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Adolph Zukor (/ˈzuːkər/; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three...

located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star...

on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company – originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays – and the...

was Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Company. The two companies merged on 28 June 1916, forming the Famous Players–Lasky Corporation. Zukor had been quietly...

in the penny arcade business. Shortly after, in partnership with Adolph Zukor and others, he founded the successful but short-lived Automatic Vaudeville...

reluctant to take the part, so Zukor tried to convince Hackett in person; as Neal Gabler writes, "When Hackett came to visit Zukor, he was the very picture...

as Paramount Country Club. Zukor Park, located just south of the country club, is also named after the producer. Zukor's property attracted a large number...

companies.[citation needed] Pickford left the stage to join Zukor's roster of stars. Zukor believed film's potential lay in recording theatrical players...

Press. ISBN 9781461660910. Zukor, Adolph; Kramer, Dale (1953). The Public is Never Wrong: The Autobiography of Adolph Zukor. New York: Putnam. hdl:2027/mdp...

Neuroscience Scholar Award Lim JH, Stafford BK, Nguyen PL, Lien BV, Wang C, Zukor K, He Z, Huberman AD (August 2016). "Neural activity promotes long-distance...

Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful New York City theatre...

Davis Ned Tanen Barry London John Goldwyn Sumner Redstone 1916–1935: Adolph Zukor 1935-1936: John E. Otterson 1936–1964: Barney Balaban 1964-1967: George...

Mountain View Farm, the former home of Paramount Pictures founder Adolph Zukor. It features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architect A...

overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian. At the behest of Adolph Zukor, president of Famous Players–Lasky, his films were banned by motion picture...

signing stars for big salaries, upset others in the industry and Adolph Zukor purportedly offered him a salary of $5,000 a week for life to go to China...

Shoeshine (1947) Walter Wanger / Monsieur Vincent / Sid Grauman / Adolph Zukor (1948) Jean Hersholt / Fred Astaire / Cecil B. DeMille / The Bicycle Thief...

Shoeshine (1947) Walter Wanger / Monsieur Vincent / Sid Grauman / Adolph Zukor (1948) Jean Hersholt / Fred Astaire / Cecil B. DeMille / The Bicycle Thief...

producer. Loew was born in New York City. His maternal grandfather, Adolph Zukor, founded Paramount Pictures. His paternal grandfather, Marcus Loew, founded...

Players–Lasky (Lucien Hubbard, Jesse L. Lasky, B.P. Schulberg , & Adolph Zukor, producers) 7th Heaven Fox (William Fox, producer) The Racket The Caddo...

unseen pictures is known as blind bidding. Paramount Pictures, under Adolph Zukor's leadership, was largely responsible for introducing the practice of block...