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Joseph M. Schenck
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Producer, Presented by Born: December 25, 1878 in Rybinsk, Russia Death: 1961 Biography:Executive producer "Joseph M. Schenck" was born in Rybinsk, Russia, and emigrated to the U.S. as a child. While growing up in New York, he worked as an errand boy; eventually he wound up owning a pair of drugstores with his brother, "Nicholas". In 1908, they opened an amusement park in upstate New York; four years later, they purchased Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey and had become business associates of "Marcus Loew", who was chief executive of a burgeoning chain of movie theaters. The two Schencks eventually became high-ranking executives with Loew, the parent company of MGM. In 1917, Joseph Schenck left Loew ("Nicholas" stayed) to produce films independently. He first signed "Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle" up for a comedy series to be distributed by Paramount. His most important star during this time was "Buster Keaton". In 1924, Schenck was elected the first chairman of the board on the... Full Biography
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