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Jim Gianopulos Projector
In the 1900's and 2000's, major motion picture studios spent years triaging, and cataloging assets from around the globe. Yet we still acquire assets through the oddest of channels. Items such as the producer's copy of the original shooting script from "Foul Play", or the Alan Ladd cement signature on display in the tour center somehow find their way into our Paramount Archive. But not every item is necessarily related to a specific Paramount film. In this case, the early 1900's projector you see here was acquired by the former head of Paramount Pictures, Jim Gianopulos. Mr. Gianopulos, a devout Greek Orthodox, was tasked with finding a home for this camera owned by one of his church's parishioners. He agreed, and now the projector resides here in our collection. As a side note, Mr. |
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Gianopulos had a reputation of being a "film-makers exec". He stewarded a large number of highly successful films while here at Paramount Pictures and while at 20th Century Fox.
Quoted during the May 2014 USC School of Cinematic Arts commencement:
"Your questions will become the stories you'll tell, because ultimately, filmmaking is story telling. And stories are told by people with a sense of wonder, a desire to explore new ways of looking at the world, to relate to what's there and to explore what others don't see. The best filmmakers know are always the most curious. They're travelers, readers, lovers of art and food and music, of new experiences. They're the explorers, the searchers, the inventors". -Jim Gianopulos
Quoted during the May 2014 USC School of Cinematic Arts commencement:
"Your questions will become the stories you'll tell, because ultimately, filmmaking is story telling. And stories are told by people with a sense of wonder, a desire to explore new ways of looking at the world, to relate to what's there and to explore what others don't see. The best filmmakers know are always the most curious. They're travelers, readers, lovers of art and food and music, of new experiences. They're the explorers, the searchers, the inventors". -Jim Gianopulos
Vintage Upright Moviola Film Editing Machine
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Vintage Upright Moviola Film Editing Machine
The machine is designed to let film editors view and cut motion picture film frame by frame. The view screen features an angled viewing hood at the top right to project the film visually. The machine includes mechanical foot pedals at the base to control forward and reverse movement of the film. An associated gear sits next to a labeled film case and has reels mounted above. |
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Vintage Olive Green Moviola Editing Machine
This is a vintage olive-green Moviola film editing machine (likely an upright model UC-20 or similar series) decorated with a red ribbon and a "Desilu" sign next to a copy of The Making of Star Trek.
An upright film viewer and editor used by motion picture editors to view and sync 35mm or 16mm film. This particular piece appears on display as part of the Paramount Studio (which absorbed Desilu Productions) tour archive collection. Features an olive-green cabinet, foot pedals for forward and reverse control, a viewing hood, and mechanical sprockets. |
Vintage olive-green Moviola film editing machine.
For details on about Desilu Productions and its connection to Star Trek, click the button above.
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Paramount Archives
The Paramount Pictures archives — overseen by Senior Vice President of Archives Andrea Kalas and prop/costume archivist Randall Thropp — house over one million items detailing more than a century of cinema history.
The archives house a massive collection many production related items. Film and Video Assets: Film and video assets of roughly 3,000 feature films owned by the studio, 15,000 short-format programs, television files, and original camera negatives stored across the main lot, frozen facilities, and limestone vaults.
There is over 150,000 physical props and wardrobe pieces spanning classic Hollywood to modern releases. Uniquely holds over 12,500 pieces of studio-made costume jewelry dating back to 1923, which are frequently loaned to global museums.
The Archives includes scripts, production files (circa 1924–1970), 500,000 production stills, and historic press sheets.
Historic restoration partnerships, such as holdings at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, preserve early Paramount nitrate prints and features. Studios stopped using nitrate film because its highly flammable, toxic combustion, and chemical instability. These reasons made it unsafe for production, storage, and public projection, despite its superior image quality.
The archives house a massive collection many production related items. Film and Video Assets: Film and video assets of roughly 3,000 feature films owned by the studio, 15,000 short-format programs, television files, and original camera negatives stored across the main lot, frozen facilities, and limestone vaults.
There is over 150,000 physical props and wardrobe pieces spanning classic Hollywood to modern releases. Uniquely holds over 12,500 pieces of studio-made costume jewelry dating back to 1923, which are frequently loaned to global museums.
The Archives includes scripts, production files (circa 1924–1970), 500,000 production stills, and historic press sheets.
Historic restoration partnerships, such as holdings at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, preserve early Paramount nitrate prints and features. Studios stopped using nitrate film because its highly flammable, toxic combustion, and chemical instability. These reasons made it unsafe for production, storage, and public projection, despite its superior image quality.
Racks of various film and TV shows.
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Paranormal Activity 2
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Various formats of Star Trek and The Godfather 3.
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More various formats of Star Trek the Motion Picture.
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...and of course more Star Trek.
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Silver Bullet
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The Godfather Saga
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The Popeye Movie
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Friday the 13th
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Gladiator