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Carl Laemmle

Producer

Carl Laemmle

Born January 17, 1867 in Laupheim - Baden-Württemberg - GermanyDied September 24, 193976 films

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.

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Filmography

76 films
  1. 1933Children of MontmartreProducer
  2. 1933I Know Everybody and Everybody's RacketProducer
  3. 1931Boudoir diplomatiqueProducer
  4. 1930AfricaProducer
  5. 1930The StormProducer
  6. 1930All Quiet on the Western FrontProducer
  7. 1930Hide-OutProducer
  8. 1929Nutty NotesExecutive Producer
  9. 1929Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea CarterProducer
  10. 1929Snow UseProducer
  11. 1929The Last PerformanceProducer
  12. 1929The Brandenburg ArchProducer
  13. 1928The Man Who LaughsProducer
  14. 1928How to Handle WomenProducer
  15. 1927Desert DustProducer
  16. 1927The Ocean HopExecutive Producer
  17. 1927Uncle Tom's CabinExecutive Producer
  18. 1927All WetExecutive Producer
  19. 1927Trolley TroublesExecutive Producer
  20. 1927Fast and FuriousProducer
  21. 1927Down the StretchProducer
  22. 1926SpanglesProducer
  23. 1925The Calgary StampedeProducer
  24. 1925The Phantom of the OperaProducer
  25. 1924Love and GloryProducer
  26. 1924The Western WallopProducer
  27. 1924The Fighting AmericanProducer
  28. 1924The Dancing CheatProducer
  29. 1924The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal StudiosProducer
  30. 1923The Red WarningProducer
  31. 1923Men in the RawProducer
  32. 1923The Hunchback of Notre DameProducer
  33. 1923The ShockProducer
  34. 1922In the Days of Buffalo BillExecutive Producer
  35. 1922Perils of the YukonProducer
  36. 1922The Black BagProducer
  37. 1919Bonnie, Bonnie LassieProducer
  38. 1917Beloved JimProducer
  39. 1917The Fourth WitnessProducer
  40. 1916Stronger Than SteelProducer
  41. 191620,000 Leagues Under the SeaProducer
  42. 1916PartnersProducer
  43. 1916The Dumb Girl of PorticiProducer
  44. 1915MariannaProducer
  45. 1915The Cry of the First BornProducer
  46. 1915His Last WordProducer
  47. 1915The Source of HappinessProducer
  48. 1915Their Golden WeddingProducer
  49. 1914Damon and PythiasProducer
  50. 1914The DisenchantmentProducer
  51. 1914The Pawns of DestinyProducer
  52. 1913Unto the Third GenerationProducer
  53. 1913Eureka!Producer
  54. 1913Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeProducer
  55. 1912The Advent of JaneProducer
  56. 1912Mr. Smith, BarberProducer
  57. 1912Shamus O'BrienProducer
  58. 1911The ManiacProducer
  59. 1911The Better WayProducer
  60. 1911Back to the SoilProducer
  61. 1911For Her Brother's SakeProducer
  62. 1911The Scarlet LetterProducer
  63. 1911Sweet MemoriesProducer
  64. 1911In Old MadridProducer
  65. 1911The Fisher-MaidProducer
  66. 1911A Manly ManProducer
  67. 1911The MirrorProducer
  68. 1911The DreamProducer
  69. 1910The MistakeProducer
  70. 1910The Stage NoteProducer
  71. 1910The Broken OathProducer
  72. 1910Mother LoveProducer
  73. 1910Justice in the Far NorthProducer
  74. 1909Lest We ForgetProducer
  75. 1909His Last GameProducer
  76. 1909HiawathaProducer