Jews in American cinema
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Jews played a prominent and often leading role in much of the |
[[Jews]] played a prominent and often leading role in much of the historical development of the [[film industry in the United States]].Goldman 2013, p. xi--xii |
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==The New York period== |
==The New York period== |
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According to a standard work by Huberman and Chandler, "The Lower East Side...was the cradle of the movie industry...The origins of Hollywood were to be found in the new, substantially immigrant mass audience, and its founding fathers among the entrepreneurs of New York's preeminent pre-world War I Jewish neighborhood."J Horberman and Jeffrey Shandler. ":The Nickelodeon Nation" in ''Entertaining America: Jews Movies, and Broadcasting''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, and New York: The Jewish Museum, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-691-11302-9}}. p. 15-22. (p.18) |
According to a standard work by Huberman and Chandler, "The Lower East Side...was the cradle of the movie industry...The origins of Hollywood were to be found in the new, substantially immigrant mass audience, and its founding fathers among the entrepreneurs of New York's preeminent pre-world War I Jewish neighborhood."J Horberman and Jeffrey Shandler. ":The Nickelodeon Nation" in ''Entertaining America: Jews Movies, and Broadcasting''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, and New York: The Jewish Museum, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-691-11302-9}}. p. 15-22. (p.18) |
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==Hollywood== |
==Hollywood== |
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As the American film industry moved west, centering on Hollywood in California, Jews were quite involved in the film industry, in all facets, from executives and producers, to creatives like directors, writers, and performers. Even contributing to the development of the studio and star systems.Daniel Bernardi, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Murray Pomerance, editors. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6ORzNPMNhQC&q=Hollywood%E2%80%99s+Chosen+People:+The+Jewish+Experience+in+American+Cinema ''Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema'']. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|0-8143-3807-0}}. p.1 |
As the American film industry moved west, centering on [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in California, Jews were quite involved in the film industry, in all facets, from executives and producers, to creatives like directors, writers, and performers. Even contributing to the development of the studio and star systems.Daniel Bernardi, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Murray Pomerance, editors. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6ORzNPMNhQC&q=Hollywood%E2%80%99s+Chosen+People:+The+Jewish+Experience+in+American+Cinema ''Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema'']. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|0-8143-3807-0}}. p.1 |
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Many of the men who created Hollywood were Jewish. |
Many of the men who created Hollywood were Jewish. [[Adolph Zuckor]], one of the three founders of [[Paramount Pictures]], was a Jew from [[Hungary]]. Another Jew from Hungary, [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], founded [[Fox Film Corporation]]. [[Louis B. Mayer]], born in Russia, although he was never quite sure where, co-founded [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], with another Jew, this one with parents from Austria, [[Marcus Loew]]. And [[Warner Bros.]] was founded by the brothers Warner: [[Harry Warner|Harry]], [[Albert Warner|Albert]], [[Sam Warner|Sam]], and [[Jack L. Warner|Jack]], three of whom were born in [[Krasnosielc]], [[Poland]] (Jack was born in [[Canada]]). With [[David Sarnoff]], a Russian Jew who founded [[RKO]], these were the five major studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. In addition, two of the three minor studios of the time, [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Columbia Pictures]], were founded and run by Jews. [[Carl Laemmle]], one of the founders of Universal Pictures, was a German Jew from [[Laupheim]] in [[Germany]]; while [[Harry Cohn|Harry]] and [[Jack Cohn]], along with [[Joe Brandt]] were Jews from [[New York City]] who founded Columbia.Gabler, p.3.{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture/The-Hollywood-studio-system | publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica | title=The Hollywood Studio System | accessdate= April 11, 2023| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120195626/https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture/The-Hollywood-studio-system | archivedate=January 20, 2023}} |
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At the time that Hollywood was developing, [[antisemitism]] was widespread in the United States, and due to that, it played a major role in the development of the film industry.{{cite news|title=The Academy and ADL Explain Why Museum Needed to Tell Hollywood's Jewish Origin Story With Upcoming Exhibit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-telling-hollywood-jewish-origin-story-important-1235115400/ |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 21, 2022 |author1=Jonathan Greenblatt |author2=Bill Kramer |accessdate = April 16, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406165348/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-telling-hollywood-jewish-origin-story-important-1235115400/ |archivedate=April 6, 2023}} |
At the time that Hollywood was developing, [[antisemitism]] was widespread in the United States, and due to that, it played a major role in the development of the film industry.{{cite news|title=The Academy and ADL Explain Why Museum Needed to Tell Hollywood's Jewish Origin Story With Upcoming Exhibit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-telling-hollywood-jewish-origin-story-important-1235115400/ |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 21, 2022 |author1=Jonathan Greenblatt |author2=Bill Kramer |accessdate = April 16, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406165348/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-telling-hollywood-jewish-origin-story-important-1235115400/ |archivedate=April 6, 2023}} |
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