Year book of motion pictures (1934)

PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX CORP. Holding and Operating Company Incorporated July 19, 1916, in New York « General Office, 1501 Broadway, New York a Equity receivers appointed in January, 1933, PRICE RANGE OF STOCK and bankruptcy trustees appointed in April, 1933. Earned *ear High Low PerSh. Charles D. Hilles, Eugene W. Leake and Charles ^ NEW STOCK E. Richardson, trustees in bankruptcy. 1933 OLD *STOCK — Organized in 1916 as Famous Players-Lasky (Stricken from New York Stock Exchange March s 3 _ j 1, 1933. I\ew stock traded m on New York Pro Corp., a merger of Famous Players Film Co., duce Exchange, with certificates listed on N. Y. Paramount Pictures Corp., and Jesse L. Lasky Stock Exchange) Feature Hay Co., Inc. Changed to Paramount j1933 ^ft ft ^ Famous-Lasky in April 1, 1927, and to Paramount 1931 ......... 50ft ^5ft ^2*08"°* Publix Corp. on April 24, 1930. 1930 77}4 34ft 615 J . J. . 1929 75ft 35 6.36 Activities include production, distribution, ex 1928 5fjft 47ft 4 22 hibition, theater operation, etc. On Nov. 18, 1932, (°Id stock, before 3-for-l split) operations were divided between four subsidiaries, 1927 115ft ^92^ 1*2*8' Paramount Distributing Corp., Paramount Inter 1926 ...127ft 103ft 10 8' national Corp., Paramount Pictures Corp., and 1925 114J4 90 ft 18.39 1924 98ft 61 20.08 1923 93 52 14.96 Paramount Productions, Inc. Capitalization: Common stoi shares authorized, 3,160,596 outstanding. 1920 95" 40 Capitalization: Common stock, no par, 4,000,000 !??? 107 ✓ 76H 14-70 o2y2 44ft 18.95 21.37 Dividend: None being paid. * Nine months deficit. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AT OCT. 1, 1932 (Last statement prior to bankruptcy) Assets Accounts Receivable: Advances to subsidiary companies (not consolidated) $218,224.74 Advances to outside producers (secured by film) 524,482.20 Film customers and sundries 3,572,069.99 Inventory: Released productions, cost less depletion. . . $8,392,642.34 Completed productions not yet released for exhibition 4,482,146.13 Productions in process of completion 2,095,727.08 Scenarios and other costs applicable to future productions 1,019,231.46 Rights to plays, etc. (at cost) 258,937.68 Securities Prepaid expenses Deposits to secure contracts Investments in subsidiary and affiliated companies not consolidated (including $13,055,705.74 investments in companies in which the voting stock owned is less than 65%) Fixed Assets: Land $69,736,055.50 Buildings, leases and equipment (after depreciation) 112,594,309.33 Premiums paid for capital stocks of consolidated subsidiaries 25,425,511.95 Advance payments on purchase of real property 515,259.37 (After applying approximately $13,000,000 appreciation in land values, based on independent appraisals of 1928 or prior thereto). Deferred charges Total $6,530,081.67 U. S. A. Companies $4,641,864.48 Foreign Companies $1,888,217.19 161,074.28 57,150.46 4,314,776.93 440,790.80 2,260,855.18 83,691.40 1,311,214.81 7,283,386.91 1,109,235.43 3,215,994.18 1,841,479.94 1,266,151.95 254,247.14 16,248,684.69 S48,777.41 258,937.68 170,454.05 740,193.42 2,180,727.83 40,103.93 1,754,050.56 700,089.49 426,677.27 $30,014,464.54 2,643,105.85 $22,747,315.35 2,522.798.23 $7,267,149.19 120,307.62 16,390,596.00 13,854, 376.64 2,536.219.36 61,629,790.09 8,106.265.41 90,661,601.33 21.932,708.05 13,097,654.03 12,327,857.92 208,271,136.20 515,259.37 5,033.614.89 4.301.091.44 732.523.45 Total Assets $262,352,917.48 $209,329,886.4S $53,023,031.00 894