Archive

Posts Tagged ‘the story behind’

The Story Behind… The Universal Pictures logo

February 16, 2012 16 comments

History of the Universal Pictures logo

My journey into stories behind famous movie related things we take for granted continues, still focussing on the logos of the big movie companies. This week’s choice: The Universal Pictures logo. Read more…

The Story Behind… The Warner Bros. Logo

February 9, 2012 41 comments

Continuing my look into the stories behind movie related things we all take for granted, this week’s choice is The Warner Bros. logo. Read more…

The Story Behind… The MGM Logo

February 2, 2012 24 comments

History of MGM

My journey into stories behind famous movie related things we take for granted continues, this week’s choice is the MGM Logo. Turns out the lion has been roaring for a long time. Read more…

The Story Behind… The 20th Century Fox logo

January 26, 2012 28 comments

Continuing my look into the stories behind movie related things we all take for granted, this week’s choice is the 20th Century Fox logo. If you only hear the music it’s something you immediately relate to movies. But what’s the history of the logo? Read more…

The Story Behind… The Columbia Pictures Logo

January 19, 2012 26 comments

History of the Columbia Pictures logo

In “The Story Behind…” series I take a look at movie related things, with this time the focus on a logo. It is something we see every time a movie starts, but do you know the history of them? This week I look into the logo of Columbia Pictures. It was founded in 1919 and named Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, which got changed to Columbia Pictures in 1924. So what does Columbia mean and who is the lady in the logo? Read more…

The Story Behind…

January 12, 2012 19 comments

History of the Paramount Pictures logo

Through the years I have seen tons of movies. In this new (regular) feature I plan to look into the story behind things we don’t notice anymore related to movies, which are a lot of things.

One of them are the logos of the companies that produce these movies. It is something we see every time a movie starts, but do you know the history of them? This week I look into the logo of a company which was founded 100 years ago in 1912: Paramount Pictures. Read more…

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 775 other followers