To: illfigure The pseudo-conspiratorial view is tiresome. All the studio founders were minority stock holders, due to the large amounts of capital needed to build the studios, fund the initial slate, stay afloat during rough times, etc. Louis B. Mayer, for example, was fired by the board of directors. Nor did the moguls families retain control over the studios. You also ignored Disney and several smaller studios that weren't founded by Jews.
Nor were the founders somehow trying to spread Judaism or Jewish culture somehow. In fact, almost all the founders downplayed or buried their heritage, changing their names, intermarrying, a couple even converting. Sun and stars are universal symbols for obvious reasons; there's nothing specifically Jewish about any of the logos.
In the know: It has nothing to do with "American pride", but the judgment that a logo designed by an American for an American company in the 1930's is rather more likely to be based on the Statue of Liberty than an ancient Graeco-Roman goddess. Of course, there are antecedents to the "standing woman with torch aloft" figure, but even those aren't necessarily limited to Selene. The Statue of Liberty was actually designed in France, and thus may have much to do with the Marianne figure of the French revolution and republic.
The pseudo-conspiratorial view is tiresome. All the studio founders were minority stock holders, due to the large amounts of capital needed to build the studios, fund the initial slate, stay afloat during rough times, etc. Louis B. Mayer, for example, was fired by the board of directors. Nor did the moguls families retain control over the studios. You also ignored Disney and several smaller studios that weren't founded by Jews.
Nor were the founders somehow trying to spread Judaism or Jewish culture somehow. In fact, almost all the founders downplayed or buried their heritage, changing their names, intermarrying, a couple even converting. Sun and stars are universal symbols for obvious reasons; there's nothing specifically Jewish about any of the logos.
In the know:
It has nothing to do with "American pride", but the judgment that a logo designed by an American for an American company in the 1930's is rather more likely to be based on the Statue of Liberty than an ancient Graeco-Roman goddess. Of course, there are antecedents to the "standing woman with torch aloft" figure, but even those aren't necessarily limited to Selene. The Statue of Liberty was actually designed in France, and thus may have much to do with the Marianne figure of the French revolution and republic.