Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures, formally Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group since its 1998 merger with the former TriStar Pictures, is an American film and television production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which in turn is part of Japanese electronics giant Sony.

Logo

The logo is of the female personification of the USA, Columbia holding a torch. http://www.columbiafilms.com.au/aboutus. In 1993, the logo was repainted digitally by New Orleans artist Michael Deas and modeled by Jenny Joseph. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=ANSWERMAN&date=20041031. This is a variation of the classic-style Columbia torch lady, used from 1936 until 1976. Taxi Driver was the last film to use the classic-style torch lady.

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Columbia - 1993 - Michael Deas - Taxi Driver

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From 1976 to 1981, Columbia (like other studios) experimented with a new logo; it began with the familiar lady with a torch, but the torch-light rays then formed an abstract blue semi-circle depicting the top half of the rays of light, with the name of the studio appearing under it. The television counterpart was just the latter part, but the semi-circle was red. This logo was replaced with a modernized "Torch Lady" in 1981.

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