Laemmle, Carl

Laemmle, Carl
born Jan. 17, 1867, Laupheim, Ger.
died Sept. 24, 1939, Beverly Hills, Calif., U.S.

German-born U.S. film producer.

After immigrating to the U.S. in 1884, he worked at various jobs in Chicago before opening a nickelodeon there in 1906 and becoming a leading film distributor. He founded the Independent Motion Picture Co. in 1909 and induced stars such as Mary Pickford to join his studio. Fighting off monopoly control by the Motion Picture Patents Co., he produced 100 short films by 1910. In 1912 he merged with smaller companies to form Universal Pictures, and in 1915 he opened its 230-acre studio in California. His employees included Irving Thalberg and Harry Cohn. He is considered the father of the Hollywood star system. Financial setbacks forced him to sell the company in 1935.

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