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The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company – originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays – and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
Aug 27, 2023 · The company was the precursor to Paramount Pictures. The Lasky-DeMille Barn has been relocated to 2100 N. Highland Ave. Erected by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
In 1913, along with DeMille and his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later to become Samuel Goldwyn), Lasky established the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company with a starting capital of $26,500. His first feature was to be an epic western, The Squaw Man (1914) , acquired for the then-princely sum of $15,000.
- September 13, 1880
- January 13, 1958
In 1913 Lasky joined his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later Goldwyn) and his best friend Cecil B. DeMille to form The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. Director General DeMille took his cast and crew west, rented a barn on Selma and Vine, and made Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
JESSE L. LASKY was one of the pioneers of Hollywood’s motion picture industry. Born in San Francisco, California, on September 13, 1880, the son of shoe-store proprietor Isaac Lasky, his early years were characterized by failure.
The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company had a big hit with its first film, DeMille's western epic The Squaw Man, and its success jump-started the southern California film industry. For many years after that, the likeable Lasky showed he had the knack for turning out profitable pictures.
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So Jesse, Sam and Cecil formed The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Film Company, purchased the movie rights to a successful play “The Squaw Man,” and proceeded with plans to shoot the film in Flagstaff, Arizona.
