🎬 Interesting fact: Columbia Pictures’ iconic torch-bearing woman wasn’t based on a single person. Over the years, the logo evolved using different models and illustrations, but the modern version was painted by an artist using photography as reference, giving the symbol a timeless, almost classical look rather than a specific identity. | Clips

💖🎬 Fun fact about the Columbia Pictures logo ✨🕯️ The iconic “Lady with the Torch” you see before Columbia films is based on a real person. The current version of the logo was created in 1992 by artist Michael J. Deas, who used a local New Orleans house painter named Jenny Joseph as his model. Jenny had never modeled before and posed during her lunch break, holding a simple desk lamp wrapped in a sheet to recreate the glow of the torch. Nothing glamorous, just clever creativity. Deas painted t