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Jesse LASKY, Professor (Associate) | Cited by 4,661 | of Pennsylvania State University, PA (Penn State) | Read 156 publications | Contact Jesse LASKY
Jesse L. Lasky. The son of a shoe salesman, Lasky was born in San Francisco in 1880. As a young man he traveled to Alaska in search of gold. Attracted to the theater, he embarked on a tour of the America in a duo act with his sister Blanche (who later became the first wife of Samuel Goldwyn). He worked his way into theatrical production and ...
Jesse Lasky Jr.. Writer: The Ten Commandments. Jesse Lasky Jr. was born in the golden age of Hollywood. The son of the man who produced the film town's first feature in a barn, grew up surrounded by the greatest stars, writers, and musicians of the 1920s. After attending Dijon University in France, he returned home to Hollywood to find his world turned upside down by his father's disastrous ...
Jesse Lasky as the subject of TV's "This Is Your Life", June 12, 1957. Standing behind Jesse and Bessie Lasky (seated) are (l-r) host Ralph Edwards, older son Jesse Lasky, Jr., director Mervyn LeRoy; daughter Betty, producer Walter Wanger, younger son Billy; (in the rear, l-r) actors Richard Arlen and Buddy Rogers, and Lasky's San Jose boyhood friend Jay McCabe
In 1916, Adolph Zukor created a three-way merger of his Famous Players Film Company, Jesse L. Lasky's Lasky Feature Play Company, and Paramount. The new company was called Famous Players-Lasky and grew quickly. Lasky ran the production side. Hiram Abrams was in charge of distribution and Zukor handled the business side of the company.
11 de jun. de 2024 · Jesse L. Lasky died at age 77 from a heart attack in Beverly Hills.[7][8] He is interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, adjacent to Paramount Studios, in Hollywood. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Lasky has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6433 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jesse pasaría a ocupar la vicepresidencia de la casa encargándose de la producción que se realiza en Hollywood durante muchos años. La caravana de Oregón (1923), de James Cruze , fue uno de los grandes éxitos de Lasky, inaugurando con ello una línea de películas que daría mucho rendimiento en la producción de Hollywood: la conquista del Oeste.
