The film premiered at Hollywood's Paramount theater in May 1955, under the title Bride of the Atom.

A single screening of the film was presented at the Hollywood Paramount.

The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America and the Independent Producers ' Association declared war in 1925 on what they termed a common enemy — the " film trust " of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, and First National, which they claimed dominated the industry by not only producing and distributing motion pictures, but by entering into exhibition as well.

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 ".

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.

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.

After leaving Paramount, Wray signed to various film companies.

It was released by the studio where the Marx Brothers began their film career, Paramount Pictures.

Harold and Maude is a 1971 American dark comedy film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures.

* 1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures ' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

The duo began their Paramount film careers in 1949 as ensemble players in My Friend Irma, based on the popular radio series of the same name.

After the split from Martin, Lewis remained at Paramount and became a major comedy star with his first film as a solo comic, The Delicate Delinquent ( 1957 ).

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.

After Fighting Mad, Demme directed the comedy film Handle with Care for Paramount Pictures in 1977.

Their feature film for Paramount Pictures, Easy Come, Easy Go, was canceled when Berry, as well as the film's director and other crew members, were seriously injured in a railroad accident while shooting the movie in Chatsworth, California in August 1965.

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.

In 1933, Pickford underwent a Technicolor screen test for an animated / live action film version of Alice in Wonderland, but Walt Disney discarded the project when Paramount released its own version of the book.

Paramount Pictures considered this film the outstanding comedy of the year, but when the producers left Paramount for another studio, Paramount withdrew its support for the movie.

Jefferson's two songs released on Okeh have considerably better sound quality than on his Paramount records at the time.

A Paramount employee told biographer Orrin Keepnews that Jefferson was a womanizing sloppy drunk ; on the other hand, Jefferson's neighbor in Chicago, Romeo Nelson, reports him as being " warm and cordial ," and singer Rube Lacy states that Jefferson always refused to play on a Sunday, " even if you give me two hundred.

In 1992, Bernard Luskin, Philips Interactive Media, and Eric Doctorow, Paramount Worldwide Video, successfully put the first fifty videos in digital MPEG 1 on CD, developed the packaging and launched movies on CD, leading to advancing versions of MPEG, and to DVD.

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.

There was disagreement between Paramount and Coppola on the issue of casting ; Coppola stuck to his plan of casting Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, though Paramount wanted either Ernest Borgnine or Danny Thomas.

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

* Paramount on Parade ( 1930 )

The 1994 Paramount release of Terror of Mechagodzilla listed a running time of 89 minutes on the slipcase, implying that this release would be the longer version first shown on American TV.

However, a number of them ( of varying quality ) were shown the following year on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK ; it has not been disclosed how these scenes were saved or where they came from ; possibly the source was the Criterion laserdisc.

", was issued in late 1959 on the ABC Paramount label.

* The 1946 Paramount film O. S. S., starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald, showed agents training and on a dangerous mission.

Older Paramount logo, based on a design by founder W. W. Hodkinson in 1914.

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.

It was this system that gave Paramount a leading position in the 1920s and 1930s, but which led the government to pursue it on antitrust grounds for more than twenty years.

Eventually, Zukor shed most of his early partners ; the Frohman brothers, Hodkinson and Goldwyn were out by 1917 while Lasky hung on until 1932, when, blamed for the near-collapse of Paramount in the Depression years, he too was tossed out.

Digital Cinema Initiatives ( DCI ) was formed in March 2002 as a joint project of many motion picture studios ( Disney, Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal, and Warner Bros. Studios ) to develop a system specification for digital cinema.

In March 2010, Paramount founded Insurge Pictures, an independent distributor of " micro budget " films.

The remaining live-action films through March 2006 remained under direct Paramount control.

Production of the fourth season concluded on March 8, 2005, and by the end of the month, Startrek. com was reporting the Enterprise sets had been taken down, marking the first time that Stage 9 at Paramount Studios has been without Star Trek sets since the late 1970s.

The agreement specified that Paramount would buy that same stock back by March 1, 1932 for a flat $ 5, 000, 000, provided CBS had earned $ 2, 000, 000 during 1931 and 1932.

The call letters were changed to WABC-TV on March 1, 1953, after ABC merged its operations with United Paramount Theaters, a firm which was broken off from former parent company Paramount Pictures by decree of the U. S. government.

Paramount finally dropped plans for a remake in March 2011.

To promote the film, Paramount showed a 20 minute preview on television on 21 March 1944, with stills from the film, narration by Eddie Bracken, and an interview with Diana Lynn.

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.

In total, McDaniel recorded 7 sessions ; 1 in summer of 1926 for the rare Kansas City label Meritt, 4 sessions in Chicago for OKeh ( late 1926-late 1927 )-of the 10 sides, only 4 were issued, and 2 sessions in Chicago for Paramount ( both in March, 1929 ).

Paramount then gave the part to March, who was under contract and who strongly resembled Barrymore.

March had played a John Barrymore-like character in the Paramount film The Royal Family of Broadway ( 1930 ), a story about an acting family like the Barrymores.

* March 31 – Elvis Presley films a screen test for Paramount Pictures.

It was closely followed by another example of pure boogie-woogie, " Honky Tonk Train Blues " by Meade Lux Lewis, recorded by Paramount Records ; ( 1927 ), first released in March 1930.

In the U. S., newsreel series included The March of Time ( 1935 – 1951 ), Pathé News ( 1910 – 1956 ), Paramount News ( 1927 – 1957 ), Fox Movietone News ( 1928 – 1963 ), Hearst Metrotone News ( 1914 – 1967 ), and Universal Newsreel ( 1929 – 1967 ).

However as of March 2012, it has been rumoured that Olive Films ( under exclusive license from Paramount / Republic ) aquired the rights to the 66 non-public domain Betty Boop cartoons and is currently restoring them for a DVD and Blu-ray release, although nothing is confirmed.

The production company declared bankruptcy in December 1923 ; and in March 1924 Paramount Records bought the Black Swan label.

On March 23, 2012 Olive Films announced plans to release in DVD and Blu-ray formats the 66 Betty Boop cartoons which are not in the public domain, under exclusive license from Paramount / Republic.

In March, Paramount hired Nolan as well as scientists from Caltech, forming a workshop who will begin adapting the treatment after completing the script for Warner Bros .' The Chicago Fire.

In March 1992 the concept was picked up by USA Networks, then a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios.

* Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin and the Chipettes in Cinderella, Cinderella ( Released by Paramount Home Video on March 30, 2010 )