Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- [Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was a motion picture production and distribution company. Established in 1916 in a merger of Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, the organization merged with Paramount Pictures in 1927 to form Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.]
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found: M'liss [MP] 1918 (name not given)
found: Copyright Cat. Mot. Pic. 1912-1939, 1951: p. 1043 (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
found: Int'l m.p. alm. 1982: p. 475 (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was incorporated July 19, 1916; merged with Paramount Pictures and changed name to Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation in 1927)
found: Int'l motion picture almanac 1982, 1982: p. 475 (Famous Players Film Company merged in 1916 with Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company; incorporated July 19, 1916 under the name Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
found: IMDB, Jan. 21, 2011 (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation; motion picture production and distribution company, active 1914-1927)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, viewed June 8, 2012: Jesse L. Lasky entry (as a result of the Great Depression...the Famous Players-Lasky Company went into receivership in 1933. Jesse Lasky then partnered with Mary Pickford to produce films) One rainy afternoon entry (released in 1936; first film for Pickford-Lasky Productions)
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- [Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was a motion picture production and distribution company. Established in 1916 in a merger of Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, the organization merged with Paramount Pictures in 1927 to form Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.]
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1986-07-14: new
2012-07-14: revised
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