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6 days ago · Carl Laemmle Jr at Universal Studios had to talk Whale into directing the Bride. Lured back with the promise of a bigger budget and more artistic freedom, Whale exceeded expectations and delivered a sumptuous gothic poem that is neither horror nor entirely a dark comedy, but an idiosyncratic essay that defies classification.
3 days ago · Universal Pictures was incorporated on this date in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, a German-born pioneer of the American film industry. Laemmle (pronounced lem-lee) was one of the first entrepreneurs to buy up nickelodeons and create a film-distribution network (which involved major legal battles with Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the motion picture ...
May 17, 2024 · In the Universal installment, there is a 1938 letter written by studio founder Carl Laemmle, in which he emphasizes his concern for European Jewry. Laemmle would help hundreds flee Nazi Germany.
May 11, 2024 · Carl Laemmle Jr., gilded son of a famous father, won an Oscar as the producer of All Quiet on the Western Front when he was 22. It was Junior who hired James Whale to direct Frankenstein, Junior who persuaded Carl Laemmle Sr. to take a chance on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
May 17, 2024 · In the Universal installment, there is a 1938 letter written by studio founder Carl Laemmle, in which he emphasizes his concern for European Jewry. Laemmle would help hundreds flee Nazi Germany.
2 days ago · In 1928, Laemmle Sr. made his son, Carl Jr., head of Universal Pictures, a 21st birthday present. Universal already had a reputation for nepotism—at one time, 70 of Carl Sr.'s relatives were supposedly on the payroll. Many of them were nephews, resulting in Carl Sr. being known around the studios as "Uncle Carl".
May 19, 2024 · Fact 1. Werewolf of London was released in 1935, making it one of the earliest werewolf movies ever made. Fact 2. The movie was directed by Stuart Walker and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. Fact 3. Henry Hull played the lead role of Doctor Wilfred Glendon, the werewolf. Fact 4.
