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'''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.
'''Visuals:'''  
*1928-1932: 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 "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION".
*1932-1936: Same as before, but the words are replaced with "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" and the typeface is different.


'''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".


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
* Earlier films until 1932 would feature the name in a different typeface, and sometimes read "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION" at the start of the film (sometimes also with the word "Presents" below, in a script font), and "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" at the end, like on ''The Miracle Woman''.
* Another variation consists of the words "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION" and "The End" below. It was spotted on ''The Miracle Woman'', ''Platinum Blonde'', ''Three Wise Girls'', ''The Final Edition'', ''High Speed'', ''American Madness'', and the ''Three Stooges'' short "Restless Knights".
* On some ''Three Stooges'' shorts, the logo is shown without the company name.
* On some ''Three Stooges'' shorts, the logo is shown without the company name.
* A rare opening variation has the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" on top and "Presents" below. It was spotted on ''The Pagan Lady'', ''The Guilty Generation'', ''The Deadline'', ''The Secret Witness'', and the early John Wayne film ''Maker of Men'' (all 1931).
* A rare opening variation has the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES" on top and "Presents" below. It was spotted on ''The Pagan Lady'', ''The Guilty Generation'', ''The Deadline'', ''The Secret Witness'', and the early John Wayne film ''Maker of Men'' (all 1931).
* In 2004, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] released several colorized ''Three Stooges'' shorts; these had the Torch Lady in color as well, and the words are in {{color|gold|yellow}}.
'''Closing Variants:'''
* Same as before, but the words are "THIS IS A COLUMBIA PICTURE" with "The End" below it in a script font.
** In an earlier variant, the words are replaced wiht "A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION." It was spotted on ''The Miracle Woman'', ''Platinum Blonde'', ''Three Wise Girls'', ''The Final Edition'', ''High Speed'', ''American Madness'', and the ''Three Stooges'' short "Restless Knights".
* There is another closing variant that has the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES", with "The End" appearing below, which can be found at the end of ''The Secret Witness'', ''Maker of Men'', ''Forbidden'', and ''Shopworn''.
* There is another closing variant that has the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES", with "The End" appearing below, which can be found at the end of ''The Secret Witness'', ''Maker of Men'', ''Forbidden'', and ''Shopworn''.
* In 2004, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] released several colorized ''Three Stooges'' shorts; these had the Torch Lady in color as well, and the words are in {{color|gold|yellow}}.


'''Technique:''' A mix of moiré effects and editing.
'''Technique:''' A mix of moiré effects and editing.
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