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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|darkgray|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" arched above, "CORPORATION" underneath it in a straight line, and "Presents" below.
'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|darkgray|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" arched above, "CORPORATION" underneath it in a straight line, and "Presents" below.


'''Trivia:'''
'''Trivia:'''
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'''Logo:''' We see a medium shot of a lady holding a light torch in her right hand, depicted with a dark bob and a Cleopatra-esque headdress across her forehead. She is draped in an American flag complete with the stars on her left shoulder and the stripes coming across her middle, supported by her left arm, and hanging down her right side. Her torch is displayed with a rather primitive, flickering style of animation emitting lines of light as rays. The Torch Lady's head is under an arch of chiseled, square-shaped letters reading the words "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION". At the end of the movie or short subject, the words are "THIS IS A COLUMBIA PICTURE" with "The End" below it in a script font.
'''Visuals:''' We see a medium shot of a lady holding a light torch in her right hand, depicted with a dark bob and a Cleopatra-esque headdress across her forehead. She is draped in an American flag complete with the stars on her left shoulder and the stripes coming across her middle, supported by her left arm, and hanging down her right side. Her torch is displayed with a rather primitive, flickering style of animation emitting lines of light as rays. The Torch Lady's head is under an arch of chiseled, square-shaped letters reading the words "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION". At the end of the movie or short subject, the words are "THIS IS A COLUMBIA PICTURE" with "The End" below it in a script font.


'''Trivia:''' The Torch Lady shown here is actress Claudia Dell, who appeared as Spanky's mother in the ''Our Gang'' shorts "Mama's Little Pirate" and "Anniversary Trouble".
'''Trivia:''' The Torch Lady shown here is actress Claudia Dell, who appeared as Spanky's mother in the ''Our Gang'' shorts "Mama's Little Pirate" and "Anniversary Trouble".
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'''Logo:''' We see the lady, this time standing on top of a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her, while she is holding her light torch. Much more refined, ethereal and goddess-like, her facial features are less pronounced and she looks away (up and to the right) instead of straight ahead. Her headdress is absent and her hair sweeps back instead of hanging by the sides of her face. The drape over her shoulder is less obviously an American flag, with the stars on the left shoulder being toned down in a shadow, and the stripes are visible only on the portion of the drape hanging down her right side. "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" is replaced with the tall chiseled letters of "COLUMBIA" (which fades in a second afterward) running straight across the top section of the screen, with the lady's torch glowing in front of the "U". A new form of animation is used on the logo as well, with a torch that radiates light instead of flickers. Until the mid-1960s, this logo would also appear at the end of films, sometimes with the words "The End" in a script font.
'''Visuals:''' We see the lady, this time standing on top of a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her, while she is holding her light torch. Much more refined, ethereal and goddess-like, her facial features are less pronounced and she looks away (up and to the right) instead of straight ahead. Her headdress is absent and her hair sweeps back instead of hanging by the sides of her face. The drape over her shoulder is less obviously an American flag, with the stars on the left shoulder being toned down in a shadow, and the stripes are visible only on the portion of the drape hanging down her right side. "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" is replaced with the tall chiseled letters of "COLUMBIA" (which fades in a second afterward) running straight across the top section of the screen, with the lady's torch glowing in front of the "U". A new form of animation is used on the logo as well, with a torch that radiates light instead of flickers. Until the mid-1960s, this logo would also appear at the end of films, sometimes with the words "The End" in a script font.


'''Trivia:''' The model in this and the next two logos is Pittsburgh native Jane Chester Bartholomew, who was discovered by Harry Cohn himself. After she left acting in the 1960s, Bartholomew became a nursing inspector with the Chicago Board of Health. She died in 2012.
'''Trivia:''' The model in this and the next two logos is Pittsburgh native Jane Chester Bartholomew, who was discovered by Harry Cohn himself. After she left acting in the 1960s, Bartholomew became a nursing inspector with the Chicago Board of Health. She died in 2012.
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'''Logo:''' It begins with the familiar Columbia Torch Lady (a less-detailed {{color|gold|yellow}}-toned 1942/1955 Torch Lady), standing on the pedestal holding her light torch against the backdrop of clouds. Then, the picture moves upward and towards the torch as the rays pull in, which shines even more as the picture blurs around it. It then emits a flash that fills the screen. When the flash dissolves, the light torch itself appears, as if in a sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: a {{color|blue}} half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "{{Font|serif|{{color|orange|Columbia Pictures}}}}" in a Souvenir Medium font under it. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out.
'''Visuals:''' It begins with the familiar Columbia Torch Lady (a less-detailed {{color|gold|yellow}}-toned 1942/1955 Torch Lady), standing on the pedestal holding her light torch against the backdrop of clouds. Then, the picture moves upward and towards the torch as the rays pull in, which shines even more as the picture blurs around it. It then emits a flash that fills the screen. When the flash dissolves, the light torch itself appears, as if in a sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: a {{color|blue}} half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "{{Font|serif|{{color|orange|Columbia Pictures}}}}" in a Souvenir Medium font under it. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out.


