Shooting Begins on Dr. Cyclops

Date: June 12, 1939 • Location: Washington, United States

Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film studio and distribution arm of Skydance Motion Pictures, itself a division of Skydance. Founded on May 8, 1912, it is the sixth-oldest global film studio and the second-oldest in the United States behind Universal Pictures, and it is, along with its sister studio Warner Bros. Pictures, one of the "Big Four" film studios.