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- Pioneer Motion Picture Executive. As founder of the Loew's theatre chain and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, he played a major role in the emergence of Hollywood as the world's movie capital.
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Marcus Loew (/ l oʊ /; May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
Mar 21, 2024 · Marcus Loew (born May 7, 1870, New York City—died Sept. 5, 1927, New York City) was an American motion-picture executive and pioneer motion-picture theatre owner whose consolidation and expansion of his business interests helped establish Hollywood as the centre of the film industry.
May 29, 2018 · One of the pioneers in the motion picture industry, Marcus Loew (1870-1927) fashioned one of the nation's largest theater chains and then went on to found the young industry's premier studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Grandfather of Marcus Loew II. Despite his seemingly scant IMDB filmography, he was the most powerful man in the film industry. As the founder of Loew's Inc., he controlled the purse strings on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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- September 5, 1927
Marcus Loew. Producer: The Saphead. His film resume belies the fact that he was the most important man in motion pictures at the time of his death. Born as Max Loew in New York City to a poverty-stricken Viennese waiter, his life could've easily gone the the way of many boys of the east side slums, except that he was hyper-enterprising.
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- Queens, New York, USA
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- Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Marcus Loew ( / loʊ /; May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
Loew, a pioneer in the development of nickelodeons (by 1919, he owned 100 with assets of $25 million), built a vertically integrated movie production operation. He created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a Loew’s subsidiary in 1924, which became one of the “Big Five” in the movie industry.
