Silent Studio Directory - 227 - Paragon Pictures Corp - US - 1920-1934 - production company located in Long Beach, California. Paralta Plays, Inc. – US – 1917- 1918 – production company formed March 22, 1917 with Carl Anderson as president and Nat L. Brown as general manager; studios located at Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, California; new studio built in 1918 at Melrose Ave and Van Ness; distribution through W. W. Hodkinson; ceased production in fall of 1918 and Robert Brunton took over the studio. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. - US – 1916-1930 – production and distribution company formed by several mergers and headed by Adolph Zukor; name was changed after loss of a federal anti-trust lawsuit. Paramount Film Co. - US - 1910 - distribution company with offices located at 61 West 14th Street, New York. Paramount Film Co. Ltd – UK – 1914-1915 – distribution company formed by H. B. B. Smith, Ernest Stevens and L. Taylor; offices located at 99a Charing Cross Road, Westminster and then moved to 191 Wardour St. Paramount Pictures Corporation - US - 1914-current – distribution company formed by W. W. Hodkinson May 8, 1914; Adolph Zukor took control in 1916 and changed name to Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. and expanded into production; in 1930, name was changed back; had distribution companies in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. [see Progressive Pictures]