Old Hollywood: First logos of the famous film studios

This time I want to travel back in time to show you how the famous logos of the film studious looked many years ago, when it all just began.

Columbia Pictures

Earlier name: A Columbia Production

It is the logo, which is shown before "It Happened One Night", released in 1934. Yes, it isn't the same girl, whom we can see before Columbia Pictures films. And without colours she looks creepy.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Earlier name: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

This studio was one of the first to work with Technicolor, but I found its first black-and-white logo. You can see it in such films as "The Big Parade" (1925) or "Ben–Hur" (1925).

Universal Studios

Earlier name: Universal Film Manufacturing Company

This black-and-white logo isn't the first, but it is the earliest one you can find. It was opening films since 1927 till 1936, and you can see it in "The Man Who Laughs" or "Imitation of Life", which was nominated for Best Picture, and many other classic films.

Walt Disney Pictures

Earlier name: Walt Disney Productions

Yes, this logo of Walt Disney Pictures didn't change much. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) was the first full-length animated film, made by Disney, and it has already begun with that castle, which is very familiar now to every child and adult in the world.

20th Century Fox

Earlier name: 20th Century Pictures Inc.

Nothing changed, except for colour and quality. This one is from 1930s, you can see it before "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939).

Old Hollywood: One lovely widow dress

It is easier to make a man to propose, when a woman is wearing something beautiful, which makes him to fall in love with her again. But Scarlett O'Hara managed to say 'Yes' while wearing... her widow dress for the second time! If you saw colourful "Gone with the Wind" by Victor Fleming, you saw those gorgeous attires Ms. or Mrs. O'Hara has worn. But Rhett Butler loved her not because of how she looked, though this one was incredibly elegant.

Vivien Leigh was perfect for this role. She wore every dress with such self-esteem. You can judge her heroine, but I adore her. And Clark Gable played the perfect man for her.

It isn't the last post dedicated to the costumes of Old Hollywood films, so stay tuned.

Old Hollywood: Marilyn Monroe as Clara Bow

I thought it's time to start a new feature on my blog. It is called "Old Hollywood", and I'm going to post something about classic films, actors, actresses and directors, many of whom are now forgotten, from time to time.

I don't know much about silent film actress Clara Bow, except that her life wasn't cheerful as she pretended. This photoshoot with Marilyn Monroe is also a play, which shows us that it is actresses' job to smile every time and seem to be happy, even if they don't feel like it.

These lovely pictures were made by talented photographer Richard Avedon.