Columbia Pictures/Logo Variations

These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Columbia Pictures, with more to be added overtime.

The Criminal Code and Ten Cents a Dance (1931):
 * The 1928 logo is shown without the company name. The practice of showing the Columbia logo sans company name predates the variations seen on Cowboy, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Good Neighbor Sam and Flight of the Doves.



Gun Fury (1953):


 * The logo is shown in a greenish-brown tint. Also, the Torch Lady's pedestal doesn't extend to the bottom of the screen, making it look like she's floating.



Zarak (1956):


 * The logo is a still painting. In addition, the "COLUMBIA" text is slightly larger and more spaced out than the standard logo and there are clouds below the pedestal.



Cowboy (1958):


 * The logo has no company name at the beginning of the film. The standard version appears at the end.



The Mouse That Roared (1959):


 * The Torch Lady (here a live action model against a backdrop) looks down, lifts her gown, and sees a mouse at her feet on the pedestal. The Torch Lady leaves her pedestal, leaving her torch behind.
 * At the end of the film, the opening variant plays in reverse (making it look like the Torch Lady is rushing back up the stairs of the pedestal, grabbing her torch again.
 * On full-screen prints, along with the film itself, the logo is in 4:3 "open matte" aspect ratio.



The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962):


 * On a black-and-white format, the 1936 Torch Lady is on the left side and the text "COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS" is on the right side. The logo cross-fades to a statue of Norman Maurer, the son-in-law of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges as he holds a stick of dynamite. The text "A NORMANDY PRODUCTION" is on the left side. The sparks are flowing from the dynamite and the dynamite later explodes, leaving the lower legs and the pedestal on the statue. The text "FILMED IN GLORIOUS BLACK AND WHITE" fades in above.