| LC control no. | n 90704959 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) |
| Variant(s) | Paramount Company Paramount Film Company Paramount Pictures |
| See also | Absorbed corporate body: Pallas Pictures Founder: Hodkinson, W. W. (William Wadsworth), 1881-1971 Product of merger: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation |
| Biography/History note | Paramount Pictures Corporation was a motion picture distribution company. Established in 1914 by W. W. Hodkinson, the company was acquired by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation in 1917. In 1927 it was merged with Famous Players-Lasky and reorganized as the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. |
| Beginning date | 1914 |
| Ending date | 1927 |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Distribution |
| Found in | Beggar on horseback [MP] 1925: credits (Paramount Pictures) AFI cat.: features 1911-1920, index, 1988: p. 246 (Paramount Pictures Corporation, a distribution company formed in 1914; in 1918 changed name to Paramount Pictures [1918-1927]) Int'l m.p. alm. 1982: p. 475 (Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [1927-1930] formed in 1927 from a merger of Paramount Pictures and Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [1916-1927]) IMDB, Jan. 7, 2011 (Paramount Pictures; motion picture production and distribution company) Wikipedia, Jan. 20, 2011 (Paramount Pictures Corporation; est. in 1914 by W. W. Hodkinson; merged to form Famous Players-Lasky Corporation in 1916) Int'l dir. of company histories, 2008: p. 343 (Paramount Company; Paramount Film Company; film-distribution company; purchased by Adolph Zukor in 1916) Engulfed, 2001: p. 11 (Paramount Pictures Corporation; consolidated with Famous Players-Lasky in 1917) p. 18 (reorganized as Paramount-Famous-Lasky in 1927) Wikipedia. Pallas Pictures. (translated), via WWW, viewed June 18, 2019 (Pallas Pictures, founded 1915; headquarters California; founded by Frank Garbutt and Oliver Ivers. A small production company from 1915 to 1918, which was incorporated by Paramount Pictures. Produced twenty-eight films, including, The Call of the Cumberlands (1916).) <https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas_Pictures&prev=search> |
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