Here is his original article: http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/paramount-hits-a-new-peak
>From that article: "While the studio’s origins date back to 1912, and the release of the Sarah Bernhardt feature *Queen Elizabeth*, the mountain logo was first used in 1916 both in print advertising and onscreen.," In their press release, they wrote the above, and Leonard quoted it without checking it. So they are making 2012 their 100th anniversary (even though they were the Paramount Program from 1912 to 1915 when they actually all merged). Their mistake was in saying that their logo was not used in print until 1916 (they may well have been right when they said it was first used at the start of a movie in 1916). Who am I to judge? I wrote 75th when I should have wrote 95th because I didn't proofread my post! Bruce On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Dave Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > ...Not to mention, 1916 was 95 years ago, not 75, so they were WAAAAAAY > off! > ;-) > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, December 23, 2011 7:30 AM > *Subject:* [MOPO] I found a significant mistake that a major studio made! > > Wow! I found a significant mistake that a major studio made! Paramount > Pictures said that this year was the 75th anniversary of their famous logo, > because it was first used in 1916. But I knew otherwise, and proved it was > used as early as August, 1914, so they were off by two years. Read about it > Leonard Maltin's fine site here: > > http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/paramount-logo-revisited > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
