Zukor, A.

Japanese: Zukor,A.(英語表記)ZukorA
Zukor, A.

…In the 1930s, eight major film companies were formed through connections with financial capital, of which Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and RKO were known as the "Big Five," while Universal, Columbia, and United Artists were known as the "Little Three." Paramount's predecessor was Adolph Zukor's (1873-1976) Famous Players Film Company. In 1912, Zukor, who had achieved great success by importing and distributing the feature film "Queen Elizabeth," starring the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt, to the United States, established the independent production company with the slogan "Famous Players in Famous Plays." …

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Japanese:

…1930年代に金融資本と結びついて八大映画会社が成立,そのうちパラマウント,MGM,20世紀フォックス,ワーナー・ブラザース,RKOが〈ビッグ・ファイブ〉,ユニバーサル,コロムビア,ユナイテッド・アーチスツが〈リトル・スリー〉といわれた。 パラマウントの前身はアドルフ・ズーカーAdolph Zukor(1873‐1976)のフェイマス・プレイヤーズ映画社。1912年,フランスの名女優サラ・ベルナール主演の長編劇映画《エリザベス女王》をアメリカに輸入配給して大成功したズーカーが,〈フェイマス・プレイヤーズ・イン・フェイマス・プレイズ(有名な戯曲による有名な俳優)〉をスローガンに設立した独立製作会社であった。…

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