Jesse L. Lasky

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American film producer Paramount Pictures co-founder film industry pioneer film producer person

Jesse L. Lasky was a pioneering American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures who played a key role in the development of early Hollywood cinema.

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Jesse L. Lasky canonical 16
Jesse Louis Lasky 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film producer ⓘ
Paramount Pictures co-founder ⓘ
film industry pioneer ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Hollywood ⓘ
birthDate 1880-09-13 ⓘ
birthPlace San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Jesse L. Lasky Jr. ⓘ
coFounded Famous Players Film Company ⓘ
surface form: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Paramount Pictures ⓘ
collaboratedWith Adolph Zukor ⓘ
Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Samuel Goldwyn ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1958-01-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
employer Famous Players Film Company ⓘ
surface form: Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

Paramount Pictures ⓘ
era early Hollywood cinema ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Lasky ⓘ
fieldOfWork film production ⓘ
motion pictures ⓘ
founded Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company ⓘ
fullName Jesse L. Lasky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jesse Louis Lasky
genre silent film ⓘ
givenName Jesse ⓘ
honor star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
knownFor helping establish the Hollywood studio system ⓘ
pioneering feature-length films in Hollywood ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement produced one of the first feature films made in Hollywood ⓘ
notableWork The Squaw Man (1914 film) ⓘ
occupation film executive ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
positionHeld vice president of Famous Players–Lasky Corporation ⓘ
produced The Covered Wagon (1923 film) ⓘ
The Squaw Man (1914 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1923 film) ⓘ
Wings (1927 film) ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Bessie Ginsberg Lasky ⓘ

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Blood and Sand → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
subject surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
Paramount Pictures → founder → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Wedding March → producedBy → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Sheik → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Gay Desperado → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
Sergeant York → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
Tempest (1928 film) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
Jesse L. Lasky → fullName → Jesse L. Lasky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesse Louis Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky Jr. → parent → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
Jesse L. Lasky Jr. → relative → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
Miss Lulu Bett (1921 film) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Power and the Glory (1933 film) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Great Gatsby (film adaptations) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
subject surface form: The Great Gatsby (1926 film)
Berkeley Square (film) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The City of Silent Men → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Round-Up (1920 film) → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ
The Heart of Maryland → producer → Jesse L. Lasky ⓘ