William Wadsworth Hodkinson
id:
william-wadsworth-hodkinson-303-11148855
title:
William Wadsworth Hodkinson
text:
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 nationwide film distributor, Paramount Pictures Corpora
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
American businessman and co-founder of Paramount Pictures
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wadsworth_Hodkinson
date created:
date modified:
2023-06-20T21:46:35Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q327582","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q327582"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/W_w_hodkinson.jpg","width":465,"height":640}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15