Q: Who is the lady in the sheet holding a torch at the beginning of the “Spider-man” movie? — D.Q., Newport News A: Are you referring to the “Columbia Lady” who makes an appearance at the beginning of ...

Columbia Pictures, the movie studio with the “Torch Lady” logo, turns 100 this year. The former home of Frank Capra, Rita Hayworth, the Three Stooges, “Dr. Strangelove,” and “Tootsie” pioneered the ...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival is set to celebrate the centennial of Columbia Pictures with a retrospective featuring classic titles spawned by the Hollywood studio between the dawn of sound and ...

MGM has the lion and Columbia — now owned by Sony Pictures — has a redhead in a toga with a torch. I swear that the features of that lady strongly resemble a female picture star back in the days that ...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival will celebrate the centennial of Columbia Pictures with an expansive retrospective titled The Lady with the Torch, mounted in collaboration with the studio’s parent ...