a
reference to Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a
major motion picture corporation in
Hollywood,
California, USA, founded in 1914. Paramount quickly rose to prominence by specializing in light entertainment suitable for the family, and featuring such top
stars as Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. The studio produced the first "big western," The Covered
Wagon (1923), and the biblical
epic The Ten
Commandments (1923). In 1927, it began
producing newsreels that showed in theaters. The newsreels were first presented as silent films and were promoted with the
slogan "The Eyes of the
World." With the
advent of
sound, the newsreels gained a voice and became "The Eyes and Ears of the
World." The studio produced films throughout the twentieth century and became one of the most
successful motion-
picture studios in
Hollywood.
short for Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a
motion picture distributor and studio created by Adolph Zukor (1873 - 1976, Hungarian-born film pioneer who emigrated to the US) and other film pioneers of the early 1900s. It is one of the top
motion picture companies in the US.
short for Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a
motion-
picture distributor and studio created by Adolph Zukor (1873 - 1976, Hungarian-born film pioneer who emigrated to the US) and other film pioneers of the early 1900s. It is one of the top
motion-
picture companies in the US.