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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 production prop drawings and blueprints for The Ten Commandments

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8988
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 35 original hand-drawn prop drawings and blueprints for the 1956 film The Ten Commandments. The credited art director on most of the drawings is Walter Tyler, but other artists who contributed include signatures, legible or not, that appear to read "J. G. Hulsey," "Waller," and "Gobruege". Materials dated approximately 1955.

Dates: Approximately 1955

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