100 Essential Columbia Pictures FilmsColumbia Pictures, a part of the Sony studios family, turns 100, and like the lady in their famous logo, we’re raising the torch and shining a light on Columbia’s 100 essential movies.Columbia Pictures is the house Frank Capra helped build. Partnership ...
Commenter Heath provides the above pictures and comments that Hilton has been assiduous about getting its brand off of everything. It's not a bad looking building, though some of the reviews suggest it has seen better days inside. (Hat tips to commenters Tom & Heath)...
(I see in "preview" it turned out a bit confusing -- the captions for a set of pictures come after those pictures). [D'Oh! Had "Lane" as daughter rather than son -- fixed!] Here's the plaza sign. At this point, the plaza's original entrance had been blocked off by construction...
Paramount Pictures then acquired the other 49 percent of CBS in 1929, but the Great Depression eventually forced the studio to sell its shares back to the network in 1932.[4] CBS would then remain primarily an independent company throughout the next 63 years. Under Paley's guidance, CBS wou...
连载:好莱坞电影公司Logo背后的故事(6) 6. 哥伦比亚标识:手持火炬的女人 1919年,哈里·考恩、杰克·考恩两兄弟与乔·布兰迪共同创建了考恩-布兰迪-考恩电影公司,也就是哥伦比亚影业公司的前身。“考恩-布兰迪-考恩”的很多早期作品都是低成本影片,被人形象地称之为“咸牛肉加卷心菜”。1924年,考恩兄弟买下了布兰...
PICK UP THIS ISSUE OF BILLBOARD HERE Next were the billboards, first seen around South by Southwest and Ultra Music Festival in March, then across the globe, from the Bowery in New York to Old Street in London. Those who spied them shared them, posting pictures to Twitter...
超过80年的经验累积、不断进步的顶级科技、贴近消费者的产品设计,如同其Logo上那编织的形象标记,Columbia哥伦比亚与我们的生活环环相扣,早让不少人成为死忠粉丝,而今回,让我们把时间推回品牌成立的那年,将这80年的精彩光阴浓缩至一篇文章当中。 从一家小小的雨帽公司开始说起 ...
Scottish inventor John Lodgie Bairddemonstrated the first working televisionthat used cathode ray tubes to mechanically scan pictures displayed on the screen. Called CRTs, they remained wildly popular until the 21st century, when LCD and other electronic displays outpaced them. Sonyshut down CRT produ...
Well, I would rather not take pictures through the passenger side window just to keep the camera semi-dry, but those are the conditions that prevail lately.. ThisBi-Lois on Emanuel Church Road inWest Columbiain a spot where I am fairly sure I have never been before. In fact, I drove ...
It also seems a bit askew thatBi-Lois going on an acquistion spree. I guess that going bankrupt was a better strategy for them than honoring obligations has been for the other chains. (Hat tip to commenter michael)