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Columbia Pictures was originally founded as "Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales" in 1918 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Jack's friend Joe Brandt. Brandt was president of CBC Film Sales, handling sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood. Many of the studio's early productions were low-budget affairs; the start-up CBC leased space in a poverty row studio on Hollywood's Gower Street. Among Hollywood's elite, CBC's reputation led some to joke that "CBC" stood for "Corned Beef and Cabbage". | Columbia Pictures was originally founded as "Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales" in 1918 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Jack's friend Joe Brandt. Brandt was president of CBC Film Sales, handling sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood. Many of the studio's early productions were low-budget affairs; the start-up CBC leased space in a poverty row studio on Hollywood's Gower Street. Among Hollywood's elite, CBC's reputation led some to joke that "CBC" stood for "Corned Beef and Cabbage". | ||
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 | 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 (1948-1974)|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-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. | 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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'''Closing Variants:''' | '''Closing Variants:''' | ||
* The superimposed closing variant features the Torch Lady (and the cloud background) placed inside a rectangular box. The torch and the cloud background overlap the top of the box. To the left of the logo are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" (in the same Bank Gothic font as the previous logo), with "COLUMBIA" over "PICTURES". The phrase below the text reads "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" or "RELEASED BY" (both in the small-caps format) above the logo with the SPE byline underneath the logo. On some movies such as ''Stuart Little'', the animated short ''Early Bloomer'', ''Hollywood Homicide'', and ''13 Going on 30'', the SPE byline is smaller, more spaced out, and is in a different font. Depending on the credits, the logo and the text may vary in color. Starting with ''American Hustle'', the byline was shortened to "'''a Sony Company'''", though the SPE byline made a surprise appearance on ''Pixels'', released on July 24, 2015. | * The superimposed closing variant features the Torch Lady (and the cloud background) placed inside a rectangular box. The torch and the cloud background overlap the top of the box. To the left of the logo are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" (in the same Bank Gothic font as the previous logo), with "COLUMBIA" over "PICTURES". The phrase below the text reads "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" or "RELEASED BY" (both in the small-caps format) above the logo with the SPE byline underneath the logo. On some movies such as ''Stuart Little'', the animated short ''Early Bloomer'', ''Hollywood Homicide'', and ''13 Going on 30'', the SPE byline is smaller, more spaced out, and is in a different font. Depending on the credits, the logo and the text may vary in color. Starting with ''American Hustle'', the byline was shortened to "'''a Sony Company'''", though the SPE byline made a surprise appearance on ''Pixels'', released on July 24, 2015. | ||
**Both variants have <u>bylineless versions</u>. This is used on ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' ( | **Both variants have <u>bylineless versions</u>. This is used on ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', John Carpenter's ''Vampires'', ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' (all three use this with the "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" variant) and ''Wild Things'' (which uses this with the "RELEASED BY" variant); all four movies use the bylineless logo at the beginning (though current prints of ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' do use the logo with the byline at the beginning). | ||
* One early closing variant featured the boxed Torch Lady logo at center, with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" and the SPE byline below one another. Sometimes, the text and byline are smaller and the logo is bigger to fit the width of the text. There is a version where the logo is inverted and no SPE byline appeared on ''Warriors of Heaven and Earth'' in 2003 and ''Kung Fu Hustle'' in 2004 and also seen on some films like ''Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway'' and ''The Mitchells vs. the Machines'' with Sony byline. Beginning with ''Life'' in 2017, a revised version of this variant is used. Here, the text and byline are larger. | * One early closing variant featured the boxed Torch Lady logo at center, with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" and the SPE byline below one another. Sometimes, the text and byline are smaller and the logo is bigger to fit the width of the text. There is a version where the logo is inverted and no SPE byline appeared on ''Warriors of Heaven and Earth'' in 2003 and ''Kung Fu Hustle'' in 2004 and also seen on some films like ''Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway'' and ''The Mitchells vs. the Machines'' with Sony byline. Beginning with ''Life'' in 2017, a revised version of this variant is used. Here, the text and byline are larger. | ||
* On international prints of ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', a still version of the opening logo is used. | * On international prints of ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', a still version of the opening logo is used. | ||