8 Nov 2010 ... Adolph Zukor, the longtime president of Paramount Pictures and the true founding mogul of Hollywood, once said that his greatest fascination was " understanding audiences." Yet his true talent lay elsewhere, in his mastery of industrial structure. It was Zukor who created the model for the integrated film ...
Adolph Zukor - IMDb
Adolph Zukor: Shanghai Express. Adolph Zukor's success began with penny arcades, offering moving peepshows that evolved into nickelodeon theaters that offered longer, larger moving pictures. On July 12, 1912, he premiered the first feature-length film, Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912), featuring French actress ...
Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount Movie Empire
11 Jun 1976 ... Mr. Zukor "took a nap and died at 4 o'clock in the afternoon," according to a spokesman for the Paramount Pictures Corporation, of which Mr. Zukor served as chairman of the board emeritus after helping to build the film empire. The death was attributed to natural causes. Adolph Zukor was the completely ...
Adolf Zukor, l'architecte d'Hollywood | Slate.fr
30 nov. 2010 ... LES EMPEREURS DE LA COMMUNICATION [2/5] - Comment Adolph Zukor a façonné l'industrie du cinéma américain telle qu'on la connaît toujours aujourd' hui.
Adolph Zukor - New World Encyclopedia
Adolph Zukor was born to a Jewish family in the rural village of Risce, Hungary. His parents ran a small store and grew crops. Zukor did not remember his father, who died when the boy was one year old and his brother Arthur was three. Their mother was the daughter of a rabbi. She remarried, but died when Zukor was ...
Adolph Zukor - Wikipedia
Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was an American film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, born in Austria-Hungary. Contents. [hide]. 1 Early life; 2 Early movie career; 3 Famous Players; 4 Paramount Pictures; 5 Personal life; 6 Further reading; 7 See also; 8 References; 9 External links. Early life[edit].
Adolph Zukor - Biography - IMDb
Adolph Zukor's success began with penny arcades, offering moving peepshows that evolved into nickelodeon theaters that offered longer, larger moving pictures. On July 12, 1912, he premiered the first feature-length film, Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912), featuring French actress Sarah Bernhardt that ran for 40 ...