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Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (also known as Columbia Pictures, Columbia, or CPII) is an American film studio that is currently a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and has had a long history of involvement with Disney. It was the second independent distributor of Walt Disney Productions' films following Pat Powers' Celebrity Productions and preceding United Artists. In addition, Columbia had licensed Q*Bert to Disney for its use in Wreck-It Ralph[1] and they were also the co-production company for Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

History[]

Pre-Disney events[]

Columbia was founded on January 10, 1924 by Jack Cohn, Harry Cohn, and Joe Brandt as a successor to Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which was established on June 19, 1918. and took its current name in 1968. It released its first feature film on January 15, 1924 with "Discontented Husbands".

Disney-related events[]

Columbia served as the distributor for Walt Disney Productions' Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies short subjects released from 1929 to 1932. A falling-out with Disney and Columbia led Disney to strike a deal with United Artists. United Artists would continue to distribute Disney short subjects from 1932 to 1937.[2]

Post-Disney events[]

Columbia acquired Winkler Pictures during production of their Krazy Kat cartoons.

Columbia Pictures Corporation was renamed to Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. in 1966.

Columbia was sold to Sony on September 28, 1989 for $3.4 billion.[3] It optioned script versions of a Spider-Man film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in April 1999.[4]

Filmography[]

Silly Symphonies[]

# Title Release Date
1 The Skeleton Dance August 29, 1929[5]
2 El Terrible Toreador September 26, 1929[5]
3 Springtime October 24, 1929[5]
4 Hell's Bells November 21, 1929[5]
5 The Merry Dwarfs December 19, 1929[5]
6 Summer January 16, 1930[6]
7 Autumn February 13, 1930[6]
8 Cannibal Capers March 13, 1930[6]
9 Frolicking Fish May 8, 1930[6]
10 Arctic Antics June 5, 1930[6]
11 Midnight in a Toy Shop July 3, 1930[6]
12 Night July 31, 1930[6]
13 Monkey Melodies August 10, 1930[6]
14 Winter October 30, 1930[7]
15 Playful Pan December 28, 1930[8]
16 Birds of a Feather February 4, 1931[9]
17 Mother Goose Melodies April 17, 1931[10]
18 The China Plate May 25, 1931[11]
19 The Busy Beavers June 27, 1931[12]
20 The Cat's Out July 28, 1931[11]
21 Egyptian Melodies August 27, 1931[11]
22 The Clock Store September 30, 1931[13]
23 The Spider and the Fly October 16, 1931[13]
24 The Fox Hunt November 18, 1931[13]
25 The Ugly Duckling December 16, 1931[13]
26 The Bird Store January 16, 1932[14]

Mickey Mouse[]

1930 (Re-releases)
  1. Steamboat Willie (January 31)[6]
  2. The Gallopin' Gaucho (February 14)[6]
  3. Plane Crazy (February 28)[6]
  4. The Barn Dance (March 14)[6]
  5. The Opry House (March 28)[6]
  6. When the Cat's Away (April 11)[6]
  7. The Barnyard Battle (April 25)[6]
  8. The Plowboy (May 9)[6]
  9. The Karnival Kid (May 23)[6]
  10. Mickey's Choo-Choo (June 20)[6]
  11. Mickey's Follies (June 26)[6]
  12. The Jazz Fool (July 5)[6]
  13. Jungle Rhythm (July 19)[6]
  14. The Haunted House (August 1)[6]
  15. Wild Waves (August 15)[6]
1930 (New releases)
  1. The Barnyard Concert[6]
  2. Fiddling Around[6]
  3. The Cactus Kid[6]
  4. The Fire Fighters[6]
  5. The Shindig[6]
  6. The Chain Gang[6]
  7. The Picnic[8]
  8. The Gorilla Mystery[8]
  9. Pioneer Days[8]
1931
  1. The Birthday Party
  2. Traffic Troubles
  3. The Castaway
  4. The Moose Hunt
  5. The Delivery Boy
  6. Mickey Steps Out
  7. Blue Rhythm
  8. Fishin' Around
  9. The Barnyard Broadcast
  10. The Beach Party
  11. Mickey Cuts Up
  12. Mickey's Orphans
1932
  1. The Duck Hunt
  2. The Grocery Boy
  3. The Mad Dog
  4. Barnyard Olympics
  5. Mickey's Revue
  6. Musical Farmer
  7. Mickey in Arabia

Marvel Studios/Marvel Cinematic Universe[]

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Touchstone Pictures[]

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