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Credits. These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Columbia Pictures, with more to be added over time. The Criminal Code and Ten Cents a Dance (1931): The 1928 logo is shown without the company name. The practice of showing the Columbia logo sans company name predates the variations seen on Cowboy, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Good ...
- Background
- 4th Logo (June 23, 1976-February 11, 1982)
- 5th Logo (June 5, 1981-May 14, 1993)
- 6th Logo (June 18, 1993- )
- 7th Logo (100th anniversary logo) (February 14, 2024- )
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc is an American film production and distribution company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony.
Nicknames: "'70s Torch Lady", "The Abstract Torch", "The Sunburst", "Torch Lady III", "Columbia Torch Lady III"
Visuals: We see a somewhat less detailed yellow-toned 1942 torch lady against the backdrop of clouds as the torch light shines. After a few seconds, we zoom into the torch as a sunburst begins to glow, filling the screen. It then zooms out on a black background and folds into half. Then, a blue semicircle fades in behind the sunburst and "Columbia Pictures" in the Souvenir font appears below as the logo zooms out.
Trivia: This logo was animated at Robert Abel and Associates.
Variants:
•When viewed in fullscreen, there are varying views of the logo, including close and medium views. A far view version in 16:9 appears on the US Blu-ray release of Tommy, while a 4:3 far view version appears on 4:3 HD prints of the aforementioned film, Fun with Dick and Jane and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the latter was produced in 2.39:1).
•A Soviet version exists. Here, the logo seems to be filmed raw and brighter than usual.
Nicknames: "'80s Torch Lady", "Torch Lady IV", "The Mona Lisa Torch Lady", "Coke Bottle Torch Lady", "Pre-Sony Torch Lady", "Columbia Torch Lady IV"
Visuals: Over the backdrop of clouds (which are now less-detailed and have a bluish tone to them), we see the standard torch lady (a somewhat less detailed version of the one from the previous logo). Then, a red sunburst light begins to glow behind the torch and fill the screen with white. It then dims down as "Columbia" and "Pictures" fade in on the left and right sides of the torch lady, respectively as the torch rays continue to shine.
Variants:
•June 16, 1989-May 14, 1993: There is a shorter version where the company name fades in about a second after fading in (a la the 3rd logo) and the sunburst animation has been abolished (however, a glimpse of the red light from the sunburst can still be seen if one looks closely).
•The logo would either have close, medium or far views on 4:3 prints.
•This logo was also used for the first half of the 1982 Triumph Films logo.
Nicknames: "'90s/2000s/2010s Torch Lady", "Decadal Torch Lady", "Torch Lady V", "Majestic Torch Lady", ""Jenny Joseph the Torch Lady", "Columbia Torch Lady V", "CGI Torch Lady", "Anniversary Torch Lady", "75 Years of Columbia", "Sony Pictures Entertainment Torch Lady", "Sony Torch Lady"
Visuals: We start out on a black background. Then, a white ray of light glows as if in sunburst, with a blue sky background with tan clouds fading in about a split-second later. We then zoom out from the torch to reveal a new torch lady on new pedestal steps who's holding it. Once we finish zooming out, the word "COLUMBIA" in a silver chiseled font fades in above the torch lady as rainbow rings fade in and shimmer around the torch lady and the clouds move very slowly to the right.
Trivia:
•This logo was based on a still artwork painting by Michael J. Deas from 1992 and was animated by Jeff Kleiser and Diana Walczak at Synthespian Studios. The clouds were mapped onto 3D objects and were converted to 3D. The torch lady was also converted to 3D using a Polhemus 3-space digitizing pen.
•The identity of the torch lady as Jenny Joseph wasn't divulged until 2004; prior rumors persisted that Annette Bening was the model.
•A face hidden within the clouds can be seen to the left of the torch lady as the camera zooms out. It is very hard to distinguish in the original 1993 variant, whereas the 2006 version makes it a lot more noticeable.
Nicknames: "Columbia Torch Lady VI", "2020s Torch Lady", "CGI Torch Lady II", "Anniversary Torch Lady II", "100 Years of Columbia", "Sony Torch Lady II"
Visuals: It starts off the same way as the 2022 variant of the previous logo, but then it fades to black with a montage of the logos from the companies as each slide from bottom to top (in order: the 1st logo, the 2nd logo, the 3rd logo (1942, 1968 and 1955 variants), the 4th logo, the 5th logo (both 1981 and 1989 variants), the previous logo (1993 variant) and the 1992 painting. A big "100" fades on the montage and then "100 YEARS COLUMBIA PICTURES" in gold fades in below.
Trivia: Like the enhanced versions of the previous logo, this was also animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Byline: Referred to as "a Sony Company" in the Trade Gothic font.
Variant: When the logo was first unveiled, it starts with the Sony logo already formed. On Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's French social media accounts, it starts with the multicolored portion of the Sony logo.
Closing Variant: Same as the previous logo.
Logo descriptions by Sean Beard, Matt Williams, Nicholas Aczel, Internet Movie Database and others. Images, up-to-date and design by Eric S. among others. These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Columbia Pictures. The Criminal Code and Ten Cents a Dance (1931): The 1928 logo is shown without the company name.
The 1945 to 1964 Columbia Pictures Logo. 1945 proved to be an exciting year, and with it, the company decided it was time to use a secondary logo for its brand. This logo showed a black and white design with a ribbon wrapping around the lady holding the torch. The ribbon had the company name in bold font.
Background. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.A member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and one of the "Big Five" Hollywood studios, it has been headquartered at Sony Pictures Studios (formerly MGM Studios and the former Lorimar's studios) in Culver City, California ...
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (commonly known as Columbia Pictures) is an American film studio and production company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony and one of the major American film studios.
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The first film fades in as the sunburst retracts, while the second film fades in when the sunburst flares in. Current prints of said films, however, have the standard 1989 logo. Closing Variants: From 1989-April 30, 1993, Columbia's print logo was featured scrolling at the end of the movies' closing credits.
