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Following a reorganization, the Cohn brothers renamed the predecessor company as "Columbia Pictures Corporation" on January 10, 1924. Columbia's product line consisted mostly of moderately budgeted features and a short-subject program of comedies, serials, cartoons, and sports films. Columbia gradually moved into the production of higher-budget fare, building a reputation as one of Hollywood's more important studios. On December 23, 1968, it was reorganized as '''Columbia Pictures Industries''' after Columbia Pictures Corporation merged with its television division [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]]. On June 22, 1982, Columbia Pictures was sold to [[The Coca-Cola Company]] for $750 million. In December 1987, it became part of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with Coke owning 49%. Finally, on November 8, 1989, it was sold to Sony Corporation of Japan. Since 1998, Columbia Pictures has been part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group since 2013), which is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony. | Following a reorganization, the Cohn brothers renamed the predecessor company as "Columbia Pictures Corporation" on January 10, 1924. Columbia's product line consisted mostly of moderately budgeted features and a short-subject program of comedies, serials, cartoons, and sports films. Columbia gradually moved into the production of higher-budget fare, building a reputation as one of Hollywood's more important studios. On December 23, 1968, it was reorganized as '''Columbia Pictures Industries''' after Columbia Pictures Corporation merged with its television division [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]]. On June 22, 1982, Columbia Pictures was sold to [[The Coca-Cola Company]] for $750 million. In December 1987, it became part of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with Coke owning 49%. Finally, on November 8, 1989, it was sold to Sony Corporation of Japan. Since 1998, Columbia Pictures has been part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group since 2013), which is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony. | ||
Columbia Pictures titles were distributed through a partnership with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] under the name | Columbia Pictures titles were distributed through a partnership with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] under the name Columbia-Warner internationally (with some partnerships in [[Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors|the United Kingdom]]) until 1987, when Columbia reorganized its international distribution division into [[Sony Pictures Releasing International|Columbia Tri-Star Films]]. The UK partnership would last until 1988. | ||
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* The 1973 variation was also seen on some later struck 16mm prints of some ''Three Stooges'' shorts, sometimes plastering the Screen Gems logo with the latter logo's music sometimes preserved, with ''Tricky Dicks'' and ''Three Pests in a Mess'' being common examples. | * The 1973 variation was also seen on some later struck 16mm prints of some ''Three Stooges'' shorts, sometimes plastering the Screen Gems logo with the latter logo's music sometimes preserved, with ''Tricky Dicks'' and ''Three Pests in a Mess'' being common examples. | ||
* ''Tommy'' originally featured the 1968-75 variation of the logo, but was plastered with the next logo below on all later prints and home video releases of the film. ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different'' suffered the same fate as ''Tommy'' on the video releases, but has been restored on the DVD releases. | * ''Tommy'' originally featured the 1968-75 variation of the logo, but was plastered with the next logo below on all later prints and home video releases of the film. ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different'' suffered the same fate as ''Tommy'' on the video releases, but has been restored on the DVD releases. | ||
* This was seen on early releases of the 1975 version of ''The Stepford Wives'', but when [[Viacom | * This was seen on early releases of the 1975 version of ''The Stepford Wives'', but when [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] bought the rights to the film, along with the rest of the [[Palomar Pictures International|Palomar Pictures]] catalog in the mid-'80s, the logo was deleted. However, following the release of the 2004 remake, [[Paramount Pictures]] gained rights to the original film through Viacom (owner of the former company), and added their 2002 logo at the beginning of all current prints. | ||
* This also appears on current prints of films that originally had the 2nd logo, including ''Dirigible'', ''Behind the Mask'', ''Shopworn'', ''The Circus Queen Murder'', ''Man's Castle'', ''Twentieth Century'', ''The Whole Town's Talking'', ''The Black Room'' (1935), and ''She Married Her Boss''. | * This also appears on current prints of films that originally had the 2nd logo, including ''Dirigible'', ''Behind the Mask'', ''Shopworn'', ''The Circus Queen Murder'', ''Man's Castle'', ''Twentieth Century'', ''The Whole Town's Talking'', ''The Black Room'' (1935), and ''She Married Her Boss''. | ||
* The "A Columbia Serial" variant can be seen on the old ''Batman'' serials when aired on TCM. | * The "A Columbia Serial" variant can be seen on the old ''Batman'' serials when aired on TCM. | ||
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* It was originally seen on international theatrical prints of ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' and ''The Addams Family'' (domestically released by [[Orion Pictures]] and Paramount Pictures), although it was not retained on home video releases. | * It was originally seen on international theatrical prints of ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' and ''The Addams Family'' (domestically released by [[Orion Pictures]] and Paramount Pictures), although it was not retained on home video releases. | ||
* This doesn't show up on [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] films that they distributed theatrically, with the exception of ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'', where a still Weintraub logo is seen at the end. | * This doesn't show up on [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] films that they distributed theatrically, with the exception of ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'', where a still Weintraub logo is seen at the end. | ||
* Australian Home Media Releases of ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'' (e.g. the 2005 [[Roadshow Entertainment | * Australian Home Media Releases of ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'' (e.g. the 2005 [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow]] DVD release, and the 1992 Video Selection Australia VHS, on the latter, the OFLC rating screen plasters over it, as a result the opening theme can be heard playing over it) have this logo removed for unknown reasons. | ||
* It was also seen on newer prints and the Blu-ray of the English dubbed theatrical cut of ''Das Boot'' (aka ''The Boot'') in place of the first Triumph Films logo and proceeding the [[Constantin Film|Neue Constantin Film]] logo. | * It was also seen on newer prints and the Blu-ray of the English dubbed theatrical cut of ''Das Boot'' (aka ''The Boot'') in place of the first Triumph Films logo and proceeding the [[Constantin Film|Neue Constantin Film]] logo. | ||
* This strangely made an appearance at the end of ctv.ca's print of ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1972) before the [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo. | * This strangely made an appearance at the end of ctv.ca's print of ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1972) before the [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo. | ||