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Sol Lesser (February 17, 1890 – September 19, 1980) was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.
- Julian Lesser (1915–2005), Marjorie Lesser Fasman
- Film producer
- Fay Grunauer Lesser (1913–?) (2 children)
Sol Lesser. Producer: Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. Sol Lesser entered the film industry as an exhibitor and the owner of a chain of movie theaters. His first "production" had an interesting story behind it. In 1915, while he was living in San Francisco, he learned that the authorities were about to clean out and close down the city's notorious ...
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- Spokane, Washington, USA
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- Hollywood, California, USA
Sol Lesser American motion-picture producer best known for his Tarzan movies. Lesser entered the world of motion pictures when in 1907 his father’s death made him the owner of the family nickelodeon. He branched out into distribution and production, producing a series of 19 immensely popular Tarzan
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Apr 25, 2014 · Walsh pushed him to campaign for the title role in the “Tarzan” movies, vacated by the Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller when MGM surrendered the rights to the series to the producer Sol Lesser.
But now that Producer Sol Lesser has had the insight to put it onto film—and to do so almost scene for scene and word for word—it is apparent that a finer original screen play could scarcely ...
Producer Born Feb. 17, 1890 in Spokane, WA. Died Sept. 19, 1980 in Westwood, CA. M otion picture pioneer Sol Lesser produced 117 feature films during more than 50 years in the movie industry. His was a career best remembered for its successes — especially the financial one that enabled him to become one of Hollywood's most notable ...
Sep 21, 1980 · Sol Lesser, a film pioneer who produced more than 100 motion pictures, including a series of Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller, and who introduced a rating system for audience guidance ...
