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Lewis J. Selznick (May 2, 1870 or 1869 – January 25, 1933) was an American producer in the early years of the film industry. After initial involvement with World Film at Fort Lee, New Jersey, he established Selznick Pictures in California.
Lewis J. Selznick. Producer: War Brides. Lewis J. Selznick, one of the pioneers of studio film production and the father of Oscar-winning Gone with the Wind (1939) producer David O. Selznick, was born Lewis Zeleznik in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire, into a poor Jewish family with 18 children.
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Feb 1, 1973 · Lewis J. Zeleznik, born in Kiev, Russia, in 1870, worked his way to the United States at the age of eighteen. He changed his name to Selznick and built up a successful jewelry retail business...
Sep 16, 2018 · While Lewis J. Selznick and his family later made their headlines from bases in New York, New Jersey, and then the West Coast, the grocer’s son started his independent life as an American citizen in Pittsburgh.
Lewis J. Selznick: A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center. Descriptive Summary. Administrative Information. Scope and Contents. licity materials. He immigrated to the United States in 1888, first living in Pittsburgh, where he went into the jewelry business, and la.
Lewis J. Selznick (May 2, 1870 - January 25, 1933) was a Jewish-Ukrainian-American producer in the early years of the film industry. Personal life and early career. Selznick was born Lewis Zeleznick in 1870 in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine), and emigrated to the United States at age 18.
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L ewis J. Selznick was a pioneering motion-picture producer in whose films a number of players first achieved stardom. Born May 2, 1870, in Kiev, then a part of Russia and now the...
