Universal Studios was founded in June 1912, by German immigrant Carl Laemmle. Some of their movies include: The Phantom of the Opera (the Lon Chaney silent one, which is awesome), Frankenstein (the Boris Karloff version), The Lady Eve, all the Mummy movies, all the Wolfman movies, Abbott and Costello movies, Spartacus, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Birds, Airport, The Sting (my favorite movie of all time), Jaws, National Lampoon movies, The Blues Brothers, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, etc.
These are the earliest logos I could find, probably dating from around the studio's founding. Note that the image on the left is Earth surrounded by Saturn-like rings. Fairly interesting, I think.
This interesting little sepia-toned number was used between 1922 and '26. This one looks more like Earth, the text forming the ring.
In use between 1926 and '36. Now that trans-Atlantic flight was a possibility (remember, Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in '27), the rings are replaced by an airplane. It's also interesting that this new logo interprets "universal" as a connection with our fellow man, and no longer in the outer space sense. This is my favorite; I have a love of all things Art Deco.
This is probably the most famous logo, used from 1936 to '45, the era many film historians consider the Golden Age of Hollywood.
This one was used from 1945 to '63, and it just reeks of Technicolor. I'm glad this one didn't stick.
Ah, yes, the beginning of the CG era. This logo was used from 1963 to '90.
Here's the logo used from 1990-97. I've run out of space for this post and insightful things to say, so I'm signing off here.
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