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The Hollywood film that Hitler didn’t want you to see

Edit New York Post 08 Jun 2016
on Friday and Saturday ... Universal’s founder, the German-born, vehemently anti-Nazi Carl Laemmle, lost control of the studio in 1936, and the studio’s new owners were concerned about their $1 million investment in the lavishly produced anti-war movie — shot on many of the same outdoor sets familiar from the studio’s horror classics — which seemed increasingly out-of-step with American political sentiments....

The movie that almost ended Bing Crosby’s career

Edit New York Post 12 May 2016
Legendary crooner Bing Crosby was offered a big solo number in his film debut. Instead, he ended up in jail for driving under the influence and getting into a car wreck during Prohibition ... The crooner was also assigned a solo production number, “Song of the Dawn.’’ ... On Nov ... Courtesy of Universal ... It’s part of the museum’s monthlong tribute to producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Pictures’ founder ... Can’t wait. ....

TCM Fest really does have something for everyone

Edit New York Post 03 May 2016
Stars and directors in attendance with relatively newer films included Carl Reiner (the 1982 noir spoof “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’), ... As part of its tribute to early ‘30s Universal Pictures production chief Carl Laemmle Jr., the Museum of Modern Art will screen two 1932 pre-code rarities written by John Huston and starring his father, Walter Huston....

Universal Pictures: Restorations and Rediscoveries, 1928–1937 (MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Founded in 1912 by German immigrant Carl Laemmle, Universal Pictures remains among the powerhouses of the American entertainment industry ... Restorations and Rediscoveries, 1928-1937 focuses on one segment of the studio's rich history-the period from 1928 to 1936, when the studio's head of production was the founder's son, Carl Laemmle, Jr....

Universal Creative tweaked the magical formula it used to create Hollywood's Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Edit Huffington Post 07 Apr 2016
Given that there are already Wizarding Worlds in Orlando & Osaka, why should Harry Potter fans now travel to Hollywood to experience the third theme park incarnation of that magical realm which J.K ... Who -- at J.K ... The very sunlight that convinced motion picture pioneer Carl Laemmle that 230 acres of ranchland high up in the Hollywood Hills would be the perfect spot to build a silent film studio -- one Universal City -- back in 1915 ... ....

Drunk History: season 3

Edit The Examiner 25 Mar 2016
... Andrew Jackson), Will Ferrell (Ronald Dahl), Parker Posey (Mary Phelps Jacob), Martin Starr (Alexander Graham Bell), Michael McKean (Carl Laemmle), Chris Parnell (Thomas Edison), Taran Killam (Bobby Fisher), Jake Johnson (Boris Spassky) Jason Alexander (Boss Tweed), Noah Wylie (Thomas Nash), and I’m going to stop because I’m running out of space....

Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture

Edit The Guardian 26 Jan 2016
@pamhutch ... The Independent Moving Pictures studio boss, Carl Laemmle, went so far as to spread a rumour that the Girl had been killed in a traffic accident, before taking out adverts in newspapers calling the story a lie and announcing that she was, in fact, alive and about to play the lead in a film made by his company, which had lured her away from its rival, Biograph. And by the way, her name was Florence Lawrence. Twitter ... Twitter ... ....

Remembering the Hollywood Mogul Who Rescued Hundreds of Germany's Jews

Edit Topix 30 Dec 2015
Brandeis University professor and historian Thomas Doherty, author of 'Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939,' recounts the story of Universal founder Carl Laemmle and the Jews of Laupheim. The transformative influence of the pioneer mogul Carl Laemmle , president and founder of Universal Pictures, is well known ... ....

Fresh On The Screen: How TV Is Redefining Who We Think Of As 'American'

Edit National Public Radio 09 Nov 2015
10.31 AM ET. Jeff Yang. i. Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra stars in ABC's Quantico. ABC hide caption. itoggle caption ABC ... ABC ... It might seem ironic, then, that those who founded Hollywood and built it to glory were almost all themselves newcomers — Jewish immigrants from middle and Eastern Europe, like Universal's Carl Laemmle, Paramount's Adolph Zukor and William Fox's Fox Film Corporation, MGM's Louis B ... i ... ASSOCIATED PRESS ... i ... ABC ... ABC ... ....

DVD Review: "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925)

Edit The Examiner 06 Oct 2015
“The Phantom of the Opera” (1925). Directed by Rupert Julian. Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Snitz Edwards. Produced by Carl Laemmle. One of the landmark films of the 1920s, “The Phantom of the Opera” has maintained its mystique over time and generations ... Kino Lorber’s classics division has released a restored version on blu ray that exceeds previous releases ... The music for this version is by Fredrick Hodges ... ....

From the shadows into the limelight

Edit The Hindu 06 Jul 2015
A hundred years ago, Nataraja Mudaliar, an automobile spare parts dealer in Madras (now Chennai), made Keechakavatham (annihilation of Keechakan), the first feature film of south India. This 6,000-feet movie marked the birth of a cultural colossus — Tamil cinema ... Rangachari ... A graduate of the Presidency College, he travelled to Hollywood and met movie moguls like Carl Laemmle, founder of one of the major movie studios, Universal....

Additional cemeteries for the 'must visit' list

Edit The Los Angeles Times 07 Jun 2015
Thank you for the thoughtful, moving pieces profiling cemeteries in the Travel section on Memorial Day weekend ["Monuments to Life," May 24]. Whenever I visit Boston, I take time to walk around the Granary Burying Ground where John Hancock, Sam Adams and many others central to the founding of our nation are buried ... Add a comment. 0 ... .. ... Mayer, Carl Laemmle, three Warner brothers — are at Home of Peace Memorial Park ... ... ....

Doh! Simpsons huge part of Universal Studios Hollywood 50-year celebration

Edit Fresno Bee 27 Apr 2015
It’s been 100 years since movie mogul Carl Laemmle invited the general public to pay a nickel to watch Universal Pictures movies being made. They not only got to see multiple movies being shot on the back lot of the facility in Universal City, but their admission ticket got them a lunchbox. It’s been 50 years since Universal Studios Hollywood opened ... Among the latest additions to the theme park are. ... Contact Rick Bentley ... ....
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