Carl Laemmle

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Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.

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Generate an image of Carl Laemmle (Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.)

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Label Occurrences
Carl Laemmle canonical 19
Carl Laemmle Jr. 10
Karl Lämmle 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German-American ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
film industry pioneer ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
birthName Karl Lämmle ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease (heart-related causes) ⓘ
child Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
citizenship German Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1867-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1939-09-24 ⓘ
employer Universal Pictures ⓘ
era early sound film era ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
familyRelation Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
founded Universal City, California (studio complex) ⓘ
Universal Film Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
genreSpecialization early horror films ⓘ
silent films ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
influenced Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood studios
knownFor supporting European Jewish refugees in the 1930s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
name Carl Laemmle ⓘ
notableFor founding one of the major Hollywood film studios ⓘ
helping shape the early Hollywood studio system ⓘ
producing early feature films ⓘ
occupation film producer ⓘ
film studio founder ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth Laupheim, Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Beverly Hills
positionHeld film studio owner ⓘ
head of Universal Pictures ⓘ
residence Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
spouse Recha Laemmle ⓘ
workedOn development of the studio lot in Universal City, California ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal Pictures → foundedBy → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
Carl Laemmle → name → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
Carl Laemmle → birthName → Karl Lämmle ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle → familyRelation → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle → child → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Frankenstein (1931 film) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
subject linked to: Frankenstein (1931)
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Motion Picture Patents Company → opposedBy → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
subject linked to: MPPC
Bride of Frankenstein → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Dracula (1931 film) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Once in a Lifetime (1932 film) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Frankenstein (1931 film) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
subject linked to: Frankenstein
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Recha Laemmle → spouse → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
The Good Fairy (1935) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Universal Studios → foundedBy → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
The Cohens and Kellys → producer → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
The Good Fairy → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Imitation of Life (1934 film) → producer → Carl Laemmle Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Carl Laemmle
Blind Husbands → producer → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
The Goose Woman → producer → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
Florence Lawrence → workedWith → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Biograph Girl”
Merry-Go-Round → producer → Carl Laemmle ⓘ
The Last Warning → producer → Carl Laemmle ⓘ