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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.
He was the son of film producer Jesse Lasky Sr. and his wife, Bessie Ida Ginsberg. Lasky was born on Broadway, New York, and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in England and in France.
The most unusual personage of all was Mr. Lasky’s mother, 82 years of age, who lives at the Ambassador Hotel, and who always spends her Sunday evenings at the Laskys—has been doing it for years—and who is touchingly fond of her son and daughter-in-law.
JESSE L. LASKY was one of the pioneers of Hollywood’s motion picture industry. Born in San Francisco, California, on September 13, 1880, the son of shoe-store proprietor Isaac Lasky, his early years were characterized by failure.
Lasky, one of the first pioneers of the Hollywood film industry and its first genuine 'mogul', was not only a consummate showman and entrepreneur, but a jack-of-all-trades. Born in San Francisco in September 1880, the son of a shoe salesman, he attended high school in San Jose and held down his first job at seventeen as a reporter for the San ...
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jesse L. Lasky Timeline - 1880-1958. Jesse Louis Lasky born on September 13 in San Francisco CA, the son of shoe-store proprietor Isaac Lasky and his wife Sarah. [summer?] Vacation in Adirondaks, meets Bessie Ginzberg December, marries Bessie Ginzberg in Boston.
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Lasky eventually produced over 1000 films and discovered many stars. His son tells the story of Hollywood’s early days and Lasky’s relationships with his fellow moguls – the collaboration, the friendship and the treachery.
