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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
motion picture company formed in 1916 from the merger of Famous Players Film Company

Famous Players Film Company

The Famous Players Film Company was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios....
and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Jesse L. Lasky

Jesse Louis Lasky, Sr. was a pioneer Hollywood film producer, a key founder of Paramount Pictures with Adolph Zukor, and father of screenwriter...
. The deal, guided by Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor

Adolf Zukor, born Adolph Cukor, was a film Media proprietor and founder of Paramount Pictures.He was born to a Jewish family in Ricse, Hungary, which was then a part of the Austria-Hungary empire....
, saw this new entity make a concurrent deal with W. W. Hodkinson

W. W. Hodkinson

William Wadsworth Hodkinson , known more commonly as W. W. Hodkinson, was born in Independence, Kansas. Known as The Man Who Invented Hollywood, he opened one of the first movie theaters in Ogden, Utah in 1907 and within just a few years changed the way movies were produced, distributed, and exhibited....
that resulted in Famous Players-Lasky Corporation becoming the parent company of Hodkinson’s Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
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Famous Players is still the name of a chain of movie theaters in Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
under the auspices of Cineplex Entertainment

Cineplex Entertainment

Cineplex Entertainment limited partnership , based in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest Canadian operator of movie theatres, and the dominant chain in virtually all significant markets from British Columbia to Quebec....
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Famous Players Lasky Corporation operated laboratories at Sixth Avenue and Pierce Avenue in Long Island City, New York around 1925.