Ya know, bad math and typos aside, the fact that a movie studio has been around for 100 years (or ALMOST 100 years) is pretty impressive. Not that studios today are what they were then, but still. Is Paramount the oldest US studio, or is it Universal? Seems to me Universal's been around since 1912.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] I found a significant mistake that a major studio made! Zeev It IS higher math, and my typo confused things more. They started as the "Paramount Program" which was separate studios releasing their product jointly, IN 1912. They didn't actually merge into a single real studio until 1915. So their true "100th Anniversary" isn't for 3 more years. But they wanted to celebrate NOW, so they made 2012 the 100th birthday, counting the three "Paramount Program" years. But in their press release, someone wrote that they didn't even use their famous logo until 1916, in print or onscreen, and that is what was wrong, and what I disproved! On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Zeev Drach <[email protected]> wrote: 1916, 1915, or 1914, the math still doesn’t work. 1915+75=1990. So what gives? Leonard Maltin talks about the 100th anniversary, but that still doesn’t work. 1915+100=2015! Am I misunderstanding the article or Bruce’s comment? Zeev From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: December 23, 2011 7:31 AM To: [email protected] 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 our auctions 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 our auctions 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. 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.
