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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.
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.
Founder Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor, who had been an early investor in nickelodeons, saw that movies appealed mainly to working-class immigrants.
Founding father Adolph Zukor ( born in 1873 ) was still chairman emeritus ; he referred to chairman Barney Balaban ( born 1888 ) as " the boy.
Legend has it that the mountain is based on a doodle made by W. W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Adolph Zukor.
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.
The statuette, not yet known as the " Oscar ", was presented by Douglas Fairbanks to Clara Bow on behalf of the producers ; Adolph Zukor and B. P.
* 1897: A production by Lorimer Stoddard proved a great Broadway triumph for actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, was revived in 1902, and subsequently made into a motion picture by Adolph Zukor in 1913, starring Mrs. Fiske, of which no copies remain.
Adolph Zukor ( January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976 ), born Adolph Cukor, was a Hungarian film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures.
In 1912, Adolph Zukor established Famous Players Film Company -- advertising " Famous Players in Famous Plays " -- as the American distribution company for the French film production Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth starring Sarah Bernhardt.
* Adolph Zukor, The Public Is Never Wrong: My 50 Years in the Picture Industry ( New York: G. P. Putnam, 1953 )
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