Cukor Adolf (Adolph Zukor) (January 7, 1873–June 10, 1976) was the founder of Paramount Pictures Studios, and one of the greatest film moguls of all time. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ...

He was born to a Jewish family in Risce, Hungary, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and immigrated to America in 1889, at the age of 16. Like most of the immigrants, he began modestly. When he first landed in New York, he stayed with his family and worked in an upholstery shop. A friend got him a job as an apprentice at a furrier. Zukor stayed there for two years. When he left to become a "contract" worker, sewing fur pieces and selling them himself, he was nineteen years old and an accomplished desginer. But he was young and adventuresome, and the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, commemorating Columbus's discovery of America, drew him to the Midwest. Once there he started a fur business. The second season of operation, Zukor's Novelty Fur Company expanded to twenty-five men and opened a branch. This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ...

One of the stubborn fallacies of movie history is that the men who created the film industry were all impoverished young vulgarians. Zukor clearly didn't fit this profile. By 1903 he already looked and lived like a wealthy young burgher, and he certainly earned the income of one. He had a commodious apartment at 111th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York's wealthy German-Jewish section.

He became involved in the motion picture industry when in 1903 his cousin, Max Goldstein approached him for a loan for opening an arcade. The arcade salon was to feature Thomas Edison's marvels: phonographs, electric lights and moving pictures. Zukor not only gave Goldstein the money but insisted on forming a partnership to open another one. In 1912 Adolph Zukor established Famous Players as the American distribtion company for the French film production "Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth." The following year he obtained the financial backing of the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. Their primary goal was to bring noted stage actors to the screen and they created the Famous Players Film Company that produced The Prisoner of Zenda in 1913. The studio evolved into Paramount Pictures, of which he served as president until 1936. He revolutionized the film industry by organizing production, distribution, and exhibition within a single company. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The Frohman brothers were important American Broadway theatre owners and theatrical producers who also owned and operated motion picture production companies. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Toronto ON-based Famous Players is a Canadian company which owns many movie theatres across Canada. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Zukor was also an accomplished director and producer. He retired from Paramount Studios in 1959 and thereafter assumed Chairman Emeritus status, a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

References

External link

• Adolph Zukor at the Internet Movie Database