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Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures ), and the sole member of the "Big Five" film studios located within the ...
- (February 12, 1914-January 25, 1917) Visuals: Over a black background is a mountain above a few clouds surrounded by stars. There is text over the mountain reading
- (January 29, 1917-June 11, 1927) Closing variant (A) Paramount-Artcraft variant. Early variant (A) Early variant (B) Early variant (C) Variant seen on Buster Keaton shorts.
- (January 22, 1927-November 28, 1953) German version. French version. 1930 Swedish opening version. 1930 Swedish closing version. 1939 Swedish opening version.
- (October 12, 1934-November 7, 1949) Visuals: 1934-1936: There is a mountain shooting above a cloud deck, with a ring of 19 or 24 stars (similar to the 5th logo).
- 1914
- 1914–1917
- 1917–1968
- 1967–Present
Despite Paramount Pictures as a film studio being established on May 8, 1912, the actual Paramount Pictures name first materialized in 1914, during the company's early years as a distribution company. Paramount would become a wholly owned division of Famous Players Film Companyat around 1916.
During this period in 1914, Paramount's logo (designed by William Wadsworth Hodkinson) consisted of a drawing of a mountain peak placed inside a circular field of 29 stars with the company name in a script font, a design which has since been passed onto all of the company's subsequent logo designs.
Compared to the previous logo, this one was simplified, and the number of stars was decreased to 24, one for every actor that had a contract with the studio at the time. This logo was still used in the byline on the Paramount Televisionlogo until 1968.
In November 1967, Paramount modified the logo by removing the clouds at the foot of the mountain, and then updated the text to drop the word "Pictures". Two of the stars were also dropped, reducing the number to 22. Despite this, the logo was never updated on-screen to this variant until 1974.
Sep 15, 2020 · Building on a Mountain of Brand History. William Wadsworth Hodkinson, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, decided on the name Paramount in 1927 after seeing it on the side of an apartment building, says Andrea Kalas, SVP of archives for Paramount Pictures. As for the famous mountain logo, Hodkinson drafted it himself while sitting at his desk.
Feb 14, 2018 · For the 75th anniversary of the company in 1987, artist Dario Campanile was commissioned to paint a new representation of the mountain, which would serve as the basis for a new version of the logo. This iteration was created entirely through cutting-edge CGI graphics. In 2002, the logo was redesigned once more, this time pushing the location of ...
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Logos: 1934-1936 Variant:We see a mountain shooting above a cloud deck below. A ring of 19 or 24 stars, similar to the one seen on the Paramount blue mountain logo are seen. In an unusual font, we see the words "A Paramount Picture". 1936-1949 Variant:We see a brown mountain with a brownish sky.
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May 6, 2013 · May 6, 2013. What's come to be known as 'the mountain of dreams' began in 1914 as a boardroom doodle from the pen of W. W. Hodkinson, founder and president of Paramount Pictures Corporation ...
