Founded
May 8, 1912;
104 years ago(as Famous Players Film Company)
1914; 103 years ago (as Paramount Pictures)
Founders
W. W. Hodkinson
Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Headquarters
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Caifornia, United States
Key People
Brad Grey (Chairman and CEO)
Rob Moore (Vice Chairman)
Frederick D. Huntsberry (COO)
Parent
Viacom
Website
www.paramount.com
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Paramount Pictures- Wikipedia
Paramount Pictures Corporation
(known professionally as Paramount Pictures
and often referred to simply as Paramount)
is an American film production and distribution company,
located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, Califorina.
Founded in 1912, it that has been a subsidiary of the American media
conglomerate Viacom since 1994.
Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world,
the second oldest in the United States, and the sole member
of the "Big Six" film studios still located in the Los Angeles
neighborhood of Hollywood. Paramount is a member of
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio
to distribute all of its films in digital form only.
Paramount is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios.
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BACKLOT
A view of the western street as seen in a still from the 1957 Henry Fonda film, "The Tin Star".
Stuntperson in the buckboard is Martha Crawford Cantarini
The four colour photos of the Western Street are by John Gleeson
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Paramount Pictures- Wikipedia
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