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_______ Pictures can trace its beginning to the creation in May, 1912, of the Famous Players Film Company.Founder Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor, who had been an early investor in nickelodeons, saw that movies appealed mainly to working-class immigrants.With partners Daniel Frohman and Charles Frohman he planned to offer feature-length films that would appeal to the middle class by featuring the leading theatrical players of the time . By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five filShow allms, and Zukor was on his way to success.While Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned _______ was a corporation so the other two companies were merged into _______.Soon the ambitious Zukor, unused to taking a secondary role, began courting Hodkinson and Lasky.In 1916, Zukor maneuvered a three-way merger of his Famous Players, the Lasky Company, and _______.The new company, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, grew quickly, with Lasky and his partners Goldfish and DeMille running the production side, Hiram Abrams in charge of distribution, and Zukor making great plans.With only the exhibitor-owned First National as a rival, Famous Players-Lasky and its "_______ Pictures" soon dominated the business.

Answer: PARAMOUNT PICTURES , Owned by VIACOM( Chairman and CEO- Brad Grey ).

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