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Signature. Adolph Zukor ( / ˈzuːkər /; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) [1] was a Jewish Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. [2] He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. [3] [4]
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- 1903–1959
- Film producer
- One of the three founders of Paramount Pictures
Jul 31, 2023 · Adolf Zukor. Zukor was a hard worker; he got into the penny-arcade business, and then he operated a chain of movie theaters with Marcus Loew, whom he had met through the fur industry. They formed Loew's Enterprises, but Zukor became increasingly frustrated with the hurdles he had to overcome to get films to show in his theaters.
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Feb 12, 2016 · Adolph Zukor. Adolph Zukor (1873-1976) was born in Hungary, and orphaned by the time he was just 7 years old. He was raised by his uncle, the local rabbi, and once had dreams of becoming a rabbi himself. At the young age of 16, he set out on his own and immigrated to the US with just $40.
Jul 31, 1988 · The next morning Adolph Zukor called about 50 Paramount executives to his Savoy-Plaza suite and demanded to know why they ... When Albert Einstein visited the studio, Jack boasted of having told ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Adolph Zukor (born Jan. 7, 1873, Ricse, Hung.—died June 10, 1976, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) was an American entrepreneur who built the powerful Famous Players–Paramount motion-picture studio. Immigrating to the United States at age 15, Zukor entered the penny-arcade business in 1903. Between 1904 and 1912 he and his partner Marcus Loew ...
