What's come to be known as 'the mountain of dreams' began in 1914 as a boardroom doodle from the pen of W. W. Hodkinson, founder and president of Paramount Pictures Corporation, America's first nation-wide film distributor.
Paramount Pictures was founded in 1912 as Famous Players Film Company, and later changed to Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. In 1916, the studio become a wholly owned division of Famous Players. With the exception of a brief "blue period" (1975-1985), the studio's logo has remained surprisingly unstained since Hodkinson first shared his drawing with Adolph Zukor over 100 years ago.
![image showing The Paramount Pictures logo on the day it was originally painted. [1965]](3a0fe11a-f44f-5777-8a29-a9f4656a6890.jpg)
steffffles on January 21st, 2018 at 20:58 UTC »
I know its kind of stupid but i didnt even realise the original was painted
mrshatnertoyou on January 21st, 2018 at 21:06 UTC »
The original drawing is over 100 years old.
31_hierophanto on January 21st, 2018 at 21:54 UTC »
1965? You mean 1985, right?
This logo was made for Paramount's 75th Anniversary.