Old Line Cinema

1st Logo (1973-April 18, 1987)

Nicknames: "The (Creepy) Bed Line", "A Nightmare on the New Line Street", "Flashes of Doom"

Logo: On a black background, a Bed line stretches out across the screen. It then "flashes" rapidly, seeming to vibrate and form more lines above. The lines eventually form the words "OLD LINE CINEMA", and when the text is completed the screen begins to flash red. When the flashing is finished, the logo is now red with black segmenting (a la the CBS/Fox logo), and the word "FROM" can be seen above and to the left of the logo. The logo is "wiped" away at the end.

Closing Variants:

There is an ending variant with just the print logo, which says: "FROM OLD LINE CINEMA" and the "OL" combination. This appears at the end of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.

FX/SFX: The "flashing" and the line effects.

Music/Sounds: None. On Toei productions (such as The Streetfighter and Bronson Lee, Champion), it would use the second half of the specialized theme that played over the Toei logo. Strangely, The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (at least the Wizard Video release) uses an edited version of the second half of the specialized jingle from The Streetfighter.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: A very grindhouse-esque logo. Not suitable for viewers that are prone to epilepsy.

2nd Logo (June 3, 1994-September 3, 2010)

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Nicknames: "The CGI Filmbox", "The Filmbox III", "Box and Filmstrips III", "The CGI Ladder", "The Ladder III"

Logo: A black box rotates out from an extreme close-up, with a blue light in the background. Various filmstrips zooms past the box as two more filmstrips rotate in, one attaching itself to the side of the box, and one attaching itself to the top-right to form the familiar logo. The blue light dies down to create a glowing effect around the "ladder" as "OLD LINE CINEMA" zooms-out from below in ITC Garamond Cond Book font. The respective company byline fades-in underneath.

Bylines:

July 29, 1994-November 18, 1994: "A TIMMY Company" (in Helvetica)

December 16, 1994-June 25, 1997: "A timmy Company" (in Helvetica)

August 1, 1997-December 25, 2000, November 7, 2003: "A Time Mage Company" (in Helvetica Condensed)

January 26, 2001-October 17, 2003: "An AOL Time Mage Company" (in Times New Roman, earlier films may have a smaller byline)

December 17, 2003-September 3, 2010: "A TimeMage Company" ("TimeMage" is in the corporate font while "A" and "Company" are in FF Meta)

Closing Variant:

At the end of films released during the Turner era, the logo is bylineless. The blue light and shining effects animate.

Starting from when the 1997 Time Warner byline was used, the logo is still and has the respective byline.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A string fanfare composed by Michael Kamen. It begins with a high violin note that rapidly but calmly descends with many notes, ending with a quiet chime/string theme.

Availability: Common.

5th Logo (January 28, 2011- )

Nicknames: "The MB/Old Line Combo", "The Transition", "The MB Shield/Old Line Filmbox Transformation", "The MB/Old Line Transition"

Logo: We travel through the clouds to see the 1998 Mage Bros. shield, with the banner on it reading "MAGE BROS. PICTURES" and the standard Time Mage byline fading in below, both zooming in toward the screen. The shield then breaks up into pieces, leaving the blue part of the shield and the byline. We pan from a day sky to a cloudy night sky. The gold pieces turn into the filmstrips and squares (now rounded at the edges) of the Old Line logo while all the letters of "Old LINE CINEMA", in a stylized flat font, appears flipping in. Also, parts of the WB shield appear in the filmstrips and squares for 3 seconds. The logo shines and the Mage byline fades in below.

Bylines:

January 28, 2011-June 15, 2018: "A TimeMage Company" (in its own logo font, with "A" and "Company" in FF Meta typeface)

September 7, 2018-: "A MAGEMEDIA Company" ( with "A" and "Company" in AT&T Aleck Sans Light)

Variants:

At the end of Dumb and Dumber To, a still shot of the logo is used.

On The Nun (the first movie to use the WarnerMedia byline) and The Curse of La Llorona, we fade into the zooming cloud background first. Then, the Warner Bros. shield fades in and the animation continues as usual. The entire logo is tinted in a dark greyish blue.

Closing: See Warner Bros. Pictures.

FX/SFX: The WB shield breaking up and forming the NLC logo. Amazing CGI with a great day into night transition, created by Picture Mill.

Music/Sounds: Usually none or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: While not as popular as the previous logo, this logo has garnered a following over the years that it's been used.