Talk:Paramount Pictures

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Movie pictures

We should add random pictures from Paramount Movies like how the Warner Brothers article has random pictures from WB movies.--SpongeSebastian 02:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Early history - cartoons

There needs to be mention of Paramount Pictures' involvement in cartoon from 1927-1967 and their relation with Max Fleischer and Famous Studios. See http://www.cartoonresearch.com/paramount.html jnothman ^talk 09:20, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Paramount Mountain logos

What happened to the Paramount logos? Make a Paramount logo page just like the MGM Lion page. King Shadeed 20:20 5 May, 2006 (UTC)

Done. I have added more Paramount logos as per the Universal Studios article. I will add more as soon as I have some DVDs that have earlier versions of the logo. --Green451 16:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had always heard the the mounaint was based on the Matterhorn is this true? NauticaShades 08:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

actually, the logo came from mount shasta which is in northern california, near a small town called etna. the mountain is over half of everest, the summit at over 14,500 feet. the paramount pictures logo is a little skewed but it is still mount shasta. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.251.170 (talk • contribs) .

The story I read, perhaps in one of Milt McAuley's books, is that the logo was inspired by Sugarloaf Peak. That's a small but prominent mountain besides beside Malibu Lake, a small movie colony, and the Paramount Ranch, in the Santa Monica Mountains. Though it may have been the inspiration, it certainly wasn't the model. The logo looks much more like the Matterhorn (and nothing like Shasta, so far as I can tell). -Will Beback · † · 11:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have always known that Paramount mountain is the Monviso (Italy, 12600 ft). (Photo: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immagine:Monviso_da_strada_per_Barge-2.jpg)

Source?

What is the source for this? I can't find anything about it on the net. I have moved it from the intro to the 1980s - current section but will remove it if no source can be found. Paramount Pictures purchases TriStar Pictures to cost $1.7 billion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Small black sun (talk • contribs)

It's an anonymous user who's been adding variations of this to Paramount Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Warner Independent Pictures, and one or two others I'm forgetting right now. Someone with a rich fantasy life, I guess. —tregoweth (talk) 02:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tristar was formed as a joint venture of CBS, Columbia Pictures and HBO in 1982. It went public in 1984. Coca-Cola, the then owner of Columbia Pictures, bought out CBS and HBO in 1986 and then spun off Tri-Star and Columbia Pictures to the shareholders as a tax free dividend. This is the entity which was then acquired by Sony in 1987.

Unlock

Unlock this page right now! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.216.121.47 (talk • contribs)

If there's something you'd like to add, you can either post it here, or sign up for an account, wait a few days, and you'll be able to add it yourself. —tregoweth (talk) 02:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Logo font

What font was used for the Paramount logo? --Ryanasaurus007 23:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The lettering was probably specially created for the logo, and not from a font. —tregoweth (talk) 06:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or should I have phrased it as "what font was created for the Paramount logo?" --Ryanasaurus007 00:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's from a font; it was probably based on hand-lettering by an artist. —tregoweth (talk) 02:13, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

nonsense grammer

What did the author really intend to write here? It makes no sense:

"Mae West would in fact had to Paramount's success with her movies She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel. "