Opening to The Sea Hawk 1984 Key Video VHS

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Key Video's 1984 VHS release of the classic 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler used the shorter 1947 reissue version, which butchered the film from 127 minutes down to 108 minutes.
The 127 minute version was thought to be lost until it was miraculously recovered in 1985 in a British vault. Key Video's 1986 VHS/Beta release (most copies used a clamshell case as part of the initial wave of Spotlight Collection tapes, but leftover stock of the 1984 boxes were also utilized with a sticker plastered on the back indicating the longer running time ) was the first home video release of the uncut version. CBS/FOX released this longer cut in a colorized version on VHS and Beta in 1987. MGM/UA offered improved transfers of both in 1990.
There is also an interesting anomaly- the 1940 Warner Bros. logo is plastered by the logo for Dominant Pictures Corporation. Dominant was the theatrical distribution arm of Associated Artists Productions (AAP)- you might remember them at the start of many Looney Tunes and Popeye cartoons on VHS in the 80s and 90s) AAP had purchased the pre-1950 Warner Bros. film library in late 1955. Three years later, AAP was purchased by United Artists and absorbed into the parent company.
1. Key Video logo
2. 1982 United Artists logo
3. Dominant Pictures Corporation logo
4. Opening Credits

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The only time I've seen the Key Video logo in Black and White was on my parents' copy of Young Frankenstein.

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The movie was later released on DVD in the 2000’s by Warner Home Video. The DVD version did restored the original WB logo for its release instead of the Dominant Pictures logo which is quite rare, but you don’t see them anymore. If you have not seen it, check out the same opening title with the original WB logo restored. It’s from a blu-Ray release of “Sea Hawk”.
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