Famous Players-Lasky Corporation of California

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was incorporated on June 28, 1916 from the Famous Players-Lasky Film Company, Bosworth, Incorporated, The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company and Pallas Pictures. Famous Players-Lasky acquired Paramount Pictures Corporation in the latter part of 1916.

In what would become a tortuously complex series of intercorporate restructuring from 1916 through 1927, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was not only a production company, it temporarily also became the official distribution arm for what were previously Paramount lines in circa 1920, and the Paramount name was reduced to nothing more than a brand name for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Along the line, Famous Players had created the Famous Players-Mary Pickford Company briefly in 1916, replaced by the Mary Pickford Film Corporation in August 1916, to produce Mary Pickford films, which were distributed by Adolph Zukor-controlled Artcraft Pictures Corporation. In January 1918, Artcraft Pictures became a production brand name for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. General film distribution was again designated to Paramount Pictures Corporation in the early 1920s. The official production entity for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was then briefly placed in Paramount Pictures Corporation in early 1927, until the new production entity Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation was created in September 1927.


Certificate: Common Capital Stock, unissued/uncanceled, early 1900’s

Printer: Security Bank Note Company

Dimensions: 8 1/2” (h) x 11 3/4” (w)

State: CA-California

Subject Matter: Sports and Entertainment | Motion Pictures

Vignette Topic(s): None

Condition: No fold lines or cancels, toning and edge faults from age.