Thanks for posting I’ve seen this before but did not save it. Also was curious about the backstory and found this -
https://athenstoday.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/who-is-the-girl-of-columbia-production-company-learn-the-story-behind-the-symbol-of-american-production-company/
Logo - sorry for the slide but there is a youtube about the model and artist very nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUT2-1HSkQ
wonder what she thinks of the gif.