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Carl Laemmle Jr. (born Julius Laemmle; April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979) was an American film producer - studio executive and heir of Carl Laemmle, who had founded Universal Studios. He was head of production at the studio from 1928 to 1936.
May 27, 2016 · Carl Laemmle Jr., gilded son of a famous father, won an Oscar as the producer of All Quiet on the Western Front when he was 22. It was Junior who hired James Whale to direct Frankenstein, Junior who persuaded Carl Laemmle Sr. to take a chance on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Carl Laemmle ( / ˈlɛmli / ⓘ; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films.
Dec 11, 1994 · Universal founder Carl Laemmle, an immigrant clothing manufacturer, opened his first nickelodeon in Chicago in 1906. By 1913, Laemmle had three small studios in Hollywood and was looking to...
Jan 12, 2022 · The brainchild of Universal's head of production Carl Laemmle Jr., a sound adaptation of Stoker's novel seemed a sure bet to ease the cash-strapped studio's Depression-era woes. However, "Dracula" would need a steady hand at the helm.
English. Budget. $252,000. Waterloo Bridge is a 1931 American pre-Code drama romance war film directed by James Whale and starring Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass. The screenplay by Benn Levy and Tom Reed is based on the 1930 play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. Sherwood . The film was remade in 1940 as Waterloo Bridge and as Gaby in 1956.
Sep 24, 2013 · Carl Laemmle, a German himself, recognized the dangers Germany posed to Jews early on and acted to frustrate it, and to rescue Jews, as best he could.
