In 1930, she won a contract with Paramount Pictures after having been dropped by both 20th Century and Pathé Exchange.

Paramount dropped the format after only seven years, although for another forty years the format was used by some European and Japanese producers for feature films, and by American film studios for high resolution special effects sequences.

Paramount finally dropped plans for a remake in March 2011.

" The hyphen was dropped due to legal issues associated with the new association with Paramount beginning in mid 1927 following the bankruptcy of The Red Seal Pictures Corporation.

In 2004, Paramount dropped its shares in the park, and the name was reverted without the Paramount suffix.

Playing at the Paramount Theater in New York for $ 10, 000 a week in 1942, Thornhill dropped everything to enlist in the US Navy to support the war effort.

Paramount dropped her contract with the advent of talking pictures.

In 2008, Paramount Pictures announced that they had a new feature film adaptation of Dune in development with Peter Berg set to direct ; Berg dropped out of the project in October 2009, and director Pierre Morel was signed in January 2010.

Paramount finally dropped the project in March 2011.

" Wolf wrote 45 pages within only a few days, and dropped the script off at Paramount 15 minutes before his deadline.

The " Paramount " name was dropped from all of the parks after the 2006 season.

DeMille asked Paramount Pictures to put Tierney under contract, but the idea was dropped when he was arrested for fighting in a bar.

After the Paramount Parks were sold to Cedar Fair and all licensing rights were dropped, the rides within the park continued to operate with the Paramount movie names for the 2007 season.

By the time its days as an independent were coming to an end, WUAB was the Cleveland home of the various Star Trek series ( Deep Space Nine was in production then ) from Paramount Television, as well as an affiliate of the Action Pack ( which aired on WUAB from 1994 until 1997 ) and Prime Time Entertainment Networks ( which ended at the time WUAB dropped the WB ).

After being dropped from Fox, Eythe was able to do some work on television, and an occasional B-movie for Paramount or Columbia Pictures, but he primarily focused on theatre work.

Paramount Pictures, which was planning a film based on the book, dropped the idea in fear that fanatics would emulate the scenario in real life.

Until October 2009, KBVO-CA's programming was also seen on a group of translators formerly used to carry the Hill Country Paramount Network ; this ended after the KNVA simulcast was dropped in favor of KBVO's programming ( the translators continue to simulcast KNVA ).

" The movie's original distributor, Paramount, dropped it after pressure from black groups.

Judson dropped the name Melford and later worked for thirty years as an electrician for Paramount Studios using his real name of LeRoy, dying childless in Santa Clara, California in 1978.

A print was shepherded by Dr. Hart Wegner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for restoration by Jeffrey Masino, along with two other " lost " Hughes-produced films, The Racket ( 1928 ) and The Mating Call ( 1928 ), both originally released by Paramount Pictures.

In 1917 Hart accepted a lucrative offer from Adolph Zukor to join Famous Players-Lasky, which merged into Paramount Pictures.

Present at the premiere were William Wyler, Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Martha Scott, Ramon Novarro ( who played Judah Ben-Hur in the 1925 silent film version ), Spyros Skouras ( president of the 20th Century Fox ), Barney Balaban ( president of Paramount Pictures ), Jack Warner ( president of Warner Bros .), Leonard Goldenson ( president of the American Broadcasting Company ), Moss Hart ( playwright ), Robert Kintner ( an ABC Television executive ), Sidney Kingsley ( playwright ), and Adolph Zukor ( founder of Paramount Pictures ).

First National was the brainchild of Thomas L. Tally, who was reacting to the overwhelming influence of Paramount Pictures, which dominated the market.

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.

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.

The announcement was made by Brad Grey, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, who noted that enhancing Paramount's pipeline of pictures is a " key strategic objective in restoring Paramount's stature as a leader in filmed entertainment.

Sometimes he would spend all day in front of Paramount Pictures or Columbia Pictures and then skate to the Brown Derby to watch the stars who came and went for meals.

Since Roddenberry's death in 1991 and the consequent firing of Richard H. Arnold ( who vetted the licensed tie-ins for Roddenberry's " Star Trek Office " at Paramount during its later years ), there have been several references to the animated series in the various live-action series.

Adolf Zukor, who incorporates Paramount Pictures on May 8, 1914, launches his company as the distributor.

In the fall of 1928, he entered into talks with Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures who planned to move into radio in response to RCA's forays into motion pictures with the advent of talkies.

Although succeeded by Hua Guofeng, it was Deng Xiaoping, Zhou's ally, who was able to outmaneuver the Gang of Four politically and eventually take Mao's place as Paramount leader by 1977.

Edward I, who had coerced recognition as Lord Paramount of Scotland, the feudal superior of the realm, steadily undermined John's authority.

In some tribes of Sierra Leone, " A woman who is a Paramount Chief may have sexual intercourse with as many men as she pleases.

" Selznick let him go, and Laughton recommended comedian and Dickens scholar W. C. Fields for the part, who was borrowed from Paramount Pictures.

Subsequently, with a 175-page script draft by Joshua Zetumer, Paramount reportedly sought a new director who could do the film for under $ 175 million.

" Paramount contracted with the Schlesinger Corp., who made the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, to make an animated main title sequence, but this was not used in the film, if it was ever actually produced.

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.

In October 1942, after a story conference, the office sent Paramount a seven-page letter outlining their concerns, including remarks made by the character Emmy, who is 14 years old ; the potential of the film's portraying Trudy as being drunk ; and reducing anything to do with Trudy's pregnancy.

Bawdy double entendres, such as " I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night ", and " I feel like a million tonight — but only one at a time ", were the trademark of Mae West, in her early-career vaudeville performances as well as in her later plays and movies.

The film cost so much to make that at one point, Paramount negotiated its sale to Howard Hughes, who later pulled out of the arrangement.

Before the novel's publication, Anne Rice had sold the film rights to Interview with the Vampire to Paramount Pictures, who did nothing with the property for the ten years of their contract.

On March 13, 2012 Bert Fields, attorney for the estate of Mario Puzo filed a counterclaim against Paramount Pictures, who sued the estate to stop the author ’ s son, Anthony Puzo, from publishing a new sequel to his father ’ s classic Mafia saga, " The Godfather.

The completed script was shown to Paramount executives, who were very pleased.

Conti showed footage of the operation of a prototype to Paramount executives, who according to Conti, " loved it ...

In February 2002 Spears made her acting debut in the Paramount Pictures Drama film Crossroads which starred her sister Britney who portrayed the central character Lucy Wagner.