Columbia Pictures

american film studio owned by the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. on June 19th, 1918 CBC Film Sales Corporation was founded by Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt, making low-budget affairs (cuz they didnt have much money). on January 10th, 1924, CBC was reincorporated into Columbia Pictures Corporation, and made stuff with a moderate budget. Columbia got more budget and it slowly became one of Hollywood's more important studios. on December 23rd, 1968 it was reorganized as Columbia Pictures Industries after merging with Screen Gems. on June 22nd, 1982 Columbia Pictures was sold to The Coca-Cola Company for $750M. in December 1987 it became a part of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with The Coca-Cola Company owning 49% of it. on November 8th, 1989 it was sold to Sony. in 1998, they became a part of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. stuff released by Columbia were released outside North America under Columbia-Warner, and as Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors in the UK until 1987 (and until 1988 in the UK), when columbia reorganized its international distribution division as Columbia Tri-Star Films.

visuals: Doris Doscher was da model for it . its a paintin and text was made with a printed card

audio: movie

from:

1924: "One Glorious Night", "Pal o' Mine", "Tainted Money", "The Midnight Express", and "The Price She Paid"

1925: "A Fight to the Finish", "An Enemy of Men", "Charley's Aunt", "S.O.S. Perils of the Sea", "The Fate of a Flirt", "The Great Sensation", "The Lure of the Wild", "The New Champion", "The Price of Success", "The Unwritten Law", "When Husbands Flirt", and "Who Cares"

1926: "Ladies of Leisure", "Obey the Law", "The Belle of Broadway", "The Better Way", "The Lone Wolf Returns" and "When the Wife's Away"

1927: "Alias the Lone Wolf", "Birds of Prey", "For Ladies Only", "Paying the Price", "Pleasure Before Business", "Poor Girls", "Rich Men's Sons", "The Bachelor's Baby", "The Blood Ship", "The Clown", "The College Hero", "The Opening Night", "The Price of Honor", "The Romantic Age", "The Tigress", "The Warning" and "Wandering Girls"

1999: "The Lady with the Torch"

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visuals: painting

audio: movie

from:

1928: "So This Is Love", "That Certain Thing" and "The Desert Bride"

1929: "The Younger Generation"

1932: "Love Affair"

1933: "Child of Manhattan"

visuals:matte painting, moire effects, torch lady actress is Claudia Dell

audio: horn or "silent" (as in the theme of the things playing over it)

from:

1928: "The Matinee Idol"

1931: "Maker of Men", "The Deadline", "The Guilty Generation", "The Pagan Lady" and "The Secret Witness"

1932: "Forbidden" and "Shopworn"

1934: "One Night"

1935: "Three Stooges"

1936: "Counterfeit", "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" and "Three Stooges"

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visuals:traditional animation, matte patinting. torch lady model is Jane Chester Bartholomew (she got paid 25 bucks)

audio:usually "silent" (as in the theme of the things playing over it) or some other theme

from:

1931: "Dirigible"

1932: "Behind the Mask" and "Shopworn"

1933: "Man's Castle" and "The Circus Queen Murder"

1934: "Twentieth Century"

1935: "She Married Her Boss", "The Black Room" and "The Whole Town's Talking"

1936: "Disorder in the Court" and "The King Steps Out"

1940: "Three Stooges"

1941: "Three Stooges"

1942: "Three Stooges"

1943: "The Desperadoes" and "Three Stooges"

1944: "Three Stooges"

1945: "Three Stooges"

1945: "Fuelin' Around"

1953: "Dark, Miss Sadie Thompson" and "Él"

1954: "The Mad Magician"

1956: "Odongo: An Adventure of the African Frontier"

1964: "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!"

1966: "The Big Gundown" and "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows!"

1968: "Funny Girl", "Hammerhead", "Otley", "The Swimmer", "The Wrecking Crew" and "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows!"

1969: "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice", "Cactus Flower", "Castle Keep", "Easy Rider" "MacKenna's Gold" and "Model Shop"

1970: "Five Easy Pieces", "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Reckoning"

1971: "Brian's Song", "Dollars", "10 Rillington Place", "Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different", "Nicholas and Alexandra", "The Anderson Tapes" and "The Horsemen"

1972: "1776", "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg", "Butterflies Are Free", "Fat City", "The New Centurions" and "The Valachi Papers"

1973: "Lost Horizon", "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams", "Tricky Dicks", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "The Katnips of 1940", "The Last Detail", "The National Health", "The Way We Were" and "Three Pests in a Mess"

1975: "The Stepford Wives" and "Tommy"

1976: "Drive-In", "Harry and Walter Go to New York", "Nickelodeon", "Obsession" and "Taxi Driver"

visuals: animated by Robert Abel and Associates

audio: composed by Suzanne Ciani with a small horn, Suzanne's Buchlar modular for popping, and an ARP string synth

from:

1971: "And Now for Something Completely Different"

1975: "Tommy"

1976: "Murder by Death", "The Eagle Has Landed"

1977: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger"

1978: "California Suite" and "Midnight Express"

1979: "Gloria" and "The China Syndrome"

1980: "The Mirror Crack'd"

1981: "Happy Birthday to Me" and pre-release versions of "Stripes"

1982: "Death Wish II"

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visuals:cel animation and a matte painting

audio:usually "silent" (as in the theme of the things playing over it) or some other theme

from:

1959: "Gidget"

1967: "Casino Royale"

1968: "Funny Girl"

1972: "Cancel my Reservation"

1975: "The Black Bird"

1977: "One Sings, the Other Doesn't"

1981: "Das Boot", "Heavy Metal", "Nice Dreams" and "Stripes"

1982: "Gandhi", "Piranha II: The Spawning" and "The Shadow Riders"

1983: "Christine" and "The Big Chill"

1984: "Ghostbusters" and "The Karate Kid"

1985: "Fright Night"

1986: "Stand by Me", "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" and "The Big Easy"

1987: "Hope and Glory" and "The Last Emperor"

1989: "Casualties of War", "Ghostbusters II", "The Gods Must Be Crazy II", "When Harry Met Sally..." and "Winter People"

1990: "Awakenings", "Flatliners", "Graveyard Shift", "Lord of the Flies", "Misery", "Sibling Rivalry" and "Texasville"

1991: "Bogus Journey", "Boyz n The Hood", "City Slickers", "Double Impact", "Late for Dinner", "Mortal Thoughts", "The Addams Family" and "The Taking of Beverly Hills"

1992: "A League of Their Own", "Dracula", "Honeymoon in Vegas", "Mo' Money", "Mr. Saturday Night" and "Year of the Comet"

1993: "Amos and Andrew", "Calendar Girl" trailer, "Groundhog Day", "Josh and S.A.M." trailer, "In The Line of Fire" trailer and "Last Action Hero" trailer

TBA

last updated by phantomhater, 04/10/2025 12:17 PM