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Jesse Louis Lasky (September 13, 1880 – January 13, 1958) was an American pioneer motion picture producer [1] who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Timeline. A timeline of the life of Jesse Lasky, from his birth in San Francisco to his death in Hollywood. Filmography. Between 1914 and 1951 Lasky presented or produced hundreds of motion pictures. Image Gallery. Images of Jesse Lasky and his contemporaries from each decade of his life. Legacy.
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.
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. (September 19, 1910 – April 11, 1988) was an American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet. Early life. 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.
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.
Dec 12, 2013 · Many other fly-by-night outfits followed, but the first major studio was headed by Jesse L. Lasky. Born in San Francisco in 1880, Lasky began his career as a not very successful cornet player and years afterwards he would call his autobiography I Blow My Own Horn .
Recipient of the first Milestone Award. It was a star-studded night at the Coconut Grove on September 12, 1951, when Jesse Lasky became the first recipient of the Screen Producers Milestone Award “for his historic contribution to the American Motion Picture.”
