Pair of Stock Certificates - Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures - 1950's-60's dated Motion Picture Co. Stock Certificates
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2 Entertainment Stocks; Columbia Pictures Corporation and Paramount Pictures Corporation. Two Stock Certificates. Pair of Stock Certificates.
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film studio and production entity that operates as part of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, which is a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational corporation Sony. The origins of what would later be known as Columbia Pictures trace back to the establishment of the Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation on June 19, 1918, by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn along with their business associate, Joe Brandt. The company adopted the name Columbia Pictures in 1924, functioning as Columbia Pictures Corporation until 1968, and it went public two years later. The studio eventually incorporated the image of Columbia, the female embodiment of the United States, as its emblem.
In its formative years, Columbia was a relatively minor entity in Hollywood; however, it began to expand in the late 1920s, largely due to a fruitful collaboration with director Frank Capra. Under Capra's direction and with the contributions of others, Columbia emerged as a leading studio for screwball comedies. During the 1930s, the studio's prominent contract stars included Jean Arthur and Cary Grant. In the 1940s, Rita Hayworth rose to prominence as the studio's leading star, significantly enhancing its success into the late 1950s. Other notable stars associated with the studio included Rosalind Russell, Glenn Ford, and William Holden.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, widely recognized as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American company engaged in film production and distribution, operating as a subsidiary of ViacomCBS. It ranks as the fifth oldest film studio globally and the second oldest in the United States, following Universal Pictures. Notably, it is the only member of the "Big Five" film studios that remains situated within the city limits of Los Angeles.
In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor signed contracts with 22 actors and actresses, each of whom was honored with a star on the company logo. In 2014, Paramount Pictures achieved a milestone by becoming the first major Hollywood studio to exclusively distribute its films in digital format. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California, United States. Paramount Pictures is also a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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