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Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Jesse L. Lasky (1880-1958) was one of the first producers of the Hollywood film industry and its first genuine 'mogul'. He made the first feature shot in Hollywood, The Squaw Man (1914), and helped create Paramount Pictures, signing stars like Rudolph Valentino and Maurice Chevalier.
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Learn about Jesse Lasky, one of the first gentlemen of Hollywood, who produced hundreds of films and co-founded Paramount Pictures. Explore his timeline, filmography, image gallery, legacy, contemporaries, family and books.
Learn about the life and career of Jesse L. Lasky, one of the founders of Hollywood's motion picture industry. From vaudeville to Paramount, from The Squaw Man to Sergeant York, discover his legacy and achievements.
Jesse Louis Lasky, Sr. was a pioneer Hollywood film producer. He was a key founder of Paramount Pictures with Adolph Zukor, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Jesse Lasky was a Jewish American film producer. Born in San Francisco, California, Lasky was one of the founders of the motion picture industry. As a young man he was a newspaper reporter, a gold prospector in Alaska, and then vaudeville promoter.
The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company – originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays – and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
