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American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures (1880–1958)
Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer [1] Paramount Pictures , and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Early life
[ edit ] Lasky standing outside "The Old Barn ", where he and Cecil B. DeMille started a picture studio in 1913.
Born in to a Jewish family[2] in San Francisco , California , Lasky worked at a variety of jobs but began his entertainment career as a vaudeville performer, playing the cornet in a duo act with his sister Blanche.[3]
Career
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In 1911, Lasky was the producer of two Broadway musicals: Hello, Paris and A La Broadway .[4] Beatrice deMille was also producing plays on Broadway and she introduced him to her son Cecil B. DeMille .[5]
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
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In 1913 Lasky and his sister Blanche's husband, Samuel Goldfish (before changing his name to Samuel Goldwyn ), teamed with DeMille and Oscar Apfel to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, with Lasky as president.[3] feature film , DeMille's The Squaw Man Lasky-DeMille Barn , it is home to the Hollywood Heritage Museum .
Other films produced by the studio include the original version of Brewster's Millions The Call of the North Cameo Kirby The Circus Man The Ghost Breaker The Making of Bobby Burnit The Man from Home The Man on the Box The Master Mind The Only Son The Virginian The Cheat Carmen Kindling The Blacklist The Bottle Imp
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In 1916, Lasky's company merged with Adolph Zukor 's rival company Famous Players Film Company to create Famous Players–Lasky Corporation , with Zukor as president and Lasky as vice-president in charge of production.[1] [3] Astoria, New York , now known as the Kaufman Astoria Studios . Films produced by Lasky include What Every Woman Knows The Covered Wagon A Kiss for Cinderella Beau Geste Wings [1] Paramount Pictures Corporation.[6]
In 1927, Lasky was one of the 36 people who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . His Wings was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Financial problems arose within the industry as a result of the Great Depression and Lasky resigned in 1932 after personally losing $12 million.[1] [7]
Other producing roles
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He became an independent film producer and in 1935 formed a partnership with Mary Pickford to produce films but within a few years she dissolved their business relationship.[1] [3] [3]
Lasky then found work as an associate producer at RKO Pictures before becoming a producer at Warner Bros. until 1945 when he formed his own production company. At Warners he produced Sergeant York The Adventures of Mark Twain Rhapsody in Blue [1] The Great Caruso Bureau of Internal Revenue and was preparing another production with Paramount, The Brass Band , to help pay off the debt but died before production started.[1] [3]
Personal life and death
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Jesse L. Lasky died from a heart attack in Beverly Hills , aged 77.[8] [9] Hollywood Forever Cemetery , adjacent to Paramount Studios, in Hollywood.
He and his wife Bessie had three children Jesse L. Jr. , Betty and Billy.[1]
In 1957 he published his autobiography, I Blow My Own Horn .[10]
Legacy
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For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Lasky has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6433 Hollywood Boulevard. Lasky Drive in Beverly Hills was named in his honor.
References
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^ a b c d e f Katz, Ephraim ; Fred Klein; Ronald Dean Nolan (1998). The Macmillan International Film Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 795. ISBN 0-333-74037-8 OCLC 39216574 .
^ "Jesse L. Lasky – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB" . www.ibdb.com .
^ "Beatrice deMille – Women Film Pioneers Project" . wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu . Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
^ "Famous Players–Lasky Corporation" . SilentEra.com. Retrieved April 16, 2009 .
^ "J.L. Lasky Invokes New Bankruptcy Law. Listing $2,020,024 Liabilities and $134,718 Assets, He Asks Deal With Creditors" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 2, 2009 .
^ "Jesse Lasky dies" . Time the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2008 .
^ "Jesse L. Lasky, Film Pioneer, Dies at 77. Early Producer Who Helped Build Movie Industry Suffers Fatal Heart Seizure" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 2, 2009 .
^ Lasky, Jesse L. (April 11, 1957). "I Blow My Own Horn" . Doubleday – via Google Books.
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