| Paramount Pictures Corporation |
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| Type of Company |
Production and distribution company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
Active August 1914, to present |
| Company Principals |
W.W. Hodkinson (1914-1916)
Adolph Zukor (1916-unknown)
Jesse L. Lasky (1916-unknown) |
| Company Offices |
unknown |
| Company Studios |
Hollywood, California |
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Paramount Pictures Corporation was originally a distribution company for Bosworth, Incorporated, Famous Players Film Company, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, Oz Film Manufacturing Company, and Pallas Pictures. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation purchased Paramount circa September-October 1916. In January 1918, Paramount became a distribution brand name for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Distribution responsibilities were returned to the Paramount name in the early 1920s. The company became a production company in early 1927 and then, in late 1927 production activities were consolidated under the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation name.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 68, 81, 82, 168, 192, 194, 427, 433, 574.
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