Sunday 8 May 2016

THROWBACKTHISDAY, MAY 8; Paramount Pictures is founded


On Thisday 8th may 1912 Paramount Pictures is founded. Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Studios or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is an American film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood.
It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the 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 the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, and America's oldest running studio, founded in 1912.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 104 years and TBT Blog remembers

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