COLUMBIA PICTURES

a film company established in Hollywood, California, USA, in 1920 as CBC Sales Film Corporation to produce low-budget westerns and comedies, etc. (CBC are the initials of its three founders, Harry Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry's brother Jack Cohn.) In 1924 the company changed its name to Columbia Pictures and began producing successful major films. Columbia also took advantage of the introduction of television, and through a subsidiary called Screen Gems produced and sold programs of old movies to television stations, soon becoming one of the top film companies in Hollywood.