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----american film studio owned by the [[Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group]]. on June 19th, 1918 CBC Film Sales Corporation was founded by Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt, making low-budget affairs (they didnt have much money). on January 10th, 1924, CBC was reincorporated into Columbia Pictures Corporation, and made stuff with a moderate budget. Columbia got more budget and it slowly became one of Hollywood's more important studios. on December 23rd, 1968 it was reorganized as Columbia Pictures Industries after merging with [[Screen Gems, Inc.|Screen Gems]]. on June 22nd, 1982 Columbia Pictures was sold to [[The Coca-Cola Company]] for $750M. in December 1987 it became a part of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with The Coca-Cola Company owning 49% of it. on November 8th, 1989 it was sold to [[Sony Corporation|Sony]]. in 1998, they became a part of the [[Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group]]. stuff released by Columbia were released outside North America under Columbia-Warner, and as [[Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors]] in the UK until 1987 (and until 1988 in the UK), when columbia reorganized its international distribution division as [[Columbia Tri-Star Films]].
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=== 1st logo - 1924 to 1927 ===
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{{YouTube|id=S7hI8QyfamY|description=1926. from "Ladies of Leisure", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@logoartoarchive logoartoarchive]}}

'''Nicknames:''' "Myriad Lady", "Female Roman Soldier", "Standing Liberty", "Pre-Torch Lady"

'''Visuals:''' '''Doris Doscher''' was the model for it. its a painting and text was made with a printed card


'''Cheese factor:''' 1.5

'''Scare factor:''' 2.8

'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"The figure depicted in the logo is actually of the goddess Liberty (or the Roman goddess Libertas) as seen on the obverse of the "Standing Liberty quarter", which was minted from 1916 until 1930, though Columbia's version had longer hair. The model for the quarter was actress Doris Doscher, who sometimes worked in silent films under the name Doris Doree and also modeled for the statue on the Pulitzer Fountain.<sup>[https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5890/USA-Coin-Album/ <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]</sup>"''

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"As the company would later establish its famous torch lady, this logo can be seen as an oddity."''

'''Spida factor:''' Its yea
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=== 2nd logo - 1928 to 1933 ===

{{YouTube|id=6LR-7VmUcrk|description=1928, opening. from "That Certain Thing", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@butanebandit butanebandit]}}
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File:Columbia Pictures (1928, Closing).png|1928, closing
File:Columbia Pictures (Closing, 1930) 0-9 screenshot.png|1930, closing variant 2. from "Ladies of Leisure"
File:Ass_hoe.png|1932, closing variant 3. From "Love Affair"
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'''Visuals:''' painting


'''Cheese factor:''' 2

'''Scare factor:''' 0.35

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... its interesting
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=== 3rd logo - 1928 to 1936 ===
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{{YouTube|id=B32HFqTKR8E|description=1930. from "Ladies of Leisure", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@LogicSmash LogicSmash]|id2=QSDFeB-SgRM|description2=1930, noname. from "The Criminal Code", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@ifrequire ifrequire]|id3=oDRHWiqT88k|description3=1931, presents. from "The Pagan Lady", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id4=QpIEeoDVtT0|description4=1932, closing. from "Love Affair", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@Peakpasha Peakpasha]|id5=v8jUNTvjII8|description5=1934, closing w/color. from "Punch Drunks", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PlasmaStorm24 PlasmaStorm24]}}

'''Nicknames:''' "Early Torch Lady", "Sparkler Torch Lady", "'20s Torch Lady", "Torch Lady", "Lady of Liberty", "America Torch Lady"

'''Visuals:''' matte painting, moire effects, torch lady actress is '''Claudia Dell'''

'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Uncommon}}


'''Cheese factor:''' 2.5

'''Scare factor:''' 4

'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"Depending on the source, the Torch Lady shown here is actress Claudia Dell, who appeared as Spanky's mother in the Our Gang shorts "Mama's Little Pirate" and "Anniversary Trouble", or Evelyn Venable, who later voiced the Blue Fairy in Disney's Pinocchio."''

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"This is known as the first Torch Lady logo; the lady herself looks noticeably different compared to the other logos, all of which had the most famous version of the lady."''

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... neat. murica.
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=== 4th logo - 1936 to 1976 ===

{{YouTube|id=cA3mk_On7QQ|description=1941. from "Bedtime Story", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@Peakpasha Peakpasha]|id2=Z3IWCdLzv-Q|description2=1946. from "Gilda", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE]|id3=mtdElN1ULUU|description3=1950, variant. from "A Lonely Place", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@Peakpasha Peakpasha]|id4=BAWQ-BShkFI|description4=1952, color. from "Road to Bali", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE]|id5=PjNZp2xK6js|description5=1952, italian. from "El", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@VPJLogo VPJLogo]|id6=MW99P3distA|description6=1953, silver. from "Serpent of the Nile", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@Peakpasha Peakpasha]|id7=wcjcdQz2Jmk|description7=1965, b&w and widescreen. from "Bunny Lake Is Missing", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE]|id8=y1Buglqct3E|description8=1966, ussr print. from "The Chase", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085 jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085]|id9=1--zwvWy8nc|description9=1969, color and mpaa symbol. from "I Never Sang For My Father", clipped by [https://www.youtube.com/@LogicSmash LogicSmash]}}


