Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor · Arts & Literature
Founded Paramount Pictures
1873, Ricse, Hungary (Austria-Hungary) — 1976, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States · Hungary
Hungarian-American film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures. Zukor transformed the film industry by focusing on feature-length films and vertical integration of production, distribution, and exhibition.
Zukor was a Hungarian-born American film pioneer who founded the Famous Players Film Company, which grew into Paramount Pictures, and helped create the modern Hollywood studio system built on feature films and the star system. Born into a Jewish family in Ricse, Hungary, he emigrated to the United States as a teenager; he was Jewish.
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