Famous Players Film Company

The Famous Players Film Company
IndustryMotion pictures
FoundedMay 8, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-05-08)
FounderAdolph Zukor
Defunct1916; 108 years ago (1916)
FateCorporate merger
SuccessorsFamous Players–Lasky
Paramount Pictures
Headquarters
Hollywood, California
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United States
PLAY: Andy's Dog Day (1921) by Wallace A. Carlson for Celebrated Players Film Corporation. An animated film with balloon texts, this short features the character Andy Gump, who is repeatedly harassed by dogs (duration 05:54).

The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful New York City theatre owners and producers.