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Sol Lesser (February 17, 1890 – September 19, 1980) was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.
Sol Lesser entered the film industry as an exhibitor and the owner of a chain of movie theaters. His first "production" had an interesting story behind it. In 1915, while he was living in San Francisco, he learned that the authorities were about to clean out and close down the city's notorious Barbary Coast district, a raucous area of gambling houses, saloons...
- January 1, 1
- Spokane, Washington, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
Sol Lesser (born February 17, 1890, Spokane, Washington, U.S.—died September 19, 1980, Hollywood, California) was an American motion-picture producer best known for his Tarzan movies. Lesser entered the world of motion pictures when in 1907 his father’s death made him the owner of the family nickelodeon .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1943, Lesser secured the film rights for Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan; he continued making Tarzan programmers to excellent financial returns until 1958. Sol Lesser retired that year, explaining "I had reached the age that one either finishes on top or far below. I decided I would end on top, and I was satisfied."
- February 17, 1890
- January 1, 1980
Producer Born Feb. 17, 1890 in Spokane, WA. Died Sept. 19, 1980 in Westwood, CA. M otion picture pioneer Sol Lesser produced 117 feature films during more than 50 years in the movie industry. His was a career best remembered for its successes — especially the financial one that enabled him to become one of Hollywood's most notable ...
Sep 21, 1980 · Sol Lesser, a film pioneer who produced more than 100 motion pictures, including a series of Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller, and who introduced a rating system for audience guidance ...
Sol Lesser is known as an Producer, Presenter, and Co-Producer. Some of his work includes Tarzan and the Amazons, The Red House, Tarzan and the Mermaids, Tarzan and the Huntress, Tarzan Triumphs, Tarzan's Desert Mystery, That Uncertain Feeling, and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman.
