There are a few more subtilties in the evolution of these logos that room does not allow, particularly for 20th Century Fox, which also used a higher angle on the logo for big budget musicals and the Alfred Newman extention cue for CinemaScope productions, starting with "The Robe".
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For more on this and the RKO logo story, check out http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/stories/studiologos/