Print Logos - Columbia Pictures

1st Print logo
(1924-1926)
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Logo: An circular box with a drawing of the female roman soldier holding a grain of wheat and the shield. "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION" is seen in front of the female soldier.

Note: Starting in 1925, "CORPORATION" is dropped from the text. The box is now a circle, the female soldier has been redrawn and "COLUMBIA PICTURES" is arched and is surrounding the circle as a border.

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2nd Print Logo
(1926-1932).

Logo: A circle with a different looking torch lady drawing holding a non shining torch with CP on it. A ribbon surrounds the lady and on the bottom of the lady is a passage saying "GEMS OF THE SCREEN". "COLUMBIA PICTURES" is arched in the circle.

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3rd Print Logo
(1932-1936)

Logo: Once again there is a circle, but this time with a different drawn torch lady. The torch is shining with lines as shadows. Stars appear on the bottom of the Lady, and "COLUMBIA PICTURES" is arched in the circle with 2 stars on the left and right sides.

Notes: Starting in 1933, The torch lady is moved a little to the right. The rest of the logo remains the same but lacks the 2 stars on the sides.

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4th Print Logo
(1936-1945)

Logo: Simply a drawn version of the Columbia Pictures logo of the era

5th Print Logo
(1945-1954)

Logo: A drawing of the torch lady with a banner saying "Columbia" circling its legs. "Pictures" is next to the banner.

Notes: There is a version with just the torch lady.

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6th Print Logo
(1964-1975)

Logo: The word "COLUMBIA PICTURES" with a torch being held by a C.

Notes: There is a version with just the C and the torch. Sometimes, it is in credit.

7th Print Logo
(1975-1981)
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Logo: Same as the movie logo, but colored black.

Notes:

• The words can sometimes be stacked.
• Sometimes, "Industries, Inc." can be placed next to the words.

8th Print Logo
(1981-1993)

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Logo: We see an detailed drawing of the torch lady with the sunburst behind her inside an box with the circular top. "Columbia Pictures" can be seen below.

Note: Starting in 1989(?), the box is removed.


9th Print Logo
(1992-)


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Logo: A box is seen with the cloud cutting out of it with the redrawn torch lady inside. "COLUMBIA PICTURES" is seen to the left of the box.

Notes:

• The company name can be seen horizontally below the box with the Sony Pictures Entertainment byline.
• The torch lady can have parts be inverted (the drape becomes transparent)
  
• in 2013, the byline "a Sony Company" appears on the bottom of the print logo.

Availability: Common. Surpsingly, this appears on the back cover of City Slickers 1997 MGM/UA Home Video VHS. The print logo made its first appearance in Spring 1993 on the TV Spots for The Pickle and Lost in Yonkers; both films uses the previous logo. It is found on the 1995 Norwegian VHS and the 2017 German Blu-ray of No Escape (aka Escape from Absolom), but the print logo doesn't appear on Australian Blu-ray of the film; However, it uses the Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International logo.