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 Hart, who then made one last bid for his kind of western.

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.

When Ball sold her share of Desilu to what became Paramount Television, Arnaz went on to form his own production company from the ashes of his share of Desilu, and with the newly formed Desi Arnaz Productions, he made The Mothers-In-Law ( at Desilu ) for United Artists Television and NBC, this ran for two seasons from 1967-68.

After leaving Paramount, she signed deals with various film companies, being cast in her first horror film roles among many other types of roles, including in The Bowery ( 1933 ) and Viva Villa ( 1934 ), both huge productions starring Wallace Beery.

Shortly after filming commenced, she suffered a breakdown ; and Paramount Pictures replaced her with Elizabeth Taylor.

Two of Grace Kelly's uncles were prominent in the arts ; her father's eldest brother, Walter C. Kelly ( 1873 – 1939 ), was a vaudeville star whose nationally known act The Virginia Judge was filmed as a 1930 MGM short and a 1935 Paramount feature, and another older brother, George Kelly ( 1887 – 1974 ), estranged from the family due to his homosexuality, became renowned in the 1920s as a dramatist, screenwriter and director with a hit comedy-drama, The Show Off in 1924 – 25, and was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his next play, Craig's Wife.

Loren became an international film star following her five-picture contract with Paramount Pictures in 1958.

Colbert arrived wearing a two-piece traveling suit which she had the Paramount Pictures costume designer, Travis Banton, make for her trip.

Colbert continued her stage career, but ultimately signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1928.

In 1933, Colbert renegotiated her contract with Paramount to allow her to appear in films for other studios.

Colbert arrived wearing a two-piece traveling suit which she had the Paramount Pictures costume designer, Travis Banton, make for her trip.

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.

In 1945, Colbert ended her association with Paramount Studios, and continued to free-lance in such films as Guest Wife ( 1945 ), with Don Ameche.

" The writer A. Scott Berg described Colbert as one of Paramount Studio's greatest assets, as she had " proved deft in all genres " and had " helped define femininity for her generation with her chic manner.

Rogers would soon get herself out of the Paramount contract — under which she had made five feature films at Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens — and move with her mother to Hollywood.

She went on to make a series of films with Fox, Warner Bros. (" Gold Diggers of 1933 "), Universal, Paramount, and RKO Radio Pictures and, in her second RKO picture, Flying Down to Rio ( 1933 ), she worked for the first time with Fred Astaire.

However, her life after leaving Starfleet for the Maquis is a subject for some novels ( which the copyright holder Paramount has treated as less canonical than the series and films ).

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.

Broke and on the verge of having his car repossessed, with no other options except a low-paying newspaper job in Ohio, Joe tries to persuade Paramount Pictures producer Sheldrake ( Clark ) to buy his most recent script, but fails after script reader Betty Schaefer ( Olson ) gives Sheldrake a harsh critique of the script in her summation.

After a while, Norma considers her script complete, and sends it to Cecil B. DeMille at Paramount and waits for his answer.

In 1926 – 1929 she also recorded many of her songs on Okeh Records and Paramount Records in Chicago.

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.

The following year in 1927, Wray was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures In 1928, director Erich von Stroheim cast Wray as the main female lead in his film The Wedding March, released under Paramount, a film noted for its high budget and production values.

In December 1928, Paramount Pictures signed him to a contract that reimbursed him for his airfare and initially paid him $ 600 per week with no screen credit during a six-month apprenticeship.

Cinderfella was postponed for a Christmas 1960 release, and Paramount, needing a quickie feature film for its summer 1960 schedule, held Lewis to his contract to produce one.

Whale traveled to Hollywood in 1929 and signed a contract with Paramount Pictures.

" Pickford first demanded ( and received ) these powers in 1916, when she was under contract to Adolph Zukor's Famous Players In Famous Plays ( later Paramount ).

One Fleischer series, Screen Songs, featured live-action music stars under contract to Paramount hosting sing-alongs of popular songs.

With the loss of the theater chain, Paramount Pictures went into a decline, cutting studio-backed production, releasing its contract players, and making production deals with independents.

In July 2011, in the wake of critical and box office success of the animated feature, Rango, and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract in 2012, Paramount announced the formation of a new division, devoted to the creation of animated productions.

On a contract with Paramount to produce another film on the order of Nanook, Flaherty went to Samoa to film Moana ( 1926 ).

Paramount obtained an exclusive contract with Foundation Imaging, the studio responsible for special effects during Babylon 5's first three seasons.

On October 23, 1930, by " mutual consent ," Paramount and Eisenstein declared their contract null and void, and the Eisenstein party were treated to return tickets to Moscow at Paramount's expense.

By April 1927, the Big Five studios ( First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing ) had put the Warner brothers in financial ruin, and Western Electric renewed Warner's Vitaphone contract with terms that allowed other film companies to test sound.

Shooting ended eight weeks later, at which time Jackie Cooper's contract with Paramount Pictures was transferred to MGM.

He signed a contract with Paramount Pictures and played his first American role in Innocents of Paris.

While under contract with Paramount, Chevalier's name was so recognized that his passport featured in the Marx Brothers film Monkey Business ( 1931 ).

In 1930, she was signed by Paramount Pictures to a seven-year contract.

Bitter contract disputes, including a threatened walk-out by the Marxes, crippled relationships between them and Paramount just as Duck Soup went into production.