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Paramount Pictures
By: Danielle Plummer

Founder and Brief History Adolf Zukor founded Paramount Pictures as Famous Players Film Company in 1912. From our humble beginnings in 1912, The Studios at Paramount (the longest operating and only major studio remaining in Hollywood) has been on the ground floor of every major development in film - from the advent of motion pictures, to the emergence of television and onward through the digital revolution. Through it all, our passion for excellence has kept us on the forefront of movie making and leading the pack in innovation and technological development. This obsession was evident from the very beginning when we won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1927 - only a year after moving onto our current studio lot. (Paramount Studios website)

Legends Created at Paramount Pictures

Stars Rudolf Valentino Mae West Audrey Hepburn Bing Crosby More Recent Legends Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford Meryl Streep Tom Cruise Angelina Jolie Kate Winslet Leonardo DiCaprio

Directors
Cecile B. DeMille

D.W. Griffith Alfred Hitchcock

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Paramount Pictures Continuing to Make History

The chart only lists a FEW of the stars that got their first big break in a movie at their studio. Paramount Pictures continues making history today as the longest operating major studio in Hollywood California. The studios at Paramount have almost a century of experience providing the finest production services from development through post production. Along the way, theyve only become better at everything they do. Today, theyve emerged as an international leader in the production of film and TV entertainment. They engineer partnerships with projects large and small in a ceaseless effort to create celebrated movies, television shows, and commercials. ( This info was taken from the Paramount Pictures website)

Upcoming Movies from Paramount Pictures

Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 2014)

Hercules (July 2014)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (August 2014) Paranormal Activity 5 ( October 2014)

Interstellar (November 2014)

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (December 2014) Project Almanac (January 2015)

Spongebob Squarepants 2 (February 2015) Friday the 13th (March 2015)

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Monster Trucks (May 2015) Terminator ( TBA 2015) Mission Impossible 5 (TBA) Ripleys Believe it or Not (TBA)

The Brazilian Job a.k.a. The Italian Job 2 (TBA)

Films Shot in the Past

Paramount Pictures has been

around for almost a

century, so you could imagine that dozens of movies and television shows have been shot there. To list a few In Stage 24 Sister, Sister and Families Ties were filmed. Stage 25 had The Lucy Show, Cheers and Frasier among others. In Stage 28 which was constructed in 1930 were filmed Mannix, The Godfather Part II, The Great Gatsby, 1974, and Entertainment Tonight. On Stage 30 some of the productions shot there were The Godfather, 1972, Soul Train, Little House on the Prairie. In 1967 Paramount purchased the Desilu television studios from Lucille Ball and by 1969 Paramount studio went into television. Some of their series were quite popular such as: The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68) - Mission Impossible (1966-73) - Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-69) - The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) - The Odd Couple (1970-75) - Happy Days (19741984) - Laverne and Shirley (1976-1983) - Cheers (1982-1993) - Monk (2002-2009) and more.

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Below are pictures from Cheers, Star Trek and Monk. You can find all of this information here. Some of the shows shot there today include The Doctors, Dr. Phil, Glee, and Hung.

Paramount Pictures has been and continues to be a driving force within the entertainment/film industry. They allow visits to their lots and with such a vibrant history its worth taking a look at.