I saw Cat Ballou on tv last weekend and at the start of the film the lady with the torch in the Columbia Pictures ident changes into an animate Cat Ballou?
But I don't remember this from previous showings.
Was this in the original film or was it added later?
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That animation is original...
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I saw this on original relase and the logo thing happened.
I cannot be bothered to search, and internet time is limited, but does anyone know the first major film release that messed with the studio logo?
It is not a trivia question, I amjust curious.
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Dont know if its the first, but in the beginning of the movie, The Mouse that Roared (1959), the Columbia lady jumps off her pedestal, screaming, because a mouse appeared at the base.....
shareIf memory serves, the opening credits of "Zotz!" (1962) began with a man (William Castle, perhaps) walking onscreen while the Columbia lady held her torch, and saying "Zotz", to which the Columbia lady replied "Zotz? What's that?"
shareThe only other film I've known to mess with the Columbia logo is "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs."
shareMay I present exhibit A?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQRN4ltBvg4
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Darn! They took down the clips for others! "Strait-Jacket" and "Stealth" also have altered logos. In "Strait-Jacket", she's beheaded, with her head resting at her feet as I recall.
*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***
A Man Called Flintstone during it's theatrical release started with Wilma as the torch lady. But that has since been cut on all Television and video releases
shareMy example's not specifically what the original poster asked for, but in the "Sense and Sensibility" DVD, when the Columbia lady comes on, you hear the voice-over of Emma Thompson--whose character in the film was dressed somewhat similarly to the Columbia lady and even looked a little like her--saying, "Oh, I remember this bit . . ."
shareBye Bye Birdie has the flame in her torch morph into the title logo.
shareIn 1935 the Marx Bros. classic A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was to begin with the standard MGM logo dissolving from its familiar lion to consecutive closeups of Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx. Groucho and Chico both opened their mouths wide as the offscreen lion roared on the soundtrack, then Harpo "roared" in silence -- before lifting his handy taxi horn into the frame, which he then tooted twice to become his "roar."
Studio chief Louis B. Mayer flatly rejected this, telling the makers that no one plays with the MGM logo. However, the hilariously altered version was allowed to open the film's theatrical trailer -- which is sometimes shown on Turner Classic Movies and likely is included on the DVD release.
Most great films deserve a more appreciative audience than they get.
The Trouble with Angels has the Columbia Torch lady standing, and then an angel appears out of nowhere and blows out her flame, leaving the screen dark.
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