Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary
For the 100th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures, the Media History Digital Library is excited to save and share important material from its history.
In 2024, Sony is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures. Columbia Pictures, founded in the late 1910s by Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt, began as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales--a small studio producing low-budget films. It formally adopted the name "Columbia Pictures" in January 1924. Throughout its history, the studio has made important contributions to the entertainment industry. It gained prominence in the 1930s and 1940s with hits like It Happened One Night, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Over the decades, Columbia adapted to industry changes, producing notable film noir classics, widescreen spectacles in the 1950s, and influential films in the New American Cinema movement of the 1970s. Its ability to evolve and innovate has cemented Columbia Pictures as a significant player in Hollywood’s history.
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Columbia Pictures Pressbooks in the Media History Digital Library
There are 205 Columbia Pictures pressbooks digititized and available online to browse and read in the Media History Digital Library. We are proud to be able to share promotional materials from across a wide range of the studio's history. The earliest pressbook is from 1938, and the most recent was published in 1977. By looking across this long stretch of time, we can start to see some interesting trends in the number of pressbooks published each year, as well as some minor fluctuations in how long each of these pressbooks were.
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| Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| South of Arizona (Columbia Pictures) | 1938 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Girls School (Columbia Pictures) | 1938 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Here Comes Mr Jordan (Columbia Pictures) | 1941 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| A Tornado in the Saddle (Columbia Pictures) | 1942 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Flight Lieutenant (Columbia Pictures) | 1942 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Shut My Big Mouth (Columbia Pictures) | 1942 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Talk of the Town (Columbia Pictures) | 1942 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Vigilantes Ride (Columbia Pictures) | 1943 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Carolina Blues (Columbia Pictures) | 1943 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Horseman (Columbia Pictures) | 1944 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Roaring Rangers (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Two-Fisted Stranger (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Landrush (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Galloping Thunder (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Gunning for Vengeance (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Cowboy Blues (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Fighting Guardsman (Columbia Pictures) | 1946 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Walk a Crooked Mile (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Adventures in Silverado (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Black Arrow (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Loaded Pistols (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Strawberry Roan (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| You Can't Take It With You (Columbia Pictures) | 1948 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Cowboy and the Indians (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Rim of the Canyon (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Whole Town's Talking (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| All the Kings Men (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Big Sombrero (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Kazan (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Lost Tribe (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Song of India (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Undercover Man (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Bodyhold (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Faust and the Devil (Columbia Pictures) | 1949 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Tyrant of the Sea (Columbia Pictures) | 1950 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Flying Missile (Columbia Pictures) | 1950 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mark of the Gorilla (Columbia Pictures) | 1950 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| On the Island of Samoa (Columbia Pictures) | 1950 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| A Yank in Korea (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Her First Romance (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Death of a Salesman (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Brave Bulls (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Sunny Side of the Street (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Big Gusher (Columbia Pictures) | 1951 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Walk East on Beacon (Columbia Pictures) | 1952 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Last Train from Bombay (Columbia Pictures) | 1952 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Happy Time (Columbia Pictures) | 1952 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| China Venture (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Combat Squad (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mission over Korea (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Juggler (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Valley of Head Hunters (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| One Girl's Confession (Columbia Pictures) | 1953 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Pushover (Columbia Pictures) | 1954 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| On the Waterfront (Columbia Pictures) | 1954 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Apache Ambush (Columbia Pictures) | 1955 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Special Delivery (Columbia Pictures) | 1955 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Violent Men (Columbia Pictures) | 1955 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Storm Over the Nile (Columbia Pictures) | 1956 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Strange One (Columbia Pictures) | 1957 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| This Angry Age (Columbia Pictures) | 1957 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Lineup (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Going Steady (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Revenge of Frankenstein (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Paradise Lagoon (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Bell, Book and Candle (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Apache Territory (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Life Begins at 17 (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Me and the Colonel (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Murder Reported (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Tank Force! (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Camp on Blood Island (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Hurrah (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Man Inside (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Whole Truth (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Woman Eater (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| She Played With Fire (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Two-Headed Spy (Columbia Pictures) | 1958 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Forbidden Island (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Mouse That Roared (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Blitzkrieg (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Yesterday's Enemy (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Gunmen