Carl Laemmle Jr. (born Julius Laemmle; April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979) was an American film producer - studio executive and heir of Carl Laemmle...
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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...
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film producer Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), American film producer Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), American dancer and actress Ernst Laemmle (1900–1950), German...
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Frankenstein (1931). Frankenstein's ending was changed by studio head Carl Laemmle Jr., who wanted Universal to be able deploy key characters from the film...
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The Invisible Man (1933 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Wells' The Invisible Man would make a suitable follow-up. Both Carl Laemmle and Carl Laemmle Jr. opted to make a film adaptation of Frankenstein (1931) instead...
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Dracula (1931 English-language film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
as the off-screen voice of the harbormaster; Carla Laemmle, a cousin of producer Carl Laemmle Jr., who appears at the start of the film as a woman in...
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film was first assigned to James Whale, but Universal production head Carl Laemmle Jr. finally hired Hillyer as director. While not as successful as the...
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Universal Pictures (section The Laemmles lose control)
is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William...
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Frankenstein (1931 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was...
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The Mummy (1932 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and the alleged "curse of the pharaohs", producer Carl Laemmle Jr. commissioned story editor Richard Schayer to find a novel to form...
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psychiatrist and researcher Carl Laemmle (1867–1939), founder of Universal Pictures Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), producer and businessman Carl Lawson (American...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
war film to win Oscars. Other wins 1930 – Photoplay Medal of Honor (Carl Laemmle Jr.) 1931 – Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film – Sound...
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Cummings, and Robert Young. Whale convinced Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle, Jr. to buy the screen rights to the novel so Whale could avoid directing...
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anti-Nazi sentiments in the script were watered down. Carl Laemmle and his son, Carl Laemmle, Jr., the former heads of Universal, had recently been ousted...
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lacking self-confidence. After seeing the completed film, producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. commented, "Can you imagine some poor guy going through hell and high...
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Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
included the Spanish-language version of The Cat Creeps. Although Carl Laemmle Jr. is credited as the producer, the hand-on supervisor was 27-year-old...
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instead. Following the success of Whale's The Invisible Man, producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. realized that Whale was the only possible director for Bride; Whale...
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Davis was auditioned for the part of Camille; according to Florey, Carl Laemmle Jr. rejected her due to "a lack of sex appeal". The only elements of Poe's...
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The Old Dark House (1932 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Roderick Femm (credited as "John Dudgeon") Universal Studios producer Carl Laemmle Jr. invited screenwriter Benn Levy from England to Universal City after...
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Broadway and in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Producer Carl Laemmle Jr. paid $150,000 for the screen rights, an unusually high price tag during...
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oncologist Carl Laemmle (1867–1939), film executive, founder of Universal Pictures; he created the "Star" system Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), son of Carl Laemmle...
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Studio/Producer(s) 1929/30 (3rd) All Quiet on the Western Front Universal (Carl Laemmle Jr., producer) The Big House Cosmopolitan (Irving Thalberg, producer)...
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nervousness was compounded when she overheard the chief of production, Carl Laemmle, Jr., comment to another executive that she had "about as much sex appeal...
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King of Jazz (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
filmed in the early two-color Technicolor process and was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. for Universal Pictures. The film featured several songs sung on camera...
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resulted in the ousting of the original film's producer Carl Laemmle and his son, Carl Laemmle Jr. Plans for the remake finally surfaced again in November...
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actress and dancer, and the niece of Universal Pictures studio founder Carl Laemmle. As an actress/dancer, she is known primarily for her roles in The Phantom...
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Karloff (only in the original one, as Imhotep); Tom Tyler and Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis; and lastly Eddie Parker, who played Klaris, a cousin of Kharis...
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Imitation of Life (1934 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Based on Imitation of Life 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. Starring Claudette Colbert Warren William Rochelle Hudson Ned Sparks...
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in the audience was impressed with Fox, Carl Laemmle Jr., then head of production at Universal Studios. Laemmle soon signed her to a multi-year contract...
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Show Boat (1936 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Pictures had filmed the part-talkie Show Boat which was released in 1929. Carl Laemmle, head of Universal, had been deeply dissatisfied with that film, and...
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