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  1. 4 juil. 2024 · Cecil B. DeMille, American motion-picture producer-director whose use of spectacle attracted vast audiences and made him a dominant figure in Hollywood for almost five decades. Among his notable films are The King of Kings, Cleopatra, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Ten Commandments.

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      Farrar made her American debut at the Metropolitan Opera...

    • Raymond Massey

      Raymond Massey (born August 30, 1896, Toronto, Ontario,...

    • Joel McCrea

      Joel McCrea (born November 5, 1905, South Pasadena,...

    • Gloria Swanson

      Gloria Swanson | American motion-picture, stage, and...

    • Jean Arthur

      When her movie contract expired in 1944, Arthur, who had a...

  2. Il y a 4 jours · She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award .

  3. 4 juil. 2024 · These included the Famous Players–Lasky Corporation (later Paramount Pictures, c. 1927), which was formed by a merger of Zukor’s Famous Players Company, Jesse L. Lasky’s Feature Play Company, and the Paramount distribution exchange in 1916; Universal Pictures, founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912 by merging IMP with Powers, Rex ...

  4. Il y a 6 jours · Paramount Pictures Corp. was established in 1914 by W.W. Hodkinson as a film distributor, offering Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Company, the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, and other producers an outlet for their movies.

  5. 25 juin 2024 · However, Famous Players-Lasky had snapped up the rights and were planning on making a version starring Glenn Hunter. Keaton decided to use a similar story revolving around a small town theater projectionist, who in this case dreams of becoming a famous detective.

  6. 9 juil. 2024 · Paramount Pictures — whose origins trace back to 1912 through the merging efforts of Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Co., Jesse L. Laskys Feature Play Co. and distributor Hodkinson ...

  7. 8 juil. 2024 · Founded in 1914 by Adolph Zukor, the company began as a film distributor, quickly rising to prominence by merging with production companies like Famous Players-Lasky. This move not only secured a...