[b][/b]Quoting huskersports:

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... Paramount Pictures Corporation has been using Paramount Pictures since their inception.

No, the trade name has been is use since 1914, but, the companies using this trade name has varied, as follows:

Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC) was founded by W. W. Hodkinson on 08-May-1914. On 15-May-1914, he signed 5-year contract with Famous Players Film Company, the Lasky Feature Play Company and Bosworth, Inc. to distribute their films ==> https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Paramount_Pictures

SUMMARY OF COMPANY NAME CHANGES
In 1916, Adolph Zukor bought out PPC and merged Famous Players, the Lasky Company and PPC into Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
In 1927, name changed to Paramount-Famous Lasky Corporation (01-Apr-1927)
In 1930, name changed to Paramount Publix Corporation (24-Apr-1930)
In 1935, name changed to Paramount Pictures, Inc.
On 31-Dec-1949, company split into Paramount Pictures Corporation (production/distribution) and United Paramount Theaters (exhibition).

In particular:
From 1935 to 1949, trade name and company name matched (Paramount Pictures, Inc.).
From 1914-1916 and 1950 to current (as at 2026), the company name was Paramount Pictures Corporation.

So, if trade name only is shown in the credits, I use the trade name in the profile.
If both trade name and trade name company owner are displayed in the credits, I use the company name (the rules explicitly state to enter company names).

Quoting huskersports:

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... Never in my 18 years using DVD Profiler has ANYONE contributed Paramount Pictures Corporation as a studio name. ...

Hmm, sorry to disappoint, that statement has no veracity, based on my experience with the database.

From my research, majority of Paramount films from the 1950's had no opening presentation credits, just a trademark logo of a mountain surrounded by stars, with either "A Paramount Picture" or "A Paramount Release" overlay, in the opening/end credits:

Screen credits from this decade displayed company name(s) in the film's copyright (typically, Paramount Pictures Corporation), and for independent productions, "A Company Name production" credit.