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 ".

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.

When initially developed, Paramount Pictures ( owners of the Star Trek franchise ) wanted the Klingon language to be guttural and harsh and Okrand wanted it to be unusual, so he selected sounds that combined in ways not generally found in other languages.

However, Paramount studio heads wanted to give the role to Danny Thomas in the hope that Thomas would have his own production company throw in its lot with Paramount.

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 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.

Paramount wanted a war, and they ’ re going to get one.

Soon, every studio in Hollywood ( except for Paramount ) and even overseas wanted her services.

Garfield had been approached by Hollywood studios before — both Paramount and Warners offering screen tests — but talks had always stalled over a clause he wanted inserted in his contract, one that would allow him time off for stage work.

Several months were spent working out the budget ; because of the disappointing box office returns of The Final Frontier, Paramount wanted to keep the sixth film's budget approximately the same as the previous installment, although the script called for space battles and new aliens.

In the wake of Disney's inarguable triumph with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, Paramount top brass finally acquiesced to Fleischer's longstanding appeals to produce feature-length animated films — and now they wanted one for a Christmas 1939 release.

When asked by Paramount Pictures if he wanted to reprise the role for the third feature, Nimoy agreed and told them, " You're damned right, I want to direct that picture!

In addition, Paramount wanted to go with an A-list director, paying Niccol extra money " to step aside.

NBC officials wanted to move the XFL games to afternoons after the first season ( 2001 ) due to dismal ratings, and when, somewhat to McMahon's surprise and disappointment the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) wanted to follow suit, the league was then folded and the team disbanded.

After several other writers and composers considered musicalizing the comic strip, Al Capp finally made a deal in 1955 with the eventual creators for a musical to be financed by Paramount Pictures, which wanted to follow the stage version with a film musical.

Roddenberry was aiming for an hour long pilot, but Paramount wanted a two hour show and eventually won out.

Paramount executive A. C. Lyles maintains that Ford wanted to make the picture but Paramount had not the budget available.

With a $ 10 million dollar investment, Paramount built their own chain of first-run movie theaters after a secret plan to merge with First National failed.

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.

In 1930, he co-directed three films at Paramount, and his weekly salary was increased to $ 1500.

Even the flagship Paramount building in Times Square was sold to raise cash, as was KTLA ( sold to Gene Autry in 1964 for a then-phenomenal $ 12. 5 million ).

But Viacom prevailed, ultimately paying $ 10 billion for the Paramount holdings.

On December 11, 2005, The Paramount Motion Pictures Group announced that it had purchased DreamWorks SKG ( which was co-founded by former Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg ) in a deal worth $ 1. 6 billion.

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.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider debuted at number one with $ 48. 2 million, giving Paramount its second-best debut and the fourth-highest debut of 2001.

The Time Warner merger was almost derailed when Paramount Communications ( Formerly Gulf + Western, later sold to Viacom ), launched a $ 12. 2 billion dollar hostile takeover bid for Time Inc., forcing Time to acquire Warner for $ 14. 9 billion dollar cash / stock offer.

The deal came to fruition in September 1929: Paramount got 49 percent of CBS in return for a block of its stock worth $ 3, 800, 000 at the time.

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.

Released worldwide on 30 June 1971 and distributed by Paramount Pictures ( Warner Bros. is the current owner ), the film had an estimated budget of $ 2. 9 million.

On May 19, 1945, DuMont opened experimental W3XWT in Washington, D. C. A minority shareholder in DuMont Laboratories was Paramount Pictures, which had advanced $ 400, 000 in 1939 for a 40 % share in the company.

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 purchased Sturges's script for Sullivan's Travels for $ 6, 000.

He agreed and encouraged Paramount Pictures executives to purchase the rights from the playwrights for $ 250, 000 and offer them $ 10, 000 per week to write the screenplay.

Like other Star Trek actors Kelley received little of the enormous profits that the franchise generated for Paramount, until Nimoy, as executive producer, helped arrange for Kelley to be paid $ 1 million for Star Trek VI ( 1991 ) which would eventually be his final live action film appearance.

The distribution rights were sold to Paramount for five years for a sum of $ 75, 000, which helped Murnau pay off Flaherty.

Nimoy and Shatner each received $ 2. 5 million for the film, less than their original demands, but the film cast's rising salaries caused Paramount to create a new television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1987 ), with less-expensive, unknown actors.

The civil government of the liberty was vested in the Marquess of Exeter, as Lord Paramount of Peterborough and custos rotulorum ; around 40 magistrates appointed by the crown ; and a high bailiff of the city appointed by the dean and chapter of Peterborough Cathedral.

Marlon Brando's Pennebaker Productions had paid $ 40, 000 for the rights to Authentic Death and then signed a contract with Stanley Kubrick to direct for Paramount Pictures.

In 1942 alone his salary at the Café Society went up from US $ 40 a week to US $ 450 ; he appeared on radio shows, opened in two Broadway shows ( Keep Them Laughing, Top-Notchers ), played at the Paramount Theatre, appeared in an MGM movie ( Du Barry Was a Lady ), and booked into La Martinique at US $ 4, 000 a week.

Cromwell starred with Will Rogers in Life Begins at 40 for Fox Film Corporation in 1935, it was one of Rogers ' last roles and Poppy for Paramount in 1936 wherein Cromwell played the suitor of W. C. Fields ' daughter, Rochelle Hudson.

All through the teens and twenties, he built the Publix Theatres Corporation, a mighty chain of nearly 2, 000 screens, ran two production studios, and became an early investor in radio, taking a 50 % interest in the new Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928 ( selling it within a few years ; this would not be the last time Paramount and CBS crossed paths, as time proved ).

Extravagant offers lured Dietrich away from Paramount to make The Garden of Allah ( 1936 ) for independent producer David O. Selznick ( she received $ 200, 000 ) and to England for Alexander Korda's production, Knight Without Armour ( 1937 ) ( at a salary of $ 450, 000 ).

* In October 2006, Christie's auctioned 1, 000 lots of official Star Trek contents from the CBS Paramount Television studios.

Paramount considered spending close to $ 240, 000 to send Roddenberry's ashes into space — a move that had the backing of fans — but decided against it ; his remains would make it into space along with 22 others in 1997.

On the Paramount deal DeSylva said no, but that he himself would, and he gave them a check for $ 15, 000.

He moved to California and accepted a contract with Paramount for $ 1, 000 a week, joining other famous songwriters working for the Hollywood studios, including Harry Warren ( Warners ), E. Y. Harburg ( MGM ), Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin at Paramount.

In August 1982, Williams stormed off the set and filed a $ 20, 000, 000 lawsuit against Paramount.

In May 1932, Helen Kane filed a $ 250, 000 infringement lawsuit against Max Fleischer and Paramount Publix Corporation for the " deliberate caricature " that produced " unfair competition ", exploiting her personality and image.

It was also the first arcade game to be advertised on television, with a commercial produced by Paramount Pictures for $ 150, 000.

Paramount Pictures paid Glyn $ 50, 000 for the concept, gave her a small part in the film as herself, and gave her a " story and adaptation " credit.

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.