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Background

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. 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. 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.

1st logo - 1924 to 1927

1926. from "Ladies of Leisure", clipped by 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.^[1]"

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

Spida Factor: Spida think... Its yea

Ass Factor: standard 1920s logo, just don't like the midi ass music

2nd logo - 1928 to 1933

1928, opening. from "That Certain Thing", clipped by butanebandit

1928, closing. clipped by Maintenance_script
1930, closing variant 2. from "Ladies of Leisure", clipped by Maintenance_script
1932, closing variant 3. From "Love Affair", clipped by Maintenance_script

Visuals: painting

Cheese Factor: 2

Scare Factor: 0.35

Spida Factor: Spida think... its interesting

Ass Factor: its neat, i kinda like that actually! Top 5000 Favorite Logos Number 2 Columbia Ass Fart Home Video

3rd logo - 1928 to 1936

1930. from "Ladies of Leisure", clipped by LogicSmash

1930, noname. from "The Criminal Code", clipped by ifrequire

1931, presents. from "The Pagan Lady", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

1932, closing. from "Love Affair", clipped by Peakpasha

1934, closing w/color. from "Punch Drunks", clipped by 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.

Ass Factor: i dont like the animation of the torch, its very Errhrhhhh

4th logo - 1936 to 1976

1941. from "Bedtime Story", clipped by Peakpasha

1946. from "Gilda", clipped by PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE

1950, variant. from "A Lonely Place", clipped by Peakpasha

1952, color. from "Road to Bali", clipped by PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE

1952, italian. from "El", clipped by VPJLogo

1953, silver. from "Serpent of the Nile", clipped by Peakpasha

1965, b&w and widescreen. from "Bunny Lake Is Missing", clipped by PFS2021andGaulvesAUSNZIE

1966, ussr print. from "The Chase", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

1969, color and mpaa symbol. from "I Never Sang For My Father", clipped by LogicSmash

1971, color wide. from "And Now For Something Completely Different", clipped by Peakpasha

1973, color. from "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", Peakpasha

1975, byline. from "Breakout", clipped by Peakpasha

1975, ussr print. from "Breakout", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

1936, color presents. clipped by Maintenance_script
1936, end. from "Disorder in the Court", clipped by Maintenance_script
1936-37, end. clipped by Maintenance_script
1940, end. from "His Girl Friday", clipped by Maintenance_script
1943, end color wide. from "The Long Gray Line", clipped by Maintenance_script
1945, end silver. from "A Song to Remember", clipped by Maintenance_script
1945, end w/color. from "A Thousand and One Nights", clipped by Maintenance_script
1940s, short subject end. clipped by Maintenance_script
1953, 3D. from "Gun Fury", clipped by Maintenance_script
1953, open matte. from "The Wild One", clipped by Maintenance_script
1954, b&w but also 3D. from "The Magician", clipped by Maintenance_script
1973, disclaimer. from "The Katnips of 1940", clipped by Maintenance_script
presents. clipped by Maintenance_script
open-matte. clipped by Maintenance_script
italian. clipped by BrokenSaw1

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

Ass Factor: i like that 19 uhhh goddamn 1970s capture whatever it was. itwas good

5th logo - 1976 to 1982

1977, ussr print. from "The Deep", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

1978. from "Force 10 From Navarone", clipped by Peakpasha

1981, variant. from "Happy Birthday To Me", clipped by Peakpasha

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

Ass Factor: this shouldve been used longer man. im not normally a man who likes movie logos, but damn.. this is a good one

6th logo - 1981 to 1993

1981. from "Heavy Metal", clipped by Peakpasha

1983, announcer. from "Blue Thunder", clipped by Boberrybiscuit from CliffordBerrymanCollection

1983, textless. from "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone", clipped by Boberrybiscuit from CliffordBerrymanCollection

1983, w/previous theme. from "Christine", clipped by thelogoarchive

1992, short. from "Sleepwalkers", clipped by Peakpasha

1988, open matte. from "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking", clipped by EGMR
1993, medium view. from "Amos & Andrew", clipped by Drewbie_Melle

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: Spida think... whys the nickname coke bhaha coke bottleee other than that while i still think the previous ones better, this ones still pretty solid

Ass Factor: eeuuhuffbrppp

7th logo - 1993 to present

1993. from Synthespians

1993, debut. from "Last Action Hero", clipped by jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

1994, all of columbia. from "The Remains of the Day", clipped by LogicSmash

1997, apparently alt mix. from "Air Force One"

2002, open matte w/byline. from "Spider-Man", clipped by nighttimevideo

2013, tinier byline. from "White House Down", clipped by SpikeyTheDog188

2015, sony. clipped by vhsclassic90s

2021, newer sony. from "Venom: Let There Be Carnage", clipped by GameLogos

2022, sony alt opening. from "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile", clipped by BrokenSaw1

1999, 75th. clipped by Maintenance_script
2001, TOOO Mmuch. from "Black Ops", clipped by Maintenance_script
2010, bylineless. from "The Bounty Hunter", clipped by Maintenance_script
2014, prototype. from "RoboCop", clipped by Rodney16-fduser
2014. clipped by SmashupMashups
2014, Dawggg Ã°Å¸ËœÂ. clipped by Maintenance_script

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 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

Ass Factor: most basic pick for a favorite logo ever

8th logo - 2024

from "Fly Me to the Moon", clipped by ifrequire

sony transition

Visuals: cgi by Sony Pictures Imageworks

Audio: COmbia

Cheese Factor: 0. No

Scare Factor: 0. 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

Ass Factor: if you know, you know.... that's all im gonna say

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-=== Background: ===
+=== Background ===
 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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