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'''Logo:''' On a dark gray background with arch clouds below, we see a woman dressed in a Roman soldier's outfit (similar to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena/Minerva), crowned with a wreath and covered in a toga, holding a shield in her left hand and holding an olive branch in her right hand. We see the text "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION Presents" with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" appearing in an arched text and the text "CORPORATION" underneath the arched words in a straight line and the text "Presents" below. | '''Logo:''' On a dark gray background with arch clouds below, we see a woman dressed in a Roman soldier's outfit (similar to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena/Minerva), crowned with a wreath and covered in a toga, holding a shield in her left hand and holding an olive branch in her right hand. We see the text "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION Presents" with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" appearing in an arched text and the text "CORPORATION" underneath the arched words in a straight line and the text "Presents" below. | ||
'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
*The figure depicted in the logo is actually | *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", that was minted from 1916 until 1930. | ||
*The identity of the model is disputed. The most known candidate for the model is actress Doris | *The identity of the model is disputed. The most known candidate for the model is Doris Doscher, an actress who sometimes worked in silent films under the name Doris Doree, and who became known as "the girl on the quarter". However, some reports stated that Broadway actress Irene MacDowell was the model. There are some speculations that the model could actually be a composite of both women. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' TBA | '''FX/SFX:''' TBA | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The intro of any movie. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The intro of any movie. | ||
'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Seen on very early films by Columbia Pictures. Last seen on ''The Lady with the Torch'' documentary on Encore Drama (whenever the network decides to rebroadcast it). More recently, this logo made a surprise appearance as part of the ''Spider-Man: Into | '''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Seen on very early films by Columbia Pictures. Last seen on ''The Lady with the Torch'' documentary on Encore Drama (whenever the network decides to rebroadcast it). More recently, this logo made a surprise appearance as part of the ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' variant of the 1993 logo. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' As the company would later establish its famous torch lady, this logo can be seen as an oddity. | '''Editor's Note:''' As the company would later establish its famous torch lady, this logo can be seen as an oddity. | ||