Columbia Pictures

It all began in 1918 when Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt founded CBC Film Sales Corporation, which was renamed to its current name, Columbia Pictures Corporation, on January 10, 1924. Today, Columbia Pictures is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
==Columbia Pictures==
===1924-1936===
===1936-1976===
If you're a fan of old classic films from the late 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s mostly, then you just might see this logo on such films that were distributed by Columbia Pictures.
A widescreen version of this logo debuted in 1953.
These films, originally released on VHS by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment from 1979, contain this logo:
November 1979
#Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (October 17, 1939)
#Gilda (April 25, 1946)
#Born Yesterday (December 26, 1950)
#The Harder They Fall (May 9, 1956)
#Bell, Book and Candle (November 11, 1958)
#Mysterious Island (December 20, 1961)
#Bye Bye Birdie (April 4, 1963)
#Born Free (June 22, 1966)
#A Man for All Seasons (December 12, 1966)
#The Taming of the Shrew (March 8, 1967)
#Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (July 12, 1968)
#The Anderson Tapes (June 17, 1971)
#The New Centurions (August 3, 1972)
#Shamus (January 31, 1973)
#Breakout (May 22, 1975)
#Harry and Walter Go to New York (June 17, 1976)
===1976-1982===
The first film to use this logo was Murder by Death (1976), and can also be seen on these movies originally released on VHS in November 1979:
#Fun with Dick and Jane (February 9, 1977)
#The Deep (June 17, 1977)
#Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (August 12, 1977)
#You Light Up My Life (August 31, 1977)
#Eyes of Laura Mars (August 2, 1978)
#Midnight Express (October 6, 1978)
===1981-1993===
The first half of this logo is much similar to its 1976 counterpart, but after the torch "shines", it dims back into space. This logo debuted with Murder By Death (1976), and can be seen on films like Gandhi (1982), The Karate Kid (1984), and Ghostbusters (1984). The first film to use this logo was Happy Birthday To Me (1981).
On one occasion, the music from the 1976 logo was used here, while on current prints of Stripes (1981), it has the music from the 1993 logo. The first film to use this was Cheech And Chong's Nice Dreams (1981) and the last to use it was Lost In Yonkers (1993).
===1993-Present===
This is the current Columbia Pictures logo, which premiered on June 18, 1993 with Last Action Hero (1993). Other films that use this logo include The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Air Force One (1997), Stuart Little (1999), Spider-Man (2002), and Stealth (2005).
The logo made its home video debut on the Robin Hood: Men in Tights VHS on January 12, 1994. As of May 3, 1996, starting with The Craft (1996), the byline "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company" appears under the logo. It was then changed to "A Sony Company" in 2013 starting with American Hustle.
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