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Paramount's Papa
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In 1925, when American Telephone & Telegraph Co. gave a private showing of sound-pictures of people singing, an orchestra playing, a drummer drumming, officials of the company waited anxiously for the verdict of the man for whom the showing had been arranged—Adolph Zukor, president of Paramount-'amous Players-Lasky Corp.* Mr. Zukor said then: "I think it will be good some day. I'd like to see somebody perfect it. Myself, I can't handle it until it's better." Last week Mr. Zukor said: "From now on at...
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