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Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. In 1913 Lasky and his sister Blanche's husband, Samuel Goldfish (before changing his name to Samuel Goldwyn), teamed with DeMille and Oscar Apfel to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, with Lasky as president.
In 1913 the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. was launched with Lasky as president, his best friend Cecil B. DeMille as director-general, and brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later Goldwyn) as general manager and treasurer.
His sister Blanche married Samuel Goldwyn and in 1913 Lasky and Goldwyn teamed with Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. With limited funds, they rented a barn near Los Angeles where they made Hollywood’s first feature film, DeMille’s The Squaw Man.
In 1913, along with DeMille and his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later to become Samuel Goldwyn), Lasky established the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company with a starting capital of $26,500. His first feature was to be an epic western, The Squaw Man (1914), acquired for the then-princely sum of $
In 1913, along with DeMille and his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later to become Samuel Goldwyn), Lasky established the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company with a starting capital of $26,500. His first feature was to be an epic western, The Squaw Man (1914) , acquired for the then-princely sum of $15,000.
Sep 3, 2017 · Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, which DeMille co-founded in December 1913, played a pivotal role in this achievement by producing screen adaptations of stage and literary works. Although these events may be explored from several perspectives, the significance of film in Amer-ican cultural history is largely ignored in film ...
From 1914 on, Lasky released his films through the Hodkinson distribution company called Paramount Pictures. In 1916, another Hodkinson production company Famous Players, merged with the Lasky Feature Play Company to form Famous Players-Lasky.
