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Paramount Pictures, Inc.

 Organization

Administrative History

Paramount Pictures, inc. (1912- ) is a motion picture production company based in California and formed out of the Famous Players Film Company.

The Famous Players Film Company was formed in 1912. Starting in 1914, Famous Players, as well as Lasky Feature Play Company, released pictures through the new Paramount Pictures Corporation. In 1927, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation that started in 1917 took the name Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Then, in 1930, it became the Paramount Publix Corporation. Paramount Pictures, inc. was formed by that name in 1936 out of a reorganization of Paramount Publix Corporation by Adolph Zukor. The company was divided in 1949 in a court-ordered separation of its motion picture production/distribution units and its movie theater chain. The production and distribution division was reorganized as Paramount Pictures Corporation, and the theaters as United Paramount Theatres.

Citation:
Wikipedia, website viewed April 12, 2016 (1912 Famous Players Film Company formed; 1914 Famous Players Film Company and Lasky Feature Play Company released films through Paramount Pictures Corporation; 1927 merged companies were called Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation; 1930 became Paramount Publix Corporation; 1936 became Paramount Pictures, Inc.; Formed by Adolph Zukor; 1949 company divided by court order; Production and distribution company called Paramount Pictures Corporation.)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Paramount Pictures pressbooks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312693]
Identifier: MSS SC 1431
Scope and Contents

Pressbooks for the Paramount Pictures' films "First Love" and "The Duellists." The items describe details of the film's production and gives biographies of the actors appearing in the films.

Dates: 1977-1978

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