Carl Laemmle
Production · 1867 – 1939 · Laupheim - Baden-Württemberg - Germany
Carl Lammle Sr. (1867-1939)was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century. Laemmle produced or worked on more than 400 films.
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Movie6.0DocumentaryThis short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
Round About Hollywood
1931 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryA documentary from Universal about their Phantom of the Opera movies.
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
2000 · 4 votes
Movie3.7DocumentaryA documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era.
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993 · 3 votes
Movie6.8DramaThis film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
Show Boat
1929 · 4 votes
- MovieComedy
Syd (Syd Saylor)is a punch-drunk, 10th-rate prizefighter who, since his manager can't book him any matches, turns to selling reducing machines for a living. He is trying sell one to a policeman's wife when her husband comes home and gets the wrong impression of what is going on.
Sid's Long Count
1930
Movie6.0MysteryAdventureA movie serial directed by Francis Ford.
The Broken Coin
1915 · 1 votes