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- Adolph Zukor (/ ˈzuːkər /; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913.
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Nov 8, 2010 · Adolph Zukor, the longtime president of Paramount Pictures and the true founding mogul of Hollywood, once said that his greatest fascination was “understanding audiences.” Yet his true talent...
Adolph Zukor (/ ˈ z uː k ər /; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) [1] was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. [2] He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. [3] [4]
Aug 14, 2017 · The “little man,” Adolph Zukor, would sooner or later get his way, and change the world as only a few other men and women have. Zukor’s story, and that of the empire he built — Paramount Pictures — is one of the great epics of innovation and entrepreneurship in American history.
Adolph Zukor was a poor Hungarian immigrant when he arrived in the United States in 1889. He tried his hand in the fur trade (starting as a sweeper for $2 a week pay) and proved his entrepreneurial acumen by steady advancement, eventually setting up successful businesses in New York and Chicago.
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With his wife's uncle, Morris Kohn, as a business partner they moved their company to New York Cityin 1900. They got involved in running a penny arcade that featured phonographs and short movies as well as peep machines, a shooting gallery, punching bags, stationary bicycles, and candy. He built his penny arcade business, the nucleus of his cinema ...
W. W. Hodkinson established the Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1914 to act as a distributor for multiple film producers. Paramount advanced Frohman and Zukor production funding in exchange for a steady stream of films for distribution. Famous Players fell under Paramount's jurisdiction, along with another major producer, Jesse Lasky's Feature Pl...
Zukor seized the momentum from profit-bearing mergers and proposed to Paramount's board that Famous Players-Lasky join Paramount to form an even stronger entity. His idea fell on receptive ears, and he became the new president of the conglomeration, which was now a subsidiary of Famous Players-Lasky. By the mid-point of 1921, he owned 300 theaters....
During the Great Depression, the company fell on hard times and many failed attempts were made to get rid of Zukor. Paramount-Publix went bankrupt in 1933, and was reorganized as Paramount Pictures, Inc. He was then forced out as part of the reorganization, but after Barney Balaban became Paramount president in 1936, he appointed Zukor chairman of ...
Perhaps no weapon in America’s media arsenal has proven as lasting as the Hollywood movie. What began as a low-grade form of entertainment, a somewhat disreputable venture at the turn of the nineteenth century, became the most powerful international tool of American cultural power. Zukor was a pioneer in creating one of America's most enduring cult...
Gabler, Neal. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. New York: Crown Publishers, 1988. ISBN 051756808X.Irwin, Will. The House That Shadows Built. New York: Arno Press, 1970. ISBN 0405016182.Zukor, Adolph, and Dale Kramer, The Public is Never Wrong: The Autobiography of Adolph Zukor. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. ASIN B0007DX2RIAll links retrieved April 28, 2021. 1. Adolph Zukor (1873-1976) American Experience, PBS.com. 2. Krebs, Albin. 1976. Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount Movie Empire Nytimes.com. 3. Adolph Zukor IMDb.com. 4. Paramount's Papa Time.com. 5. Adolph Zukor Encyclopedia.com.
Born in Ricse, Hungary, in 1873, Adolph Zukor was orphaned by age seven. He was sent to live with his uncle, Kalman Liebermann, a rabbi who hoped Adolph would follow in his footsteps.
Aug 29, 2024 · Multiple-reel films had appeared in the United States as early as 1907, when Adolph Zukor distributed Pathé’s three-reel Passion Play, but when Vitagraph produced the five-reel The Life of Moses in 1909, the MPPC forced it to be released in serial fashion at the rate of one reel a week.
