Paramount Pictures/Logo Variations

These are the 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 is fitting for the first Best Picture Oscar winner. The "100 Years" Variant of the current logo or the 2010 version of the previous logo plays out in full, with the latter zooming in at the end, 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.

São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole (1929, Brazil):
 * The 1920s logo is seen translucent, with the text "DISTRIBUIDA PELA PARAMOUNT" ("Distributed by Paramount" in Portuguese).

Dancing on a Dime (1940):
 * The 1920s logo is embossed on a white wall.

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.

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):
 * The font is 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 background is still and segmented, like in the following opening credits, and the text is outlined in black.

Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969):


 * The logo looks very similar to the print logo, and the stars are multicolored.

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977):


 * The logo has a pinkish tint to it.

Grease (1978, 2010 re-release) and The Warriors (2006, video game):


 * The Gulf+Western byline is replaced by the 1990 Viacom byline.