a major film production company in this country that developed from the film distributor paramount pictures, begun by W.W. Hodkinson in 1914. hodkin had originated Paramount as the first national distributor of feature films and had handled films produced by such companies as Adolf Famous Players and the jesse L Lasky Feature companies Play Company. in 1916. ซูเค้อ drought together his own company with of lasky and a number of smaller companies forming the famous Players-lasky corporation: he managed also to dispossess ฮู๊ดกินสัน and bring paramount under his control. ซูเกิ้อ became president of the new organization and lasky head of production during the silent-film period the company became the leading force in motion pictures with zukor not only utilizing such directors as cacil B de mille D W Griffith and Erich von Stroheim and stars such as Mary pickford and Gloria but actively gathering into the fold large numbers of production distribution and exhibition in 1927 the company became the paramount famous lasky Corporation but when it obtained the large theater circuit of the development of sound especially with the films of Ernst Lubitsch and rouben mamoulian but overextension and some bad management led to financial difficulties in the 1930’s and bankruptcy in 1933. At which time in the company was reorganized and renamed paramount pictures corporation. Paramount recouped nicely and during the sound era of the studio system was second only to MGM. Paramount was significant for its comic productions. Featuring works by Lubitsch. Bilkly wilder and preston sturges and stars such as mae west W.C. fields. The marx brothers. Bob Hope. And Jerry Lrwis: for its epic films by de mille espercially his two versions of the ten com mandments in 1923 and 1956 and the Greatest show on Earth in 1952; and the films of merlene Dietrich direted by Joseph von Sternbeg.