'''Trivia:'''
'''Trivia:'''
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'''Logo:'''
'''Visuals:'''
* 1981-1990: We see the standard Columbia Torch Lady (a somewhat less detailed version of her 1970s iteration) standing on a pedestal with her torch against the backdrop of clouds (which are now slightly less detailed and have a {{color|blue|blueish}} tone). The torch then shines into a bright abstract shape, as if in a sunburst, then dims back in place. The words "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" (in the same font as the last logo) fade to the left and right of the Torch Lady as her torch "shines".
* 1981-1990: We see the standard Columbia Torch Lady (a somewhat less detailed version of her 1970s iteration) standing on a pedestal with her torch against the backdrop of clouds (which are now slightly less detailed and have a {{color|blue|blueish}} tone). The torch then shines into a bright abstract shape, as if in a sunburst, then dims back in place. The words "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" (in the same font as the last logo) fade to the left and right of the Torch Lady as her torch "shines".
* 1989-1993: The logo fades in just like the 1981 version, but the sunburst animation is omitted (however, one can still see a glimpse of the {{color|red}} light from the sunburst if one looks closely). Instead, after a second, the "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" text fades in (a la the 1936-1976 logo).
* 1989-1993: The logo fades in just like the 1981 version, but the sunburst animation is omitted (however, one can still see a glimpse of the {{color|red}} light from the sunburst if one looks closely). Instead, after a second, the "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" text fades in (a la the 1936-1976 logo).
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'''Logo:'''  
'''Visuals:'''  
* 1993-2008, 2010, 2013, 2019: First, we see a ray of light, resembling a sunburst, with a different cloud background fading in a brief second later. The light is coming from a torch, as we zoom out to reveal a face-lifted Torch Lady, now with a more detailed and realistic look; all of her fingers are now on the torch as she holds it. Once the camera is fully zoomed out, "COLUMBIA", seen in a bold, {{color|silver}} chiseled font, fades in atop the Torch Lady. A ring of light then shimmers around the lady.
* 1993-2008, 2010, 2013, 2019: First, we see a ray of light, resembling a sunburst, with a different cloud background fading in a brief second later. The light is coming from a torch, as we zoom out to reveal a face-lifted Torch Lady, now with a more detailed and realistic look; all of her fingers are now on the torch as she holds it. Once the camera is fully zoomed out, "COLUMBIA", seen in a bold, {{color|silver}} chiseled font, fades in atop the Torch Lady. A ring of light then shimmers around the lady.
* 2006-2014: Starting with ''The Holiday'', released on December 8, 2006, the logo was given enhancements to better resemble the 2001 [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] logo and Michael J. Deas' original artwork of the logo. The hand is in a different pose in which her finger is at the tip of the torch. The sky is also darker and the "COLUMBIA" text has more {{color|silver}} in it and is slightly off-center. Trailers and TV spots, however, continued to use the 1993 version of the logo until 2008. On ''The Holiday'', it shows the logo already formed; the fully animated variant debuted on ''Ghost Rider'', as between those two films, the 1993 version was still used until ''The Messengers''; and additionally came back for a one-time revival in 2019 with ''Little Women'' (2019). Outside of the US, the original logo was used in various Brazilian releases co-produced and distributed by Sony, even after the enhanced logo premiered, such as in ''Saneamento Básico: O Filme'' (2007), ''Chico Xavier'' (2010), and ''Tainá: A Origem'' (2013).
* 2006-2014: Starting with ''The Holiday'', released on December 8, 2006, the logo was given enhancements to better resemble the 2001 [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] logo and Michael J. Deas' original artwork of the logo. The hand is in a different pose in which her finger is at the tip of the torch. The sky is also darker and the "COLUMBIA" text has more {{color|silver}} in it and is slightly off-center. Trailers and TV spots, however, continued to use the 1993 version of the logo until 2008. On ''The Holiday'', it shows the logo already formed; the fully animated variant debuted on ''Ghost Rider'', as between those two films, the 1993 version was still used until ''The Messengers''; and additionally came back for a one-time revival in 2019 with ''Little Women'' (2019). Outside of the US, the original logo was used in various Brazilian releases co-produced and distributed by Sony, even after the enhanced logo premiered, such as in ''Saneamento Básico: O Filme'' (2007), ''Chico Xavier'' (2010), and ''Tainá: A Origem'' (2013).
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