Heritage Entertainment

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Note: This company is not to be confused with Heritage Productions, the company that syndicated The New Three Stooges cartoon series.

1st Logo (1985-1987)


Note: The logo starts at 0:24.

Visuals: On a black background, there is the text "A HERITAGE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTATION OF" slowly fades in and sparkles.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on original VHS prints of Stagecoach and Time Troopers. Current prints plaster it with the 2001 MGM logo.

2nd Logo (1986-1991)


Visuals: Over a black-blue space gradient background, the logo starts with teal-colored filmstrips that draw in. Then the logo zooms in, and then there is the filmstrips on the left, and then there is the text "HERITAGE", with the script word "Entertainment" on the right, in blue. The word "PRESENTS" faded below the logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A whoosh, followed by a synth theme.

Availability: Seen on most programs produced or distributed by Heritage during its lifespan, but may be plastered with MGM or Samuel Goldwyn (who bought the company in 1991) logos. Check your tapes.