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Lewis J. Selznick (May 2, 1870 or 1869 – January 25, 1933) was an American producer in the early years of the film industry. After initial involvement with World Film at Fort Lee, New Jersey, he established Selznick Pictures in California.
Lewis J. Selznick. Producer: War Brides. Lewis J. Selznick, one of the pioneers of studio film production and the father of Oscar-winning Gone with the Wind (1939) producer David O. Selznick, was born Lewis Zeleznik in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire, into a poor Jewish family with 18 children.
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- Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 1, 1973 · Lewis J. Zeleznik, born in Kiev, Russia, in 1870, worked his way to the United States at the age of eighteen. He changed his name to Selznick and built up a successful jewelry retail business...
Sep 16, 2018 · That’s why Lewis J. Seleznick (sometimes Zeleznick) had his Petition for Naturalization approved at the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 29, 1894. Seleznick was in his 20s when he arrived in Pittsburgh sometime in early 1894 following his step-mother’s death in Cleveland in December 1893.
Lewis J. Selznick. Birth. 7 May 1869. Anyksciai, Anykščiai District Municipality, Utena, Lithuania. Death. 25 Jan 1933 (aged 63) West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
L ewis J. Selznick was a pioneering motion-picture producer in whose films a number of players first achieved stardom. Born May 2, 1870, in Kiev, then a part of Russia and now...
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Lewis J. Selznick was born around 1870 in the Russian Empire, most likely in Lithuania, rather than in Kyiv, Ukraine, as he claimed in his own publicity materials. He immigrated to the United States in 1888, first living in Pittsburgh, where he went into the jewelry business, and later New York City.
