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Beginning in 1914, both Lasky and Famous Players released their films through a start-up company, Paramount Pictures Corporation, organized early that year by a Utah theatre owner, W. W. Hodkinson, who had bought and merged several smaller firms.

Hodkinson and actor, director, producer Hobart Bosworth had started production of a series of Jack London movies.

Paramount was the first successful nation-wide distributor ; until this time, films were sold on a state-wide or regional basis which had proved costly to film producers.

Also, Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned while Paramount was a corporation.