Adolph Zukor, the longtime president of Paramount Pictures and the true founding mogul of Hollywood, once said that his greatest fascination was “understanding audiences.” Yet his true talent ...

In March 1919, Adolph Zukor and William Randolph Hearst, the nation’s two most powerful media barons, one in moving pictures, the other in newspapers, announced a joint venture. Hearst was going ...

His movie company, Famous Players, later became Paramount Pictures Corp., and Adolph Zukor became one of Hollywood’s first tycoons. For the past 15 years, as chairman of the board, he has been ...

Paramount Pictures is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year — the studio having long ago reckoned that the 1912 founding of its two principal ancestors, Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players and ...

Widener Memorial Library yesterday received from Adolph Zukor, of Paramount fame, a gift of 500 prints from motion pictures he has made. Much hustle and bustle, due to the presence of reporters ...