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- catalog abstract "That immigrant Jews had a profound impact on the growth of American cinema is well known and has been the subject of much scholarship. But America's first Jewish movie mogul, Siegmund Lubin of Philadelphia, has never been closely studied. Drawing upon contemporary accounts and interviews with Lubin's surviving family, friends, and employees, this work details the life and career of the once-famous "Pop" Lubin. It also seeks to explore the complex personality of this early film pioneer and the impact he had on the initial development of the movies. Torn between his loyalty to Edison and his desire to help the young Jewish independents trying to break into the business, Lubin adopted a complex strategy for working both sides of the fence. Sam Goldwyn, Jesse Lasky, Mark Dintenfass, Charles Baumann, and Adam Kessel all benefited from his discreet assistance. Lubin also became the first American film pioneer to utilize the motion picture to combat anti-Semitism. Though notoriously pragmatic in his business practices, Lubin cultivated a sterling reputation in the press and in the industry's trade journals, successfully styling himself "The King of the Movies." He carefully documented his shameless self-promotion in seven volumes of scrapbooks, which were utilized for this study.".
- catalog contributor b10769179.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "That immigrant Jews had a profound impact on the growth of American cinema is well known and has been the subject of much scholarship. But America's first Jewish movie mogul, Siegmund Lubin of Philadelphia, has never been closely studied. Drawing upon contemporary accounts and interviews with Lubin's surviving family, friends, and employees, this work details the life and career of the once-famous "Pop" Lubin. It also seeks to explore the complex personality of this early film pioneer and the impact he had on the initial development of the movies.".
- catalog description "Torn between his loyalty to Edison and his desire to help the young Jewish independents trying to break into the business, Lubin adopted a complex strategy for working both sides of the fence. Sam Goldwyn, Jesse Lasky, Mark Dintenfass, Charles Baumann, and Adam Kessel all benefited from his discreet assistance. Lubin also became the first American film pioneer to utilize the motion picture to combat anti-Semitism. Though notoriously pragmatic in his business practices, Lubin cultivated a sterling reputation in the press and in the industry's trade journals, successfully styling himself "The King of the Movies." He carefully documented his shameless self-promotion in seven volumes of scrapbooks, which were utilized for this study.".
- catalog extent "xii, 286 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "King of the movies.".
- catalog identifier "0838637280 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "King of the movies.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,".
- catalog relation "King of the movies.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/0233/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Lubin, Siegmund, -1923.".
- catalog subject "Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN1998.3.L82 E34 1998".
- catalog title "The king of the movies : film pioneer Siegmund Lubin / Joseph P. Eckhardt.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".