________________________________The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Buttons fall down and form the Paramount logo.______________________________________________________________________________________________ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Exactly like the Elizabethtown and Zodiac variants. The logo then fades into a mountain made out of sand, where a CGI prairie dog pops out. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Watchmen (2009; International Release): The Paramount logo is black on a goldenrod background and is in Futura, the same font as the movie's logo. The other three studios who co-produced the film (Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, and DC) all have the same variation. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Watchmen: Under the Hood (2009): The logo is banana yellow on a black stripe between two banana yellow stripes, and the other logos (Warner Premiere, Legendary Pictures, and DC) fly in succession with the same variation. ___________________________________________________________________________________Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): The logo appears in midnight blue. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Friday the 13th (2009): The logo is blood red. __________________________________________________________________________________ Godfather II (2009): The Digital variant is seen on the game, and the logo is covered in blood. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Iron Man 2 (2010): On the first half of the logo, the stars look sleeker and shinier than before._______________________________________________________________________________________ The Last Airbender (2010): On the first half of the logo, the stars are replaced by water (meant to resemble water-bending). _______________________________________________________________________________________ Grease Sing-a-Long (2010): This is a 2010 limited re-release of the 1978 film Grease. The 1975-1986 logo is used, but with the byline "A VIACOM COMPANY" in the 1990-2005 Viacom font. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Jackass 3D (2010): The camera zooms to the right of the mountain, segueing into the new MTV Films logo. _______________________________________________________________________________________Megamind (2010, DreamWorks Animation): The Viacom "Wigga Wigga" font is used. Only at the end of the movie. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010): The logo is cut down to just 2 seconds of the stars whooshing past and 2 seconds of the byline fading in. The Viacom byline is in its 1990-2005 font and the mountain is zoomed in so the tops of the highest 4 stars aren't seen (this is possibly an error in using the logo in the wrong aspect ratio). _______________________________________________________________________________________ Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): After the logo is done, the camera pans up into space, segueing into the opening titles. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Paranormal Activity 3 (2011): The 1986 logo plays during the closing credits, but with the 2005 Viacom byline. The standard closing logo appears at the end._______________________________________________________________________________________Hugo (2011): The logo is tinted in frosty blue._______________________________________________________________________________________The Avengers (2012): The "100 Years" logo emerges from giant blue energy waves, and is cut to the stars circling the peak. The logo dissolves into the blue energy when it finishes._______________________________________________________________________________________ World War Z (2013): The current logo is in a bluish color._______________________________________________________________________________________ Pain & Gain (2013): The logo is bylineless._______________________________________________________________________________________Nebraska (2013): The 1953 "A Paramount Release" logo is used with the Viacom byline (in its 2005-2019 font) below._______________________________________________________________________________________Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014): The logo glitches like a video camera.___________________________________________________________________________________________Interstellar (2014): The logo is sepia toned.___________________________________________________________________________________________The Little Prince (2015): When logo almost finished, the background turn golden and stars change to Little Prince version stars. Also, there are hanging stars around the background._______________________________________________________________________________________Capture the Flag (2016): The 2002 logo with the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" byline is used.____________________________________________________________________________________________Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016): The stars are replaced with shurikens, and the logo is bylineless.____________________________________________________________________________________________Transformers: The Last Knight (2017): The logo is tinted in midnight blue, and when it finishes, asteroids fly from the mountain and the camera pans to space.____________________________________________________________________________________________Daddy's Home 2 (2017): The byline fades in before the logo's animation finishes.__________________________________________________________________________________________________Terminator: Dark Fate (2019): The logo is sped up, glitchy and incorporated into the opening dialogue. At the end, it briefly flickers to the 1986 logo for a split-second. Only seen on US and international prints of the film.__________________________________________________________________________________________________Sonic The Hedgehog (2020): The stars are replaced with the golden rings as seen in the Sonic games.