The lady who wears a toga and holds a torch became the emblem for Columbia Pictures (then known as Columbia) in 1924. The movie studio has changed features of the logo several times.

Columbia Pictures’ 1992 Lady Liberty From 1976 to 1981, Columbia Pictures retired Lady Liberty from the screen. The logo was later rescued in 1982 after The Coca-Cola Company purchased the ...

An iconic woman needs an apt setting. So, to mark its 100th anniversary, Columbia Pictures has teamed with the Municipality of Cannes to put the studio’s instantly recognizable Torch Lady and ...

A few years back someone discovered photos of Rose Edna Turiello, who worked for Columbia in the 1930s, draped in a toga and holding a torch. Her husband, James, had been a photographer.

Columbia Pictures’ 1936-1976 Lady Liberty model Evelyn Venable, wife of cinematographer Hal Mohr and famous for voicing and modeling for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney’s 1940 “Pinocchio,” is one of the ...

The exhibit, dubbed “Lighting the Way: From the Torch Lady to Leading Ladies,” includes outdoor installations emblazoned with Columbia’s longstanding symbol as well as more than 30 rare ...