William Wadsworth Hodkinson
Businessperson, Film producer
1881 – 1971
Who was William Wadsworth Hodkinson?
William Wadsworth Hodkinson, known more commonly as W. W. Hodkinson, was born in Independence, Kansas. Known as The Man Who Invented Hollywood, he opened one of the first movie theaters in Ogden, Utah in 1907 and within just a few years changed the way movies were produced, distributed, and exhibited. He became a leading West Coast film distributor in the early days of motion pictures and in 1914 he founded and became president of the first nation-wide film distributor, Paramount Pictures Corporation. Hodkinson was also responsible for doodling the mountain that became the Paramount logo in 1914. He left motion picture business in 1929 to form Hodkinson Aviation Corporation, and later formed the Central American Aviation Corporation and Companía Nacional de Aviación in Guatemala.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1881
Independence - Also known as
- William Wallace Hodkinson
- The Man Who Invented Hollywood
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Kansas
- Ogden
- Died
- Jun 2, 1971
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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