Production Company's (my chosen genre)

We have been asked to research on production companies that produce films in certain genres (in our case crime/gangster/post war film noir)


Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerateViacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio's headquarters is the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios.


Paramount Pictures have made many famous films such as:
Paranormal Activity
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump


Paramount have also produced many films of my chosen genre (post war Film Noir):

• Among the Living (Paramount, d. Stuart Heisler)
• This Gun For Hire (Paramount, d. Frank Tuttle)
• Double Indemnity (Paramount, d. Billy Wilder)
• The Blue Dahlia (Paramount, d. George Marshall)

Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. is a major production company in which have received many awards for their achievements in producing. Everybody has heard of the iconic name 'Warner Brothers' this maybe because of there work on producing world wide known films such as:

• Harry Potter
• Sherlock Holmes
• Lord of the Rings

Warner Bros  have also invested in creating animated  programmes/film and smaller animation producers/distributors and animators. these include:

• Looney Tunes (featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, Speedy Gonzales,Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Granny, Tweety, Baby Looney Tunes,Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, etc.)
• Tom and Jerry (Through Turner Entertainment Co.)
• Warner Bros. Animation
• The CW (in partnership with CBS)
• Warner Bros. Television
• Hanna-Barbera (The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Hong Kong Phooey, The Jetsons, Magilla Gorilla, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, Top Cat,Wally Gator, Wacky Races, The Smurfs, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Josie and the Pussycats, Jonny Quest, The Pirates of Dark Water, Space Ghost, Two Stupid Dogs, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, The Herculoids etc.)

Warner bros have created a few pre./post war film noir/mobster type films these include:

• They Drive by Night (Warner Bros., d. Raoul Walsh)
• High Sierra (Warner Bros., d. Raoul Walsh)
• The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros., d. John Huston)
• The Big Sleep (Warner Bros., d. Howard Hawks)