Glorifying the American Girl
1929
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2 days ago · Paramount Pictures, founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor, was instrumental in creating the first nationwide distribution network. Zukor's practice of vertical integration, controlling production, distribution, and exhibition, laid the groundwork for the studio system.
3 days ago · Paramount Pictures — whose origins trace back to 1912 through the merging efforts of Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Co., Jesse L. Lasky’s Feature Play Co. and distributor Hodkinson ...
4 days ago · Abstract Expressionism, broad movement in American painting that became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s. The movement comprised many styles varying in both technique and quality of expression. Artists include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler.
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6 days ago · Whether it was called Viacom or CBS or Paramount Global, Paramount has been an actual family business, and will remain so The post Hollywood’s Family Business: Paramount Passes From the Redstones to Ellisons appeared first on TheWrap.
1 day ago · Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures.
5 days ago · Paramount Pictures — whose origins trace back to 1912 through the merging efforts of Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Co., Jesse L. Lasky’s Feature Play Co. and distributor Hodkinson — helped lay down the crucial foundations of the nascent movie business.
6 days ago · 1912: Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (The Loves of Queen Elizabeth) a French silent film starring Sarah Bernhardt which was completed with funds from Adolph Zukor who “brought it to New York where it was released” today.
