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Adolph Zukor

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Partner Lasky hung on until 1932, when Paramount nearly collapsed in the Great Depression years. Lasky was blamed for that and tossed out. In the following year, Paramount went into receivership. Ultimately at fault were Zukor's over-expansion and use of overvalued Paramount stock for purchases that
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He eventually spent most of his time in New York City, but passed the winter months in Hollywood to check on his studio. He retired from Paramount Pictures in 1959 and in 1964, stepped down as chairman and assumed Chairman Emeritus status, a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 in
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In 1919, the company bought 135 theaters in the Southern states, making the producing concern the first that guaranteed exhibition of its own product in its own theaters. He revolutionized the film industry by organizing production, distribution, and exhibition within a single company.
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Zukor, ever the impresario, bought a huge plot of ground at Broadway and 43d Street, over objections of his board of directors, to build the Paramount Theater and office building, a 39-story building that had its grand opening in 1926. He managed to keep stars such as
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Empire. His father, Jacob, who operated a general store, died when he was a toddler, while his mother, Hannah Liebermann, died when he was 7 years old. Adolph and his brother Arthur moved in with Kalman Liebermann, their uncle. Liebermann, a
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wrote, "one of the stubborn fallacies of movie history is that the men who created the film industry were all impoverished young vulgarians..." Zukor clearly didn't fit this profile. By 1903, he already looked and lived like a wealthy young
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Zukor was the driving force behind Paramount's success. Through the teens and twenties, he also built the Publix Theatres Corporation, a chain of nearly 2000 screens. He also ran two production studios, one in Astoria, New York (now the
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Zukor stayed in New York City for two years. When he left to become a "contract" worker, sewing fur pieces and selling them himself, he was 20 years old and an accomplished designer. He was young and adventuresome, and the 1893
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was formed to distribute films made by Famous Players–Lasky and a dozen smaller companies which were pulled into Zukor's corporate giant. The consolidations led to the formation of a nationwide film distribution system.
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Zukor was, primarily, also a businessman. "He did not take the same personal, down-to-the-last-detail interest in the making of his movies that producer-executives such as Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer did," wrote
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made the company file for bankruptcy. A bank-mandated reorganization team kept the company intact, and, miraculously, Zukor was able to return as production chief. On June 4, 1935,
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In 1897, he married Lottie Kaufman; they had two children, Eugene J. Zukor, who became a Paramount executive in 1916, and Mildred Zukor Loew who married Arthur Loew, son of
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In 1903, he became involved in the film industry when his cousin, Max Goldstein, approached him for a loan to invest in a chain of theaters. These theaters were started by
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drew him to the Midwest. There he started a fur business. In the second season of operation, Zukor's Novelty Fur Company expanded to 25 men and opened a branch.
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on the film and Sarah Bernhardt. Sections of the book are on the film industry's early days and the then independent film studios such as Paramount.
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New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York - Richard Alleman - Broadway (February 1, 2005)
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in Zukor's obituary at the age of 103. He became an early investor in radio, taking a 50 percent interest in the new
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on March 16, 1891. Like most immigrants, he began modestly. After landing in New York City, he began working in an
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By then, Zukor was turning out 60 features a year. He made deals to show them all in theaters controlled by
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Zukor shed most of his early partners; the Frohman brothers, Hodkinson and Goldwyn were out by 1917.
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Zukor is honored with a dinner marking his 25 years in the film industry in 1936. From left:
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was appointed president on July 2, 1936, Zukor was relegated to chairman of the board.
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to build an 18-hole championship golf course. Today, Zukor's estate is the private
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residence at age 103 in June 1976. He is buried at the Temple Israel Cemetery in
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Zukor believed in employing stars. He signed many of the early ones, including
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Working in Hollywood: How the Studio System Turned Creativity into Labor
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on the s/s Rugia on March 1 and arrived in New York City under the name
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on 14th Street in New York City. They soon opened branches in
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shop. A friend then got him a job as an apprentice at a
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Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
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Adolf Zukor
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Western name order

Ricse
Kingdom of Hungary
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Paramount Pictures
Marcus Loew

/ˈzuːkər/
Hungarian
Paramount Pictures
feature-length films
The Prisoner of Zenda
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ricse
Kingdom of Hungary
Austro-Hungarian
rabbi
Hamburg
upholstery
furrier
Columbian Exposition
Chicago
Neal Gabler
burgher

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