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'''Audio:''' None.
'''Audio:''' None.
'''Availability:''' Seen on silent-era Columbia Pictures films, most of which are now lost or survive only in an incomplete form.
* The following silent-era films from Columbia released during the timeline of this logo are known to be complete: ''Pal o' Mine'', ''The Midnight Express'', ''The Price She Paid'', ''One Glorious Night'', ''Tainted Money'', ''Who Cares'', ''Charley's Aunt'', ''An Enemy of Men'', ''The Unwritten Law''. ''The Price of Success'', ''The New Champion'', ''The Great Sensation'', ''When Husbands Flirt'', ''A Fight to the Finish'', ''S.O.S. Perils of the Sea'', ''The Fate of a Flirt'', ''The Lure of the Wild'', ''Ladies of Leisure'' (1926), ''The Belle of Broadway'', ''The Lone Wolf Returns'', ''When the Wife's Away'', ''Obey the Law'', ''The Better Way'', ''Wandering Girls'', ''The Bachelor's Baby'', ''The Price of Honor'', ''Birds of Prey'', ''Paying the Price'', ''Pleasure Before Business'', ''Poor Girls'', ''Rich Men's Sons'', ''The Romantic Age'', ''The Blood Ship'', ''For Ladies Only'', ''Alias the Lone Wolf'', ''The Clown'', ''The Tigress'', ''The Opening Night'', ''The Warning'', and ''The College Hero''. Prints of these films are held in various film libraries, including the George Eastman House and the Library of Congress.
* It has appeared in the 1999 documentary ''The Lady with the Torch''.
* This logo also appeared in the 2018 film ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' as part of that film's variant of the 1993 logo.


===2nd Logo (January 1, 1928-May 25, 1936)===
===2nd Logo (January 1, 1928-May 25, 1936)===
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'''Audio:''' A majestic horn sounder (a la [[20th Century Fox]]), or the opening/closing theme of the short/feature.
'''Audio:''' A majestic horn sounder (a la [[20th Century Fox]]), or the opening/closing theme of the short/feature.
'''Availability:''' Seen on Columbia-owned films from this time period right up until the introduction of the next logo.
* The logo premiered on ''That Certain Thing'' and made its final appearance on ''Counterfeit''.
* It was seen on ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) and ''Mr. Deeds Goes To Town'' (1936).
* It can also be seen on ''The Three Stooges'' releases on DVD.
* It can also still be seen on reruns of 1934-1936 ''Three Stooges'' shorts on IFC, AMC, and Antenna TV.
* It can also be found on TCM and Sony Movie Channel as well.
* It does not appear on original prints of Walt Disney's ''Mickey Mouse'' and ''Silly Symphonies'' cartoons from 1930-1932, as Columbia only distributed those shorts.
* The textless version can be seen on some ''Three Stooges'' shorts.


===3rd Logo (May 28, 1936-December 21, 1976)===
===3rd Logo (May 28, 1936-December 21, 1976)===
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'''Audio:''' Usually, the beginning/end of the movie plays over the logo. On some films, the logo appears completely silent. However, on several mid to late '30s ''Three Stooges'' shorts, it has a majestic theme before playing the ''Three Stooges'' theme. On several other films, it would have a different theme.
'''Audio:''' Usually, the beginning/end of the movie plays over the logo. On some films, the logo appears completely silent. However, on several mid to late '30s ''Three Stooges'' shorts, it has a majestic theme before playing the ''Three Stooges'' theme. On several other films, it would have a different theme.
'''Availability:''' Can still be seen on Columbia Pictures films of this period on home video formats and on TV airings.
* The last films to feature this logo were ''Taxi Driver'', ''Drive-In'', ''Harry and Walter Go to New York'', ''Obsession'' (at least on U.S. prints), and Peter Bogdanovich's ''Nickelodeon''.
* The 1973 variation was also seen on some later struck 16mm prints of some ''Three Stooges'' shorts, sometimes plastering the Screen Gems logo with the latter logo's music sometimes preserved, with ''Tricky Dicks'' and ''Three Pests in a Mess'' being common examples.
