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Paramount’s Dominican connection: how a film empire anchored in the Caribbean

Santo Domingo.- Paramount Pictures may be synonymous with Hollywood glamour, but its history is deeply intertwined with the Dominican Republic thanks to Charles Bluhdorn, the industrial magnate behind Gulf+Western’s acquisition of the studio in 1966. Bluhdorn, who had strong ties to the island, transformed Paramount into a global powerhouse while quietly positioning the Dominic... Read more

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