According to Robert Evans, head of Paramount Pictures at the time, Coppola also did not initially want to direct the film because he feared it would glorify the Mafia and violence, and thus reflect poorly on his Sicilian and Italian heritage ; on the other hand, Evans specifically wanted an Italian-American to direct the film because his research had shown that previous films about the Mafia that were directed by non-Italians had fared dismally at the box office, and he wanted to, in his own words, " smell the spaghetti ".

Coppola chose Brando over Ernest Borgnine on the basis of Brando's screen test, which also won over the Paramount leadership.

This led to the Supreme Court decision United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. ( 1948 ) holding that movie studios could not also own movie theater chains.

A number of films produced by independent companies and merely distributed by Paramount would also end up with other companies.

* Warner Bros. also owns the rights to several films originally distributed by Paramount that were produced by Lorimar Productions, which was purchased by Warner in 1989.

Some other Seven Arts projects released by Paramount in the mid-to-late 1960s also reverted to Warner while a few others, such as Assault on a Queen have been retained by Paramount.

* The De Laurentiis Entertainment Group library was initially distributed by Paramount in Canada, these films are also in the StudioCanal catalog, with MGM, Anchor Bay, and Fox each distributing some titles in North America ).

* Paramount also no longer owns North American rights to Meatballs.

* In 2004, Paramount bought all worldwide distribution rights to the original 1975 version of The Stepford Wives ( also released by Columbia ), in connection with the release of the remake.

Paramount also owns DVD rights to several films released by Miramax Films prior to that firm's acquisition by Disney in 1993, also a result of a deal.

* Paramount also owns ( through the Viacom merger ) US distribution rights to the 1951 film The African Queen, originally distributed by United Artists ( the international rights are with ITV Global Entertainment ).

* The Viacom merger also gave Paramount the TV rights to the pre-1984 New World Pictures library, under license from Roger Corman, the company's founder ;

* Paramount has also acquired ( through Trifecta Entertainment & Media ) the US TV and digital rights to most of the Carolco Pictures catalog, under license from StudioCanal, as a result of acquiring Spelling Entertainment Group, whose Worldvision Enterprises division had been distributing the Carolco library.

* Paramount has TV and digital rights to some films in the Nelson Entertainment catalog, also as a result of the Viacom merger, including the Bill & Ted films – all other rights, including Nelson's later films and the copyright to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, reside with MGM ( several other Nelson films are owned by Paramount for TV and digital distribution through the Spelling merger, as Worldvision at one point had rights to some Nelson films as well );

* Paramount also has TV / digital rights to Dead Man Walking, originally from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ; MGM owns other ancillary rights.

** USA Networks ( also including what is now called Syfy ) – Paramount owned a stake starting in 1982, 50 % owner ( with Universal Studios ) from 1987 until 1997, when Paramount / Viacom sold their stake to Universal ( now part of NBCUniversal )

Little news was forthcoming for months as Berman and Brannon Braga developed the untitled series, known only as " Series V ", until February 2001, when Paramount signed Herman Zimmerman and John Eaves to production design Series V. Within a month, scenic designer Michael Okuda, another long-time Trek veteran, was also signed.

Viacom also aimed to relaunch UPN as Paramount Network, using a logo based on the famous Paramount Pictures mountain logo and the " P " triangle of the UPN logo, which already stood for Paramount, as the new network logo.

Unfortunately, Paramount Records ' studio techniques and quality were bad, and the resulting recordings sound no better than if they had been recorded in a hotel room.

In fact, in May 1926, Paramount had Jefferson re-record his hits " Got the Blues " and " Long Lonesome Blues " in the superior facilities at Marsh Laboratories, and subsequent releases used that version.

When he had returned to Paramount a few months later, " Matchbox Blues " had already become such a hit that Paramount re-recorded and released two new versions, under producer Arthur Laibly.

Following basic training at Fort Monmouth, he was assigned to the old Paramount studios in Astoria, Queens ( where he had directed three films in the early 1930s ), although he was permitted to lodge at the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan.

The film tested very highly, and Paramount and Frankenheimer had high expectations for it.

In 1912, Adolph Zukor had formed Famous Players in Famous Plays – later Famous Players-Lasky and then Paramount Pictures – one of the first American feature film companies.