* ''Tommy'' originally featured the 1968-76 variation of the logo, but was plastered with the next logo below on all later prints and home video releases of the film. ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different'' suffered the same fate as ''Tommy'' on the video releases, but has been restored on the DVD releases.
* This was seen on early releases of the 1975 version of ''The Stepford Wives'', but when [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] bought the rights to the film, along with the rest of the [[Palomar Pictures International|Palomar Pictures]] catalog in the mid-'80s, the logo was deleted. However, following the release of the 2004 remake, [[Paramount Pictures]] gained rights to the original film through Viacom (owner of the former company), and added their 2002 logo at the beginning of all current prints.
* This also appears on current prints of films that originally had the 2nd logo, including ''Dirigible'', ''Behind the Mask'', ''Shopworn'', ''The Circus Queen Murder'', ''Man's Castle'', ''Twentieth Century'', ''The Whole Town's Talking'', ''The Black Room'' (1935), and ''She Married Her Boss''.
* The "A Columbia Serial" variant can be seen on the old ''Batman'' serials when aired on TCM.
* The 3D version appears on the company's Golden Age 3D features, including ''Man in the Dark'', ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', and ''The Mad Magician''.
* The ''Three Stooges'' shorts that include the "Short Subject" variants will likely be retained, being followed by the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo.
* The 1960 variant of this logo also appears at the start of the Warner Archive Collection 2023 Blu-ray release of ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' (1964).


'''Legacy:''' Considered the most well-known version of the logo, being used for an amazing 40 years.
'''Legacy:''' Considered the most well-known version of the logo, being used for an amazing 40 years.
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'''Audio Variant:''' The USSR version has an announcer dubbed in.
'''Audio Variant:''' The USSR version has an announcer dubbed in.
'''Availability:''' Sony generally retains older logos for newer releases of Columbia's films much more often than [[Sony Pictures Television|their TV output]]. In the early days of [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia Pictures' video division]], however, this logo would be plastered by their home video logo (although the "Columbia Pictures" text alone would be seen for a split second, possibly due to poor editing). Otherwise, all later video releases, DVD and Blu-ray releases, and TV broadcasts retain this logo.
* The first film to use this logo was ''Murder by Death'', while the last film to use it were ''Happy Birthday to Me''. However, in international territories, it was used until at least 1982 as this appeared on ''Death Wish II'' (released domestically by [[Filmways Pictures]]).
* On some airings of ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (the 1980 Angela Lansbury version), the logo is not shown at all, but is still intact on most home media releases and uncut TV airings. However, it's plastered by [[StudioCanal|the black-and-white variant of the 2003 StudioCanal logo]] on most newer releases.
* The 1980 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] release of the [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC Entertainment]] film ''The Eagle Has Landed'', which Columbia distributed in the United States, also has this logo.
* It may also have possibly been seen on certain UK and international theatrical prints of ''The Savage Bees'', ''The Incredible Melting Man'', ''The Legacy'', and the first two ''Spider-Man'' films (from the 1977 film series)
* It also plasters the previous logo on ''Tommy'', and 1980s and early 1990s U.S. VHS prints of ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different''.
* It was also seen on some pre-release versions of ''Stripes'', before switching to the next logo for general release, as well as on home video releases.
* The 1988 [[GoodTimes Entertainment|Goodtimes Home Video]] release of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (as well as most other Columbia films distributed by Goodtimes on VHS during this period, such as the original 1977 ''Fun With Dick and Jane'') edits this out and goes straight to the opening credits, although other prints, such as the 2001 DVD release and 30th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD releases and the 40th Anniversary 4KHD release retain it (as do later reissues of said other Columbia films from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment).
* Neither this nor the 1963 [[Universal Pictures]] logo appear on the Steven Spielberg movie ''1941'' (which Columbia co-released with Universal).


'''Legacy:''' Another favorite among the logo community.
