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Jesse Lasky
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Producer, Presented by Born: September 13, 1880 in San Francisco, CA Death: January 13, 1958 Biography:American production executive and producer "Jesse Lasky" was the founder of the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company which later merged with "Adolph Zukor"'s Famous Players to form the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, one of the major studios of the silent era. Lasky did many interesting things before joining the film industry. He started out as a reporter then made failed plans to join the Alaska Gold Rush. Lasky, a talented musician, then went to work as a bandleader in Hawaii. Upon his return to the States, he and his sister Blanche formed a team and played coronet in vaudeville; this lead to his becoming a promoter of vaudeville.
In 1913 he and his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (who later became "Sam Goldwyn") formed the first studio with Goldfish functioning as president and Lasky as the vice-president. In 1914, their first film, "The Squaw Man", became a great hit and an industry milestone in... Full Biography
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