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  1. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Carl Laemmle Jr stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Carl Laemmle Jr stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit your needs.

  2. Carl Laemmle Jr. (born Julius Laemmle; April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979) was an American film producer - studio executive and heir of Carl Laemmle, who had founded Universal Studios. He was head of production at the studio from 1928 to 1936.

  3. Jan 12, 2022 · The brainchild of Universal's head of production Carl Laemmle Jr., a sound adaptation of Stoker's novel seemed a sure bet to ease the cash-strapped studio's Depression-era woes. However, "Dracula" would need a steady hand at the helm.

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    • Bela Lugosi was actually the filmmakers' original choice to play Frankenstein's monster. Having become a huge star just months earlier from playing the title role in Universal’s Dracula, Lugosi was the original choice to play the role of the Monster in Frankenstein, but he turned down the role because of the lack of dialogue.
    • Speaking of Bela Lugosi, that was not actually his real name. Bela was actually born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in 1882 in Hungary. Bela took the last name of Lugosi as a tribute to his hometown of Lugos in Hungary.
    • Oh, and Boris Karloff was not his real name either. He was born William Henry Pratt in the United Kingdom in 1887.
    • Karloff was actually discovered at the Universal commissary. James Whale, after taking over as director, saw Boris in the commissary and approached him, asking him if he’d like to audition for the role of the Monster in Frankenstein.
  5. Feb 19, 2019 · An entertaining Universal Pictures whodunit with an unusually large cast of familiar faces for a B-mystery, and enough twists and turns to hold your interest. Pre-code. Remade in 1946 as “Blonde Alibi.”. IMDB 6.3. Directed by Edwin L Marin. Released in 1934.

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  7. May 13, 2016 · This series focuses on one segment of the studio’s rich history—the period from 1928 to 1936, when the studio’s head of production was the founder’s son, Carl Laemmle, Jr. Known condescendingly as “Junior” Laemmle and the butt of endless Hollywood jokes (“the son also rises”), the younger Laemmle was in fact a sophisticated ...