'''Legacy:''' Another favorite among the logo community.
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* On a Portuguese print of ''Stone Cold'' (1991), this has the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion roar, due to a reverse plastering error.
* On a Portuguese print of ''Stone Cold'' (1991), this has the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion roar, due to a reverse plastering error.


'''Availability:'''  Seen on films of the era.
* The 1981 variation is much easier to come by, due to it being used for a longer time period and being on more popular titles such as ''Stripes'', ''Heavy Metal,'' ''Gandhi'', ''The Big Chill'', ''Christine,'' ''Ghostbusters'', ''The Karate Kid'', ''Fright Night,'' ''Stand by Me'', ''Hope and Glory'' and many others.
* Notable films that have the short 1989 version are ''Ghostbusters II'' (where it made its first appearance), ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'', ''Casualties of War'', ''Awakenings'', ''Flatliners,'' ''Mortal Thoughts'', ''Boyz n the Hood,'' ''Mo' Money'', ''A League of Their Own'', ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and ''Groundhog Day''.
* The first film to use this logo was Cheech & Chong's ''Nice Dreams'', while it was last seen on ''Lost in Yonkers''.
* It also appears as a de-facto home entertainment logo for [[Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment]] from 1981-1983.
* [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] (and later, [[MGM Home Entertainment]]) releases of Castle Rock films such as ''Misery'', ''City Slickers'', and ''Mr. Saturday Night'' edit this logo out, though it is retained on the New Line VHS of ''Amos and Andrew''.
* The MGM DVD release of ''Amos and Andrew'' has it plastered with the 1987 [[New Line Cinema]] logo, while the YouTube print on the Warner VOD channel had the New Line logo before Columbia's, but was taken off and is now on MGM's channel, with it only featuring the MGM and Castle Rock logos. But the combo (minus New Line) was seen on the Vudu print of the aforementioned film, as well as an airing of the movie on Laff TV.
* This was also retained on the 2001 PAL DVD and the Indonesian VCD prints of ''Misery''.
* The Columbia-Castle Rock combo is also preserved on a 1998 MGM Movie Time VHS release of ''Amos and Andrew'' (WIth the New Line logo appearing before Columbia's), the German and Australian DVD releases of ''Misery'', as well as a 2013 reprint of the latter, (where it's preceded by the 1986 MGM logo) and a 1997 MGM Movie Time VHS of ''City Slickers''; the widescreen LaserDisc release of the aforementioned film retains this logo as well. This was also preserved on cable TV airings of ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and also appeared on the widescreen LaserDisc release of said film. Can also be seen on the Amazon Instant Video print of ''Late for Dinner'' (after MGM), the Olive Films Blu-ray release of ''Sibling Rivalry'' (also after MGM), and Roku Channel's print of ''Honeymoon in Vegas''; the same also applies to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PrSyNIwQA print] on YouTube Movies & TV.
* It is unknown if any prints of ''Year of the Comet, Lord of the Flies'' or ''Mr. Saturday Night'' preserve the Columbia-Castle Rock combo.
* It also appears on the [[Trimark Home Video|Vidmark]] and [[Starmaker Entertainment|Starmaker]] VHS releases of ''The Shadow Riders'' (they used the overseas theatrical version, which is why this logo is seen at the start), along with the Trimark DVD (the 2006 [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] DVD release uses the original TV version).
* In lieu of RCA/Columbia's logo appearing, this logo plasters that of [[Cinema 5 Distributing|Cinema 5]] on the English-dubbed cassette of ''One Sings, the Other Doesn't''.
* The logo is seen on the 1986 VHS of ''Casino Royale'' (1967), plastering the 3rd logo, and it also plasters older Columbia logos on several other post-1981 videocassettes as well, including ''The Black Bird'', ''Gidget'' (1959) and ''Funny Girl''.
* While removed from the MGM DVD and the British Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD, it was preserved on the U.S. RCA/Columbia VHS and LaserDisc of ''Double Impact''.
