Carl Laemmle
German-American film producer (1867-1939) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 72
Carl Laemmle was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures.
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Round About HollywoodFilm1930
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All WetFilm, Producer1925
The Calgary StampedeFilm, Producer1924
Love and GloryFilm, Producer1923
Men in the RawFilm, Producer1916
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaFilm, Producer1915The Cry of the First BornFilm, Producer1914
Damon and PythiasFilm, Producer1911
The DreamFilm, Producer1909HiawathaFilm, Producer1867Born17 January 1867Known for
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All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
The Man Who Laughs 1928
The Phantom of the Opera 1925
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
Trolley Troubles 1927
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Mary Pickford Carl produced Sweet Memories (1911)
ZaSu Pitts Carl produced All Quiet on the Western Front (1931)
Lois Wilson Carl produced Seed and The Dumb Girl of Portici
Laura La Plante Carl produced The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Owen Moore Carl produced Sweet Memories (1911)
Mary Philbin Carl produced The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
George Siegmann Carl produced The Cat and the Canary (1927)
King Baggot Carl produced The Black Cat (1934)
Norman Kerry Carl produced The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Priscilla Dean Carl produced The Virgin of Stamboul (1920)
Hoot Gibson Carl produced Step on It! and The Thrill Chaser
Reginald Denny Carl produced Only Yesterday (1933)
Nigel De Brulier Carl produced The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Cesare Gravina Carl produced The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Sam De Grasse Carl produced The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Lydia Yeamans Titus Carl produced A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
Lon Chaney Carl produced The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Leo White Carl produced The Devil's Pass Key and Wine
Rupert Julian Carl produced The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
Walter Long Carl produced The Shock, Wine and Sutter's Gold
Sidney Bracey Carl produced Magnificent Obsession (1935)
Rose Dione Carl produced Drifting and Under Two Flags
Charles Arling Carl produced Sweet Memories and Artful Kate
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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. Laemmle received the Academy Award for Outstanding Production for All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), produced by his heir Carl Laemmle Jr..
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Erich Maria RemarqueAlso in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Anna PavlovaAlso in The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
Gaston LerouxAlso in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Conrad VeidtAlso in The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Gilbert RolandAlso in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Ub IwerksAlso in All Wet (1927)