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Leonide		#41	[-]
Jan 20 08 2:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A spinning globe is incorporated in the bottom of the main title cards for two Glenn Tryon Universals: DAMES AHOY and BARNUM WAS RIGHT. I haven't looked closely, but these might've been unique to the Universal Show-At-Home releases. Bill Chase (ska AuWren)
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JoeSyz99		#42	[-]
Jan 20 08 3:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was some discussion on another board about the glass or chrome globe with the letters moving around it, used in the late 30's to the mid 40's. How was this done? It's a beautiful sight and it holds up today- it's hard to tell how the letters were suspended and moved around the globe. Any of the SPFX wizards got any ideas?
Wich2		#43	[-]
Jan 20 08 4:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"it's hard to tell how the letters were suspended and moved around the globe." Possibilities: 1. it's Supered 2. We never see the BACK of the mechanism; could be a rubber-rollered type thingie, like store displays Best, -Craig W.
JoeSyz99		#44	[-]
Jan 20 08 5:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It looks too real to be "supered", you can't see how the letters are suspended and they reflect some light as they turn in space. I have the logo captured as 257 jpeg images (720 X 480 ) which can be run as a slide show. I was staring at it for a while.
JoeSyz99		#45	[-]
Jan 20 08 6:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hmmmm... www.hollywoodlostandfound.net has this bit of info: "Shortly, the plexiglass globe designed and built by future art department head Alexander Golitzen was photographed by John P. Fulton,ASC's special photographic department and Jimmy McHugh wrote his fanfare for it."
Dr Acula		#46	[-]
Aug 6 08 8:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cameron McCasland wrote: Dr Acula wrote: What happened with the props used to film these logos - for instance, does any of the Universal "Earths" exist in a museum somewhere, or the little airplane from the 30's that flew around the globe? or are all the physical props lost to time? I'd be interested to know that as well. Seems like something that would have been on the Universal tour long ago, and I don't recall ever seeing it. Wow - I guess nobody knows what happened to it! Everybody check your attic! My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
professor liebstrum		#47	[-]
Aug 7 08 7:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Although my Personal taste is for the 30-40s films, the logo I always liked the most was the Universal International one from the 50s. esp in Colour. There was something awe inspiring about this globe spinning in the vastness of space that thrilled me as a kid Prof
TServo4		#48	[-]
Aug 7 08 8:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A friend of mine has a prop globe that came out of Universal that was used in one of the Flash Gordon serials. It's been painted over several times, but I've always wondered, because it looks suspiciously like the Universal-International model... J. Theakston Capitol Theatre, Rome, NY
professor liebstrum		#49	[-]
Aug 7 08 3:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A friend of mine has a prop globe that came out of Universal that was used in one of the Flash Gordon serials. It's been painted over several times, but I've always wondered, because it looks suspiciously like the Universal-International model... That sounds great, any pictures?
TServo4		#50	[-]
Aug 7 08 3:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	No, but I'll ask him the next time I see him if he'll let me take some. I know he's interested in IDing what it was used for exactly. J. Theakston Capitol Theatre, Rome, NY
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telegonus	Same With Me	#51	[-]
Aug 7 08 9:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I feel the same about the U-I logo, wonder if they altered it through the years and how it was done. There's a majesty to it. The earlier logos, while enjoyable, are a bit goofy-tacky, the 1946-63 can stand on it own (so to speak) with Leo the Lion and Paramount's mountain. It's a pity they dropped it instead of just erasing the International. The new one was basically a cartoon.
opticalguy	My Best Guess	#52	[-]
Aug 8 08 12:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, this is just my best guess. It looks as if there is a central mirror-finished globe around which a plexiglass ring rotates. The clear plexiglass letters are glued to the rotating ring.The reflection of the ring and the letters can be seen in the mirrored globe. I think Wich 2 was correct back on 1/20/08 when he said: We never see the BACK of the mechanism; could be a rubber-rollered type thingie, like store displays The mounting rig for the globe and the ring are covered by the globe itself. There is a hole in the black backdrop for all of this and through which there is very bright back-lighting. The stars appear to be sculpted over rods or are carved wooden dowels painted sliver which rotate and are mounted just off camera. Good lighting and photography really make it all work great. The old logo was a complex composite. The sky was a apparently a photograph (though it could have been a painting) and the globe was a model and there is a soft-edged matte (a circle) that fits better on the left side. There is considerable double-exposure along the right-hand side resulting in some transparency. The letters are matted-in (they "wipe" on as the plane crosses in front of the globe and the plane is a model that is matted-in as well.The plane model was painted a very light color and shot against black and when the composite was made the hold-out matte was very thin to avoid a black matte line. That's why the shadow areas of the plane are so milky and the plane seems so white. opticalguy1954@yahoo.com (Spencer Gill) Last Edited By: opticalguy Aug 8 08 11:45 AM. Edited 1 times.
professor liebstrum		#53	[-]
Aug 18 08 1:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Spotted another logo that had been monkeyed around with for a genre film. Not sure if it's been mentioned. The decapitated Columbia figure at the end of Strait Jacket
Dr Acula		#54	[-]
Dec 14 09 4:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A cool site detailing the different Universal logos: http://members.fortunecity.com/teamfx2000/Universal/universal.htm
HalLane		#55	[-]
Dec 14 09 5:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think that site missed some ~ I'm sure there was more than one version of the airplane globe, prior to the glass and stars version. I wonder if the old globe is the same one that shows up in all those Flash Gordon chapters, surrounded by clouds and twinkle stars?
TServo4		#56	[-]
Dec 14 09 5:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's definitely missing several variations. There was another logo before the animated one of the '20s. J. Theakston Capitol Theatre, Rome, NY
gorgozilla		#57	[-]
Dec 14 09 5:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: Where I found this: here's a nifty site showing many of the one-time variations on the major studios' logos. They left out THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, where the Paramount mountain is replaced by Mount Sinai.
Friend of Daniel		#58	[-]
Dec 14 09 8:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	professor liebstrum wrote: Spotted another logo that had been monkeyed around with for a genre film. Not sure if it's been mentioned. The decapitated Columbia figure at the end of Strait Jacket Tasteful!
Friend of Daniel		#59	[-]
Dec 14 09 8:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This page shows the really early Universal logos, including a clip of the 1922-1926 logo in action.
TomWeaver999		#60	[-]
Dec 14 09 9:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The globe seen in the Universal logo with the circling UNIVERSAL and the spinning stars -- Universal art director Alexander Golitzen told Scott MacQueen that it later became a THIS ISLAND EARTH prop. It's the basketball-sized ball covered with little balls, in the midst of the "atom"-like bars in the Monitor's "office." There are publicity stills of Rex Reason fighting a Metaluna Mutant near it.
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