from Laredo (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| It Happened to Jane (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Middle of the Night (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Angry Man (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Warrior and the Slave Girl (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Verboten! (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Good Day for a Hanging (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Babette Goes to War (Columbia Pictures) | 1959 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Comanche Station (Columbia Pictures) | 1960 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Pepe (Columbia Pictures) | 1960 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mein Kampf (Columbia Pictures) | 1960 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Who Was That Lady? (Columbia Pictures) | 1960 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Devil at 4 O'Clock (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Gidget Goes Hawaiian (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Two Rode Together (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Sail a Crooked Ship (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Everything's Ducky (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Barabbas (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Twist Around the Clock (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Guns of Navarone (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mysterious Island (Columbia Pictures) | 1961 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Experiment in Terror (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Wild Westerners (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Two Tickets to Paris (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Pirates of Blood River (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Damn the Defiant! (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Don't Knock the Twist (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Zotz! (Columbia Pictures) | 1962 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Gidget Goes to Rome (Columbia Pictures) | 1963 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The New Interns (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Fail Safe (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Code 7, Victim 5! (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Good Neighbor Sam (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| East of Sudan (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Lilith (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Finest Hours (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| World Without Sun (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Long Ships (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Dr. Strangelove (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| First Men in the Moon (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Gorgon (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Ride the Wild Surf (Columbia Pictures) | 1964 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Genghis Khan (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Outlaws Is Coming (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mickey One (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| That Man in Istanbul (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Collector (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Heroes of Telemark (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| A Study in Terror (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Baby the Rain Must Fall (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Bunny Lake Is Missing (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Die! Die! My Darling (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Life at the Top (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Major Dundee (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| You Must Be Joking (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Magic World of Topo Gigio (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| King Rat (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Lord Jim (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Bedford Incident (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Arizona Raiders (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Winter A-Go-Go (Columbia Pictures) | 1965 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Georgy Girl (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Rage (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Murderers' Row (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Alvarez Kelly (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Trouble with Angels (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Born Free (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Three on a Couch (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Silencers (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Walk, Don't Run (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Chase (Columbia Pictures) | 1966 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| To Sir, With Love (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Dr Faustus (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| 40 Guns to Apache Pass (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Young Americans (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Ambushers (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Casino Royale (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Happening (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Taming of the Shrew (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Berserk (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Who's Minding the Mint (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Deadly Affair (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Enter Laughing (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Good Times (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| In Cold Blood (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Night of the Generals (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Luv (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Big Mouth (Columbia Pictures) | 1967 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Interlude (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| For Singles Only (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Lost Command (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Anzio (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Dont Raise The Bridge Lower The River (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Hammerhead (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| How to Save a Marriage... And Ruin Your Life (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Swimmer (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Professionals (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Where Angels Go... Trouble Follows (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Funny Girl (Columbia Pictures) | 1968 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Wrecking Crew (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Mackennas Gold (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Marooned (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Pendulum (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Hook Line and Sinker (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Run Wild, Run Free (Columbia Pictures) | 1969 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Five Easy Pieces (Columbia Pictures) | 1970 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Owl and the Pussycat (Columbia Pictures) | 1970 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Picture Show (Columbia Pictures) | 1971 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Last Rebel (Columbia Pictures) | 1971 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Doctors Wives (Columbia Pictures) | 1971 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| The Valachi Papers (Columbia Pictures) | 1972 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Countdown at Kusini (Columbia Pictures) | 1976 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Columbia Pictures) | 1977 | Search on Lantern | Click here to read |