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'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* The Columbia logo's | * The Columbia logo's overhaul came about when Sony (who bought Columbia Pictures in 1989) commissioned illustrator Michael J. Deas to paint a new version of the Torch Lady, marking the first major change to the lady's design since 1936. The result, based on Deas' photography sessions with homemaker Jenny Joseph of Mandeville, Louisiana, who posed for him with a makeshift robe and torch, was a taller, slimmer Torch Lady with lighter, curlier hair and a dimmer torch. Rather than using Joseph's face, however, Deas constructed a composite face made up of several computer-generated features. Deas' artwork saw its first use as part of the [[Columbia Pictures Television]] and [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]] identities in 1992 prior to the full logo's appearance a year later. | ||
* The identity of the Torch Lady's model wasn't revealed until 2004; prior rumors persisted that Annette Bening was the model (she made a cameo appearance as the Torch Lady in the logo at the start of the 2000 film ''What Planet Are You From?''). | * The identity of the Torch Lady's model wasn't revealed until 2004; prior rumors persisted that Annette Bening was the model (she made a cameo appearance as the Torch Lady in the logo at the start of the 2000 film ''What Planet Are You From?''). | ||
* There is a slight error in the enhanced versions (at the six-second mark in the logo itself and at the 20-second mark with the Sony logo preceding it), as the camera zooms out; on the right side of the screen, part of the lower blue section is left unobscured by the clouds. | * There is a slight error in the enhanced versions (at the six-second mark in the logo itself and at the 20-second mark with the Sony logo preceding it), as the camera zooms out; on the right side of the screen, part of the lower blue section is left unobscured by the clouds. | ||
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* A portion of this logo appears about halfway through ''The King''. | * A portion of this logo appears about halfway through ''The King''. | ||
'''Legacy:''' A well-received homage to the 1936 logo thanks to its CGI and fanfare | '''Legacy:''' A well-received homage to the 1936 logo thanks to its CGI and fanfare, used for over 30 years as of 2024. | ||
===7th Logo (January 10, 2024-)=== | ===7th Logo (January 10, 2024-)=== | ||