Paramount Pictures is an American film studio, regarded as the oldest surviving major film studio in Hollywood. It traces its origin to the Famous Players Film Company, formed by Adolph Zukor, who produced feature-length films with stars of the stage, and which later merged with the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company. Paramount became a distributor in 1914 and was soon one of the biggest studios, with silent-era stars such as Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino. It later released classics such as Sunset Boulevard, The Godfather and Titanic, and it also owned television operations. Its logo, a mountain ringed by stars, is among the best known in cinema. The studio is based in Hollywood, at Melrose Avenue.
Before and after
- 23 March 1912Birth of Wernher von Braun
- 27 March 1912Birth of James Callaghan
- 15 April 1912Birth of Kim Il-sung
- 30 April 1912Founding of Universal Pictures
- 8 May 1912Founding of Paramount Pictures
- 6 June 1912Eruption of Novarupta
- 23 June 1912Birth of Alan Turing
- 17 July 1912Founding of World Athletics
- from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926Taishō era
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- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
The era
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