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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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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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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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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immortalized in humorist Ogden Nash's couplet: Uncle Carl Laemmle has a very large faemmle. Carl Laemmle was responsible for creating the "star system" rather...
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Tex Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor, and director. He became famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden age of American...
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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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Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), son of Carl Laemmle and studio executive Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), niece of Carl Laemmle and actress Solomon Lazard (1827–1916)...
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was a motion picture studio and production company founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The company was based in New York City, with production facilities in...
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Dracula (1931 English-language film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.)
Browning 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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Laemmle is a surname, shared largely by a family of filmmakers. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Laemmle (1867–1939), German-American film...
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Universal Cartoon Studios on the initiative of Universal movie mogul Carl Laemmle, who was tired of the continuous company politics he was dealing with...
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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 Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle)
Edwards. The last surviving cast member was Carla Laemmle (1909-2014), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as a "prima ballerina" in...
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Brooklyn. He owned numerous theaters in New York and New Jersey. In 1906, Carl Laemmle opened his first nickelodeon, The White Front on Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)...
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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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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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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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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle)
film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller,...
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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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The Man Who Laughs (1928 film) (category Films produced by Carl Laemmle)
Phantom, studio chief Carl Laemmle returned to The Man Who Laughs for Universal's next Gothic film "super-production". Laemmle selected two fellow expatriate...
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Melanie, contacted her distant cousin, Carl Laemmle, who owned Universal Studios, about opportunities for him. Laemmle was in the habit of coming to Europe...
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by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg Laemmle. Robert Laemmle's father Max and uncle Kurt, cousins of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, bought their...
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of these dames who show their chests and think they can get jobs?". Carl Laemmle, the head of Universal Studios, considered terminating Davis's employment...
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filmed for the first time: Universal Pictures co-founder and president Carl Laemmle receiving a special Academy Award for All Quiet on the Western Front...
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The independents' fight against the Trust was led by Carl Laemmle, whose Chicago-based Laemmle Film Service, serving the Midwest and Canada, was the...
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and 9th among North American parks. In 1914, German American immigrant Carl Laemmle bought the Taylor Ranch in the San Fernando Valley and founded Universal...
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of film director William Wyler and a nephew of Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle. Wyler was born in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany (now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin...
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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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Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Crystal Carl Laemmle – The Phantom of the Opera, The Man Who Laughs Carl Laemmle Jr. – Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein...
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