* This may be seen on international prints of ''Piranha II: The Spawning'' (a.k.a. ''Piranha II: Flying Killers'').
* It also appears on the Australian DVD of ''Stephen King's Graveyard Shift'' (released domestically by [[Paramount Pictures]]) and may have been seen on the UK and other international prints of the film.
* It was originally seen on international theatrical prints of ''Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'' and ''The Addams Family'' (domestically released by [[Orion Pictures]] and Paramount Pictures), although it was not retained on home video releases.
* This doesn't show up on [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] films that they distributed theatrically, with the exception of ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'', where a still Weintraub logo is seen at the end.
* Australian home video releases of ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'' (e.g. the 2005 [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow]] DVD release and the 1992 Video Selection Australia VHS) have this logo removed as [[Roadshow Films|Roadshow Film Distributors]] held the rights to the film in that country; of note is that Columbia only held the rights to the film in the North American continent.
* It was also seen on newer prints and the Blu-ray of the English dubbed theatrical cut of ''Das Boot'' (aka ''The Boot'') in place of the first Triumph Films logo and proceeding the [[Constantin Film|Neue Constantin Film]] logo.
* This made an appearance at the end of ctv.ca's print of ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1972) before the [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo.
* It is unknown if it appeared on theatrical prints of ''Winter People'', ''The Last Emperor'', ''The Big Easy, Texasville'', or ''The Taking of Beverly Hills'', among possible others.
* It was found on some trailers for ''Last Action Hero'', ''In The Line of Fire'', ''Calendar Girl'', and ''Josh and S.A.M.'', all of which ended up using the next logo. The logo makes an appearance on the former itself as a variant, with the next logo being seen in front of the film.


===6th Logo (June 13, 1993-)===
===6th Logo (June 13, 1993-)===
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* On the UHD release of ''The Remains of the Day'' (1993), it starts off with the original 1993 demo mix of the fanfare, but blends into the current 1998 final mix due to a attempted reverse plaster, with the previous fanfare heard over the current one.
* On the UHD release of ''The Remains of the Day'' (1993), it starts off with the original 1993 demo mix of the fanfare, but blends into the current 1998 final mix due to a attempted reverse plaster, with the previous fanfare heard over the current one.
* On <u>''Life'' (2017)</u>, the 1998 final mix of the fanfare plays in sync over the 2014 fanfare. As a result, the Sony logo and the build-up on the 2014 version are quieter than usual, and the logo louder than usual.
* On <u>''Life'' (2017)</u>, the 1998 final mix of the fanfare plays in sync over the 2014 fanfare. As a result, the Sony logo and the build-up on the 2014 version are quieter than usual, and the logo louder than usual.
'''Availability:''' It has been placed in front of most Columbia films for an impressive 30 years.
* The first film to use this logo was ''Last Action Hero'' (however, the teaser trailer, a scene from the film itself and the TV spot had the previous logo).
* This logo was also seen at the beginning of ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game'' (the original version has the full version of the 1993 logo in high-tone, while the Remastered version has the trailer version of the 2014 logo with the Sony logo at the start and no music).
* Some cable prints and [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases of Castle Rock films such as ''Needful Things'', ''Malice'', ''Josh and S.A.M.'', and ''North'' actually keep this logo (it doesn't appear on [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]] releases of the former two films; however, the Kino Lorber Blu-rays of ''Needful Things'' and ''Malice'' have it, the latter after MGM).
* On current prints of ''City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold'', this is replaced by the 2001 [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] logo (the 1989 Castle Rock logo is intact), while the [[Shout! Factory]] Blu-ray removes it. UK and Australian prints keep this intact due to Columbia keeping the rights to ''City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold'' for those countries.
