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From Torch Lady to Michelle Yeoh: Columbia Pictures Marks Its 100-Year Anniversary in Cannes With Legendary Leading Ladies Photo Exhibit
Columbia Pictures has teamed with the Municipality of Cannes for a free photographic exhibit in the historic city’s town square.
So, to mark its 100th anniversary, Columbia Pictures has teamed with the Municipality of Cannes to put the studio’s instantly recognizable Torch Lady and roster of legendary actresses on full display as part of a free photographic exhibit in the historic city’s town square, just off the Croisette and with the Palais and Mediterranean Sea serving as a backdrop. The exhibit, dubbed “Lighting the Way: From the Torch Lady to Leading Ladies,” includes outdoor installations emblazoned with Columbia’s longstanding symbol as well as more than 30 rare photographs from the studio’s archive spanning Hollywood’s Golden Age through present day, The photographs include ones of Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Claudette Colbert, Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Julia Roberts, Michelle Yeoh, and, naturally, “Gilda” star Rita Hayworth. Smith Goes to Washington,” “On The Waterfront,”“Lawrence of Arabia,”“To Sir With Love,”“Funny Girl”and “Taxi Driver” all the way up to“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” and the “Spider-Man” franchise.
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