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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 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.
Jesse L. Lasky. Producer: The Dictator. 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.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Images of Jesse Lasky and his contemporaries from each decade of his life.
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.
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.
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Portraits of motion picture producer Jesse L. Lasky, and photographs of Lasky with family and business associates, including Richard Arlen, Charles Boyer, Leo Carrillo, Irvin S. Cobb, Edouard Corniglion-Molinier, Cecil B. DeMille, Ralph Edwards, Lillian Harvey, Ben Hecht, William K. Howard, Rex Ingram, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Roland V. Lee, Mervyn ...
