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'''Availability:''' Seen on silent-era Columbia Pictures films, most of which are now lost. | '''Availability:''' Seen on silent-era Columbia Pictures films, most of which are now lost. | ||
* It was last seen on ''The Lady with the Torch'' documentary on Encore Drama (whenever the network decides to rebroadcast it). | * It was last seen on ''The Lady with the Torch'' documentary on Encore Drama (whenever the network decides to rebroadcast it). | ||
* More recently, this logo also | * More recently, this logo also appeared on the 2018 film ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' as part of that film's variant of the 1993 logo. | ||
===2nd Logo (January 1928-May 25, 1936)=== | ===2nd Logo (January 1928-May 25, 1936)=== | ||
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'''Closing Variants:''' | '''Closing Variants:''' | ||
* From 1989-April 30, 1993, Columbia's print logo was featured scrolling at the end of the movies' closing credits. This features the Torch Lady with the "sunburst" from the 1981 variation of the opening logo. The phrase, appearing in the same font as the opening logo, reads "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" underneath. An earlier version of this didn't include the print logo, but rather the text instead. A few movies such as ''Ghostbusters II'', ''Welcome Home'' and ''Year of the Comet'' have the words in a different font (the latter two films didn't even feature the print logo, as did ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and ''Misery''). This would stop regular use on August 28, 1992 with the release of ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', but this | * From 1989-April 30, 1993, Columbia's print logo was featured scrolling at the end of the movies' closing credits. This features the Torch Lady with the "sunburst" from the 1981 variation of the opening logo. The phrase, appearing in the same font as the opening logo, reads "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" underneath. An earlier version of this didn't include the print logo, but rather the text instead. A few movies such as ''Ghostbusters II'', ''Welcome Home'' and ''Year of the Comet'' have the words in a different font (the latter two films didn't even feature the print logo, as did ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and ''Misery''). This would stop regular use on August 28, 1992 with the release of ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', but this appeared on ''The Pickle''. | ||
* September 23, 1992-May 14, 1993: The same closing logo, but with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" in the Bank Gothic font with the SPE byline below. On ''A River Runs Through It'' and ''El Mariachi'', as well as [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] films, the words "RELEASED BY" appear on top. A variant of this appeared at the end of ''Josh and S.A.M.'', released on November 24, 1993. In this one, it has "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" above the "RELEASED BY" variant, while the movie itself would use the 1993 logo at the beginning. The possible reason for this is that the film was delayed; a teaser for said film, which was found on the 1993 VHS releases of ''Single White Female'' and ''Mr. Saturday Night'', had it originally intended for a spring 1993 release, but when it finally came to theaters, Columbia might have replaced the 1989 logo with their new logo, but didn't touch the credit logo. Another example of Sony's poor editing habits. | * September 23, 1992-May 14, 1993: The same closing logo, but with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" in the Bank Gothic font with the SPE byline below. On ''A River Runs Through It'' and ''El Mariachi'', as well as [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] films, the words "RELEASED BY" appear on top. A variant of this appeared at the end of ''Josh and S.A.M.'', released on November 24, 1993. In this one, it has "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" above the "RELEASED BY" variant, while the movie itself would use the 1993 logo at the beginning. The possible reason for this is that the film was delayed; a teaser for said film, which was found on the 1993 VHS releases of ''Single White Female'' and ''Mr. Saturday Night'', had it originally intended for a spring 1993 release, but when it finally came to theaters, Columbia might have replaced the 1989 logo with their new logo, but didn't touch the credit logo. Another example of Sony's poor editing habits. | ||
* On ''Sibling Rivalry'', the closing logo is based on the 1981-1989 print logo: it has the Torch Lady with a sunburst inside a dome with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" below. Below that is "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE". ''Eat a Bowl of Tea'' and ''The Big Picture'' have the "Torch Lady in a Dome" print logo with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" below it. | * On ''Sibling Rivalry'', the closing logo is based on the 1981-1989 print logo: it has the Torch Lady with a sunburst inside a dome with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" below. Below that is "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE". ''Eat a Bowl of Tea'' and ''The Big Picture'' have the "Torch Lady in a Dome" print logo with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" below it. | ||
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'''Bylines:''' | '''Bylines:''' | ||
* Starting with ''The Juror'', released on February 2, 1996, the byline "{{color|#FFA500|'''a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company'''}}" fades in on the bottom, being slightly off-center. In its original appearance, the byline is cheaply chyroned in and is a lot bigger and wider than the proportion of the "COLUMBIA" name and the pedestal. Starting with ''The Craft'', released on May 3, 1996, the byline is darker in color, fades in, and is positioned under the Torch Lady instead of in front of her. However, some post-1996 films, such as ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Wild Things'', ''Dance with Me'', and ''Vampires'', may have this logo without the byline, while trailers and TV spots continued to use the bylineless version of the logo until 1999. The last film to use this byline was ''Captain Phillips'', released on October 11, 2013, but it later | * Starting with ''The Juror'', released on February 2, 1996, the byline "{{color|#FFA500|'''a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company'''}}" fades in on the bottom, being slightly off-center. In its original appearance, the byline is cheaply chyroned in and is a lot bigger and wider than the proportion of the "COLUMBIA" name and the pedestal. Starting with ''The Craft'', released on May 3, 1996, the byline is darker in color, fades in, and is positioned under the Torch Lady instead of in front of her. However, some post-1996 films, such as ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Wild Things'', ''Dance with Me'', and ''Vampires'', may have this logo without the byline, while trailers and TV spots continued to use the bylineless version of the logo until 1999. The last film to use this byline was ''Captain Phillips'', released on October 11, 2013, but it later appeared at the end of ''Pixels'', released on July 24, 2015, and also makes a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" cameo on ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse''. | ||
* In late 2013, the byline was shortened to "{{color|#FFA500|'''a Sony Company'''}}", with the {{color|orange}}-{{color|gold}} color of the previous byline changed to a {{color|saddlebrown|bronze}}, and is properly centered. This byline debuted on US prints of ''American Hustle'' (it only appears at the end; the film itself uses the 1976 logo), ''The Monuments Men'', and trailers for ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' and ''22 Jump Street''. | * In late 2013, the byline was shortened to "{{color|#FFA500|'''a Sony Company'''}}", with the {{color|orange}}-{{color|gold}} color of the previous byline changed to a {{color|saddlebrown|bronze}}, and is properly centered. This byline debuted on US prints of ''American Hustle'' (it only appears at the end; the film itself uses the 1976 logo), ''The Monuments Men'', and trailers for ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' and ''22 Jump Street''. | ||