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Solomon Max Wurtzel (September 12, 1890 – April 9, 1958) was an American film producer. Life and career. Tom Mix, actor; Sol Wurtzel, West Coast manager for Fox Film Corporation; and Winfield R. Sheehan, Fox Film general manager (1919) William Farnum, Helen and Babe Ruth and Wurtzel on the Fox Studios lot in Hollywood (1920)
Sol M. Wurtzel. American production executive, with Fox from 1914 as private secretary to William Fox. From the mid-1930s until 1949, he served as head producer for the 20th Century Fox B-unit.
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- September 12, 1890
- Sol M. Wurtzel
- April 9, 1958
American production executive, with Fox from 1914 as private secretary to William Fox. From the mid-1930s until 1949, he served as head producer for the 20th Century Fox B-unit. His modestly budgeted films invariably showed a profit.
- September 12, 1890
- April 9, 1958
One year before the outbreak, my great-grandfather, pioneer producer Sol M. Wurtzel, arrived to run the original Fox Studio at Sunset Blvd. and Western Ave.
Sol Wurtzel (born Solomon Max Wurtzel; September 12, 1890 – April 9, 1958) was an American film producer. Known For. 7th Heaven. The Big Noise. Jitterbugs. Great Guns. Charlie Chan at the Opera. A-Haunting We Will Go. Judge Priest. Charlie Chan in Egypt. Production.
Aug 7, 2023 · I recently discovered my pioneer producer great-grandfather Sol M. Wurtzel’s obituary in the April 16, 1958 edition of Variety. In 1917, mogul William Fox sent Sol to oversee production at...
A true "company man," American production executive Sol M. Wurtzel spent his entire professional career at one single studio. In 1914, Wurtzel joined the new Fox Film Company as private secretary to mogul William Fox, eventually surviving Fox's ouster from the company in 1930.
