Marcus Loew

Marcus Loew

male, deceased (1927)
Film studio executive, Loew's Consolidated Enterprises, Jewish person, Loew's, Inc, Metro-goldwyn-mayer, movie mogul…movietheater, Nickelodeon movie theater
Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870-September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres...
Sid Grauman

Sid Grauman

male
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, AMPAS, Grauman's Chinese Theater, movie palace, wiktionary Founder…Million Dollar Theater, movietheater, Egyptian Theater
Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 - March 5, 1950) was an American showman who created one of Southern California's most recognizable and...
Thomas W. Lamb

Thomas W. Lamb

male, deceased (1942)
Columbia University, Thomas White Lamb, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Theater architect, theater, movietheater
Thomas White Lamb (1871 - 1942) was one of the foremost American theater and cinema architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is...

Pete Smith

male, deceased (1979)
Metro-goldwyn-mayer, suicide by jumping from a height, committed suicide, American, film producer, feature film…movietheater
Pete Smith (born Peter Schmidt September 4, 1892, New York City - January 12, 1979, Santa Monica, California) was a film producer and narrator of...
Preston Smith

Preston Smith

male, deceased (2003)
from the Texas South Plains, South Plains, Texas Democrat, Lubbock, movietheater, governor
Preston Earnest Smith was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1969-1973, and the lieutenant governor from 1963-1969. Smith was born into a tenant...

Mitchell Mark

male
paramount pictures, movietheater, From Buffalo, New York, Loew's Theater
Mitchell Mark was an important pioneer of motion picture exhibition. He arguably founded one of the very first dedicated movie theaters in the...
Oscar Deutsch

Oscar Deutsch

male, deceased (1941)
Jewish, Gaumont-British Cinemas, Associated British Cinemas, Brierley Hill, J. Arthur Rank, Rank Organisation…movietheater
Oscar Deutsch (1893-1941) was the founder of the Odeon Cinemas chain in the United Kingdom. Deutsch was born in Birmingham, England, the son of a...
Henry Koster

Henry Koster

male, deceased (1988)
German-American, From Berlin, cartoon, film director, ufa, American…movietheater
Henry Koster (May 1, 1905 - September 21, 1988) was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany. He became a film director and later moved to...
Morton Gould

Morton Gould

male, deceased (1996)
Vaudeville performer, wor, Songwriter, Conductor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jewish…movietheater
Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 - February 21, 1996) was an American pianist, composer, conductor, and arranger. Born in Richmond Hill, New York,...
Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark

male
comedian, A Moment with Johnny Dark, CBS Orchestra, Alcoholic, cigarette, movietheater…ed sullivan theater
Johnny Dark is an American comic with many past appearances on television, nowadays appearing on CBS’ "Late Show with David Letterman", doing a co...