Roach signed with MGM, but Sennett found himself and Pathé Exchange in hard times, because the hundreds of exhibitors who had previously rented their shorts had switched to the new MGM or Paramount products.

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.

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.

With so many important players, Paramount was able to introduce " block booking ", which meant that an exhibitor who wanted a particular star's films had to buy a year's worth of other Paramount productions.

Paramount Pictures had been an early backer of television, launching experimental stations in 1939 in Los Angeles and Chicago.

The Paramount name was used for soundtrack albums and some pop re-issues from the Dot Records catalog which Paramount had acquired in 1958.

By 1970, Dot had become an all-country label and in 1974, Paramount sold all of its record holdings to ABC Records, which in turn was sold to MCA ( now Universal Music Group ) in 1979.

Viacom and Paramount had planned to merge as early as 1989

During their administration over Paramount, the studio had an extremely successful period of films with two of Paramount's ten highest grossing films being produced during this period.

In 1999, Viacom bought out United Television's interests, and handed responsibility for the start-up network to the newly acquired CBS unit, which Viacom bought in 1999 – an ironic confluence of events as Paramount had once invested in CBS, and Viacom had once been the syndication arm of CBS as well.

* The Paramount Lesson of Job: God's Glory Magnified by Faith Triumphant over Tribulation by J. T.

Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures was threatened by First National's financial power and its control over the lucrative first run theaters and decided to enter the cinema business as well.

Eventually, Charles Bluhdorn, the president of Paramount parent Gulf + Western, was won over to letting Brando have the role ; when he saw the screen test, he asked in amazement, " What are we watching?

" High Concept " pictures such as Saturday Night Fever and Grease hit big, hit hard and hit fast all over the world, and Diller's television background led him to propose one of his longest-standing ideas to the board: Paramount Television Service, a fourth commercial network.

When the talent agency Music Corporation of America ( better known as MCA ), then wielding major influence on Paramount policy, offered $ 50 million for 750 features released prior to December 1, 1949 ( with payment to be spread over many years ), a cash-strapped Paramount thought it had made the best possible deal.

Independent company Hollywood Classics now represents Paramount in the theatrical distribution of all the films produced by the various motion picture divisions of CBS over the years, as a result of the Viacom / CBS merger.

The text " VistaVision – Motion Picture High Fidelity " was often imposed over the Paramount logo briefly before dissolving into the title sequence.

This version of the Paramount logo was designed by Dario Campanile and animated by Apogee, Inc ; for this logo, the stars would move across the screen into the arc shape instead of it being superimposed over the mountain as it was before.

Most of the buildings are named for historical Paramount executives or the many great artists that worked at Paramount over the years.

In 1993 he said, "' Okay, YOU ( Paramount ) know what happened, and * I * know what happened, but let's try to be grownup about it for now ,' though I must say that the shapechanging thing nearly tipped me back over the edge again.

TrekUnited officials, however, still claimed to be in talks with Paramount over the future of the series at the time.

The Protectorate Ordinances ( passed in the Colony in 1896 and 1897 ) abolished the title of King and replaced it with " Paramount Chief "; chiefs and kings had formerly been selected by the leading members of their own communities, now all chiefs, even paramount ones, could be deposed or installed at the will of the Governor ; most of the judicial powers of the chiefs were removed and given to courts presided over by British " District Commissioners "; the Governor decreed that a house tax of 5s to 10s was to be levied annually on every dwelling in the Protectorate.

United Paramount Network ( UPN ) was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006.

In November, 1928, he recorded 4 sides for Gennett spread over two days ( 1 side was rejected ) and in 1931, he recorded 8 sides for Paramount ( during two sessions ) that were issued on the Broadway and Lyric labels.

In 1936, Colbert signed a new contract with Paramount Pictures, which required her to make seven films over a two-year period, and this contract made her Hollywood's highest paid actress.

Paramount wanted Sturges to stop using the same actors over and over again, but he felt that " these little players who had contributed so much to my first hits had a moral right to work in my subsequent pictures.

His three Chief Bards are named, and he is proclaimed King Paramount over the other kings.

He also represented Paramount Pictures in its appeal of the Buchwald v. Paramount case over Coming to America, and in other civil litigation.