Explore: Jews In The Motion Picture Industry

Eastern European Jews... The ..."studio system"... was supervised by a second generation of Jews. p. 1 As the American film industry moved west, centering

Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name. The soundtrack contained two separate releases: the first containing

of the motion picture industry — its origins, its development, its growth — would include the role that Jews played in building the industry from the ground

known for his work in the motion picture industry. His father was director Erich von Stroheim. Josef Erich von Stroheim was born in Los Angeles on September

sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public

Lee, New Jersey, where at the beginning of the 20th century many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based. On March 15,

pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Born in to a

at the time as suspected communists or sympathizers. Despite his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until

participants in the fledgling motion picture industry in partnership with Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters. In 1916, through his involvement in the

of the large number of Jews active in the motion picture industry in this country, the charge is certain to be made that the Jews, as a class, are behind