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File:939gS7l4K4nazMjewUzTiw28031.jpg|1936, color presents
File:Columbia Pictures closing logo (1936) (source - DVDrip print of Disorder in the Court).jpg|1936, end. from "Disorder in the Court"
File:AmxVSK9f krZK4-0GtGLug849883.jpg|1936-37, end
File:Columbia Pictures closing logo (1940) (source - His Girl Friday).jpg|1940, end. from "His Girl Friday"
File:Columbia Pictures closing logo (1955; CinemaScope) (source - The Long Gray Line).jpg|1943, end color wide. from "The Long Gray Line"
File:Columbia Pictures (1943-1953 Technicolor closing logo variant; white letters) (source - A Song to Remember (1945)).jpg|1945, end silver. from "A Song to Remember"
File:Columbia Pictures (1943-1953 Technicolor closing logo variant; orange letters) (source - A Thousand and One Nights (1945)).jpg|1945, end w/color. from "A Thousand and One Nights"
File:Columbia Pictures (1940s).png|1940s, short subject end.
File:2ab48d21fdc208e340f8ac0e83041399.png|1953, 3D. from "Gun Fury"
File:Columbia Pictures (1953) (From - the end of The Wild One).png|1953, open matte. from "The Wild One"
File:Dfeb50eaf6365d75857317e0f0362630.png|1954, b&w but also 3D. from "The Magician"
File:Columbia Pictures (1973) (From - Super 8mm colorized print of the Krazy Kat cartoon The Katnips of 1940).png|1973, disclaimer. from "The Katnips of 1940"
File:Columbia Pictures ( PRESENTS variant).jpg|presents
File:HvCjdY0wDooHkRMsbomiUA18350.jpg|open-matte
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'''Visuals:''' traditional animation, matte patinting. torch lady model is '''Jane Chester Bartholomew''' ''(she got paid 25 bucks)''

'''Audio:''' ''usually "silent" (as in the theme of the things playing over it) or some other theme'' (11/27/25 update: i have no clue what i meant by some other theme)


'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Common}}

'''Cheese factor:''' 2.2

'''Scare factor:''' 3.1

'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"Considered the most well-known version of the logo, being used for an amazing 40 years."''

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"It's held up remarkably over the 40 years it's been used. It also served as the basis for the 1955 Screen Gems Television logo."''

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... pretty solid, even with the long timespan it didn't look too aged even in the 70s
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=== 5th logo - 1976 to 1982 ===
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Sunburst", "'70s Torch Lady", "The Abstract Torch", "Torch Lady III", "Pepsiburst"

'''Visuals:''' animated by '''Robert Abel and Associates'''

'''Audio:''' composed by '''Suzanne Ciani''' with a small horn, her Buchlar modular for popping, and an ARP string synth

'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Common}}


'''Cheese factor:''' 0

'''Scare factor:''' 1.25

'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"Another favorite among the logo community."''

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"The logo was standard for the early Seventies with its simple and rough animation and eccentric sound effects. This logo isn't anywhere close to being as well known (or perhaps even feared) as its successors, because of both its short lifespan and chronic plastering."''

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... Mhehheheeee John COfey  other than that its pretty solid even if its timespan was pretty short especially compared to the last one
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=== 6th logo - 1981 to 1983 ===
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'''Nicknames:''' "'80s Torch Lady", "Torch Lady IV", "Coke Bottle Torch Lady"

'''Visuals:''' cel animation and a matte painting. font for the text is '''Souvenir'''

'''{{Rarity}}''' {{Common}}


'''Cheese factor:''' 0.0000001

'''Scare factor:''' 0.1

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"A notable variant of the 1930s logo. It makes good use of the Souvenir font, making this logo work."''

'''Spida factor:''' whys the nickname coke bhaha coke bottleee
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=== 7th logo - 1993 to present ===
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'''Nicknames:''' "Liberty", "90s Torch Lady", "Torch Lady V", "Majestic Torch Lady"

'''Visuals:''' torch lady ''(Jenny Joseph)'' repainted by '''Michael J. Deas'''. Jenny's face was replaced using CGI, and the painting was then later converted into 3d at '''Synthespian Studios''' using ''Photoshop'' on an ''Apple Macintosh Quadra 950''. the torch lady was converted into 3d by sculpting it into a real model and then scanning it with a polhemus 3-space digitizing pen. '''Diana Walzcak''' divided and mapped the clouds into 3d, then distorted them using alias/wavefront advanced visualizer on a ''Silicon Graphics Crimson Elan''. later versions were animated by [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]], and the 2014 [[Sony Corporation|sony]] transition was designed by '''Greenhaus GFX'''. old sony bylines '''Trade Gothic Bold Extended''', 2006 is '''Arial''', 2013 sony bylines '''Arial Bold'''

'''Audio:''' composed by '''Jonathan Elias'''


'''Cheese factor:''' 0. IDK why it was 3 considering this logo is damn solid and it still holds up well today

'''Scare factor:''' 1

'''{{AVID}} note:''' ''"A well-received homage to the 1936 logo thanks to its CGI and fanfare, used for over 30 years as of 2025. "''

'''{{CLG}} note:''' ''"A beautiful homage to the 1936 logo that has been in use for over 30 years, thanks to the well-crafted animation. However, some believe this logo is becoming stale and needs an update, especially since TriStar introduced a then-brand new logo in 2015 and this one continues to be used even for their 100th anniversary. However, the longevity of this logo may seem to mirror the longevity that the 3rd logo had."''

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... ay captain lookin GOOOD
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=== 8th logo - 2024 ===
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'''Visuals:''' cgi by [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]]

'''Audio:''' COmbia

'''Cheese factor:''' No

'''Scare factor:''' IDK

{{AVID}} note: "This logo marks the first time in 31 years that the word "Pictures" is used onscreen. The use of variants is based on the Spider-Verse films that showcased various new/existing variants of the logo."

{{CLG}} note: "This logo marks the first time in 31 years that the word "Pictures" is used onscreen. The use of variants is based on the Spider-Verse films that showcased various new/existing variants of the logo."

'''Spida factor:''' Spida think... Thi LOGO MARK 0 YEARS Spimer man