Carl Laemmle

Known for: Production
Born: January 17, 1867, Laupheim - Baden-Württemberg - Germany
Died: September 24, 1939
Movies: 76

Carl Lammle Sr. (1867-1939)was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century. Laemmle produced or worked on more than 400 films.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

7.1

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

7.3

The Man Who Laughs

1928

6.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

6.1

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916

4.5

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1913

5.3

The Shock

1923

6.5

The Last Performance

1929

7.0

The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916

6.0

The Calgary Stampede

1925

Filmography

2000	The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked	Self (uncredited)
1993	The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors	Himself
1931	Round About Hollywood	Self
1930	Sid's Long Count	Presenter
1929	Show Boat	Himself [prologue]
1915	The Broken Coin	Editor-in-Chief

Directing, Writing & Producing

1933	Children of Montmartre	Producer
1933	I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket	Producer
1931	Boudoir diplomatique	Producer
1930	Africa	Producer
1930	The Storm	Producer
1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	Producer
1930	Hide-Out	Producer
1929	Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter	Producer
1929	Snow Use	Producer
1929	The Last Performance	Producer
1929	The Brandenburg Arch	Producer
1928	The Man Who Laughs	Producer
1928	How to Handle Women	Producer
1927	Desert Dust	Producer
1927	Fast and Furious	Producer
1927	Down the Stretch	Producer
1926	Spangles	Producer
1925	The Calgary Stampede	Producer
1925	The Phantom of the Opera	Producer
1924	Love and Glory	Producer
1924	The Western Wallop	Producer
1924	The Fighting American	Producer
1924	The Dancing Cheat	Producer
1924	The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios	Producer
1923	The Red Warning	Producer
1923	Men in the Raw	Producer
1923	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Producer
1923	The Shock	Producer
1922	Perils of the Yukon	Producer
1922	The Black Bag	Producer
1919	Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie	Producer
1917	Beloved Jim	Producer
1917	The Fourth Witness	Producer
1916	Stronger Than Steel	Producer
1916	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Producer
1916	Partners	Producer
1916	The Dumb Girl of Portici	Producer
1915	Marianna	Producer
1915	The Cry of the First Born	Producer
1915	His Last Word	Producer
1915	The Source of Happiness	Producer
1915	Their Golden Wedding	Producer
1914	Damon and Pythias	Producer
1914	The Disenchantment	Producer
1914	The Pawns of Destiny	Producer
1913	Unto the Third Generation	Producer
1913	Eureka!	Producer
1913	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Producer
1912	The Advent of Jane	Producer
1912	Mr. Smith, Barber	Producer
1912	Shamus O'Brien	Producer
1911	The Maniac	Producer
1911	The Better Way	Producer
1911	Back to the Soil	Producer
1911	For Her Brother's Sake	Producer
1911	The Scarlet Letter	Producer
1911	Sweet Memories	Producer
1911	In Old Madrid	Producer
1911	The Fisher-Maid	Producer
1911	A Manly Man	Producer
1911	The Mirror	Producer
1911	The Dream	Producer
1910	The Mistake	Producer
1910	The Stage Note	Producer
1910	The Broken Oath	Producer
1910	Mother Love	Producer
1910	Justice in the Far North	Producer
1909	Lest We Forget	Producer
1909	His Last Game	Producer
1909	Hiawatha	Producer

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