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Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer [1] who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Jesse L. Lasky (1880-1958) was one of the first producers of the Hollywood film industry and its first genuine 'mogul'. He made the first feature shot in Hollywood, The Squaw Man (1914), and helped create Paramount Pictures, signing stars like Rudolph Valentino and Maurice Chevalier.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Learn about Jesse Lasky, one of the first gentlemen of Hollywood, who produced hundreds of films and co-founded Paramount Pictures. Explore his timeline, filmography, image gallery, legacy, contemporaries, family and books.
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Learn about the life and career of Jesse L. Lasky, one of the founders of Hollywood's motion picture industry. From vaudeville to Paramount, from The Squaw Man to Sergeant York, discover his legacy and achievements.
Jesse Lasky was a Jewish American film producer. Born in San Francisco, California, Lasky was one of the founders of the motion picture industry. As a young man he was a newspaper reporter, a gold prospector in Alaska, and then vaudeville promoter.
Jesse L. Lasky Timeline - 1880-1958. Jesse Louis Lasky born on September 13 in San Francisco CA, the son of shoe-store proprietor Isaac Lasky and his wife Sarah. [summer?] Vacation in Adirondaks, meets Bessie Ginzberg December, marries Bessie Ginzberg in Boston.
The most powerful man in Hollywood during the heyday of the silent film, Jesse Lasky (1880-1958) was a pioneering movie mogul who co-founded Paramount Studios. A studio executive known for being prolific, Lasky was credited with producing more than 350 motion pictures between 1921 and 1930.