Rankin Bass Production Logo (1975) "Orange Variant"

[izlude2]

GARFIELD!!!!

[CanyonTide]

Wow, haven't seen this is so many years! It brings back a lot of memories..thanks for posting it!

[ketchupmanor]

Man, I wish i was born in the 1970's!

[rjherie]

This version probably has an orange tint most likely because this was telecined off an interpositive without correcting for the orange film base found on IP stocks.

[girlintheflesh78]

@rjherie HUH??

[rjherie]

@girlintheflesh78 In traditional film based production, one would shoot and edit a negative, make an interpositive (IP) from the negative, and make a duplicate negative from the IP. Positive prints are made from the dupe negative. An IP has a positive image, but has the same dull orange film base as a negative. Any of these elements could be put in a telecine (film-to-video machine). If an IP is used, you must adjust the colors to cancel out the orange base, or you'll get the effect seen here.

[Cajundweeb]

I often saw this version on several R-B programs that aired on CBS back in the 1970s (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer among them!).

[LJK193]

Was this logo originally supposed to be orange? Or was that just because the film got old

[shoopdawhoop12]

Wow, that logo is very similar to Plan B's

[jbw470]

yuck. it's like the logo has liver disease.

[JojoPandacutie1989]

I like this orange variant of this Rankin Bass logo more better than the white one. :)

[DogbiteOW]

Awesome sound! Thanks.

[HookedOnMLB467]

I think this is from the 1977 TV movie, 'The Hobbit.'

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

I dont think I've seen The Hobbit since the late 80s - I used to like that movie when I was younger.

[mcy919]

Where did you see this one?!

[JohnnyL80]

ABC Family I redited it.

[retroman51]

CBS had this on it's run of Frosty the snowman somewhere in the 90s.

[ShaDeed329]

never saw this one.

[JohnnyL80]

This one is new to me

[kresblain]

It's orange because of bad film coloration or some junk. It's pretty much the regular version with that added artifact.

[GDelva2003]

that's what i'm thinking

[raposofan]

The "orange" is bad Telecine. Nevertheless this RB logo with the "growing spheres" is the one I liked best as a kid, and it never fails to make me sob today as a fortysomething watching it.

[annexkatherine]

@raposofan It makes me cry when I see it, too.