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2 days ago · Unsure if audiences would respond (and if the censors would let the idea happen), Carl Laemmle Jr pursued his vision. Turning to Tod Browning who by this time has made his fortune directing silent films (around 50 at this point), they worked on an adaptation of Dracula – the first ‘talkie’ Horror movie.
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".
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Apr 18, 2024 · In that, we learn a little bit about Carl Laemmle Jr., the Universial studios executive often cited as bringing about the birth of American horror films. Laemmle Jr. was the son of Universal’s founder, and was disrespected by his peers as a ‘nepo hire’ long before the nepo baby discourse took off.
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Apr 21, 2024 · Carl Laemmle Jr. dies, 40 years to the day after his father. Battle of Galactica attraction is added to the Tram tour. The tram is stopped by a robot in a tank and ordered into a soundstage where an elaborate robotic laser attack is enacted on the tram.
May 1, 2024 · Carl Laemmle (born Jan. 17, 1867, Laupheim, Ger.—died Sept. 24, 1939, Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S.) was a German-born U.S. film producer. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1884, he worked at various jobs in Chicago before opening a nickelodeon there in 1906 and becoming a leading film distributor.
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Apr 23, 2024 · His collaboration with screenwriter William Hurlbut and producer Carl Laemmle Jr. helped bring Shelley's story to life on the silver screen. Boris Karlo ff reprised his role as the monster, delivering a poignant and sympathetic performance that humanized the character.
Apr 17, 2024 · In Browning’s film, Dracula bites Renfield, crouching down to his unconscious body. The image fades to black before we see contact, probably because studio boss Carl Laemmle, Jr. was concerned about imagery that could be taken as homosexual in content (Rhodes 2014, 163).