* Current prints of 1994-1998 Castle Rock films distributed by Columbia have the logo either plastered by a Warner Bros. logo or edited out altogether. Even the end in-credit notices aren't safe as they're either blacked out or replaced by a WB logo (it is, however, retained on the 1999 DVD release of ''City Hall'' and the Blu-ray and 2021 UHD release of ''The Shawshank Redemption''). The 1998 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''The American President'' retains this, however. It is retained on the British VHS releases of ''Palmetto, Zero Effect,'' and ''Sour Grapes'', the Indonesian VCD releases of ''My Giant, Alaska,'' ''Hamlet'' (the 2004 full cut edition)'','' and ''Extreme Measures,'' among possible others.
* It is unknown if any prints of ''Absolute Power'' retain this logo.
* The print logo made its first appearance in early 1993 on posters for ''The Pickle'' and ''Lost in Yonkers'', as well as newspaper ads for ''Groundhog Day''; however, those aforementioned titles use the previous logo.
* This also appears on the 1997 Director's Cut version of ''Das Boot'', plastering the previous logo. Also, the 2006 version plasters the original 1993 logo on the Blu-ray of ''Muppets from Space,'' and the [[Sony Pictures Classics]] logo on the Blu-Ray and HDTV prints of ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.''
* It also may have been seen on U.S. theatrical prints of ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1996), later re-titled ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'', but it doesn't appear on any VHS or DVD releases of said film due to Disney owning the U.S. home video rights. It is, instead, plastered by the 1985 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo.
* This logo appears on international trailers for ''The Punisher'' and ''Suspect Zero''; however, the two films use the 5th [[Sony Pictures Releasing International|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]] logo instead.
* It was also seen at the start of international prints of ''Rollerball'' (2002) and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' and it was spotted in the Brazilian film ''Didi Quer Ser Criança'', with the latter using a silent version. It was also seen on Philippine theatrical prints of ''Project Almanac'', preceding the [[Paramount Pictures]] logo.
* The SPA films ''The Star'', ''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'', ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'' and ''Wish Dragon'' don't have this logo, despite appearing on said films' promotional materials, but the "Released by" closing logo appears at the end. This also doesn't appear at the end of ''Vivo'' nor ''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'' as the [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] closing logo appears instead.
* A portion of this logo appears about halfway through ''The King''.
* The 2022 version of the logo was used on the trailers for ''Madame Web'', ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'', ''The Garfield Movie'', and ''Kraven The Hunter'', all of which ended up using the next logo.
* Although the logo was temporarily retired after the release of ''Anyone but You'' on December 22, 2023, it would make an appearance on the short film ''The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story'' (as a custom variant; the trailer uses the next logo), which debuted at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 12, 2023 and was later released on YouTube on March 27, 2024.


'''Legacy:''' A well-received homage to the 1936 logo thanks to its CGI and fanfare, used for over 30 years as of 2024.
'''Legacy:''' A well-received homage to the 1936 logo thanks to its CGI and fanfare, used for over 30 years as of 2024.
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'''Audio:''' The 2014 version of the current fanfare.
'''Audio:''' The 2014 version of the current fanfare.
'''Availability:''' This is used for the company’s centennial anniversary.
*The logo made its first appearance on [https://twitter.com/SonyPictures/status/1745083073614447000 Sony Pictures' social media accounts] on January 10, 2024, which is the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures.
* It later made its theatrical debut in front of the re-release of ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' on January 19, 2024, and has also been seen on various TV spots and trailers of the aforementioned films above.
* This logo is seen on ''Madame Web'', ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'', ''The Garfield Movie'', ''Bad Boys: Ride or Die'', and most recently, ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (2024).
** It was also seen on the trailer of ''The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story'', but doesn't appear on the short film itself (a custom variant of the previous logo appears at the start and the regular "A Columbia Pictures Release" closing logo appears at the end) since it originally premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2023.
* This logo was also seen on the theatrical re-release prints of ''Spider-Man'' films, all preceding different versions of the 6th logo.
** On ''Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'', this logo precedes the original version of the logo.
** On ''Spider-Man 3'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', this logo precedes the 2006 version of the logo.
** On ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'' and ''Spider-Man: Far From Home'', this logo precedes the 2014 version of the logo.
** On ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'', this logo precedes the 2021 version of the logo.


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