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The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company – originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays – and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful New York City theatre owners and producers. History [ edit ] Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs , a famous theater club where Charles and Daniel Frohman were members.
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company — originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays — and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company.
The case Federal Trade Commission v. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, et al resulted in a cease and desist order for block booking on July 9, 1927, as well as a demand for reform on Paramount theater purchasing.
Jul 19, 2022 · Item Details. Title: The story of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Creator: {"Paramount Pictures Corporation","Famous Players-Lasky Corporation","DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, former owner. fmo UPB"} Date: 1919. Language: English. Collections: Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema. This scan made possible by:
The Historian Is Paramount. ABSTRACT: This essay considers how the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Famous Players-Lasky (FPL) in the 1920s helped construct a legacy of film-historical practice subtending our current understanding of the studio system.
Apr 11, 2011 · Other parts are celebrating the growth of the cinema in a way that can only be called intoxicated - also encouraging you to see the film industry and Famous Players-Lasky (the future Paramount) as one and the same thing.
