Reminiscences of Adolph Zukor : oral history, 1958.

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Reminiscences of Adolph Zukor : oral history, 1958.

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Early life, arrrival in America; the fur business, penny arcades, nickelodeons; Famous Players and making the first feature picture; merger of Lasky and Famous Players to become Paramount Pictures, 1916; competition; evolution of the motion picture industry, including the star system, block booking, the independent producer.

Transcript: 37 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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