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Carl Laemmle ( / ˈlɛmli / ⓘ; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films.
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.
Jan 17, 2017 · Carl Laemmle was forced out of the company in 1936 during the Great Depression and spent the last years of his life dedicated to saving Jewish families.
Jan 17, 2017 · Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures, wrote hundreds of affidavits to help refugees escape Europe
Jan 15, 2019 · Carl Laemmle is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.
Carl Laemmle Jr. (born Julius Laemmle; April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979) was an American film producer - studio executive and heir of Carl Laemmle, who had founded Universal Studios. He was head of production at the studio from 1928 to 1936.
Mar 11, 2023 · Carl Laemmle won the best picture Oscar for the 1930 "All Quiet on the Western Front." He also rescued hundreds of Jewish families from the Holocaust.
Carl Laemmle died in 1939 of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 72. As with most Hollywood studios, production boomed during WW2, and by 1945 the studio was averaging a release of one feature film per week.
While many contemporary observers disliked Rogers' handling of the so-called "New" Universal, the undeniable fact is that he saved the studio at a critical point in its history. Carl Laemmle died in 1939 of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 72.
Carl Laemmle, Sr. war ein deutscher Filmproduzent jüdischer Herkunft, mit, nach seiner 1886 erfolgten Auswanderung in die Vereinigten Staaten, verliehener amerikanischer Staatsbürgerschaft, der 1912 die heutigen Universal Pictures in Universal City im Los Angeles County begründete und bis 1936 leitete. In dieser Funktion gehörte er zu den ...
