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    Does anyone know which mountain is the one pictured at the start of Paramount films?

    Question #22561. Asked by Giraffe. (Sep 12 02 10:13 AM)


    Tabby Tom

    		Many people say it is Ben Lomond (9,712 feeet) in the Wsatch range in Utah. But it may not be any actual mountain at all.

    http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3450/paramount_mountain.html

    Sep 12 02, 10:28 AM
    Brainy Blonde

    		I found this at Paramount's website.

    What is the history of the Paramount logo? Is the mountain real?

    A: The Paramount logo was established in 1914 by W.W. Jodkinson, a former movie exhibitor from Utah who negotiated a deal with Adolph Zukor to distribute his 'Famous Players in Famous Plays' motion pictures. On the way to a meeting in New York, Jodkinson passed a building complex bearing the name Paramount and doodled a star-crested mountain, possibly from memories of his childhood in the west, and that logo later became Paramount's trademark.
    http://www.paramount.com/studio/faq.htm

    Sep 12 02, 10:35 PM
    Pipipi

    		Other people says it's a Peruvian mountain, called Artesonraju.

    Check the picture of this mountain in the link. It looks very similar to the actual Paramount logo.

    http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/peaks/photos/artesonraju1.htm

    Jan 20 07, 11:55 PM

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