Arthur Loew Jr. (grandson) Adolph Zukor (son’s father-in-law)
Loew in 1922
Marcus Loew (/loʊ/;[1] May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927)[2] was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
^"Sarnoff". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
^"Marcus Loew, Film Magnate, Dies in Sleep", Milwaukee Sentinel, September 6, 1927, p1
MarcusLoew (/loʊ/; May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres...
called "Loew's," after the name of its founder, MarcusLoew. In 1969, when the Tisch brothers acquired the company, it became known as "Loews." The company...
entrepreneur and radio industry pioneer. He was a publicist for MarcusLoew who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Although his birth name...
acquaintance of MarcusLoew, a theater operator. Loew persuaded them to buy two film theaters and the brothers started to work with Loew in the theater...
Civic Theatre is the last remaining theater of 11 opened by MarcusLoew, founder of the Loew's theater chain. The Civic is located on South Main Street in...
opened branches in Boston, Philadelphia, and Newark, with funding by MarcusLoew. By 1910, Zukor already owned a nickelodeon chain and became Leow's partner...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with another Jew, this one with parents from Austria, MarcusLoew. And Warner Bros. was founded by the brothers Warner: Harry, Albert,...
In 1920, the company was purchased by MarcusLoew as a supplier of product for his theater chain. However, Loew was not satisfied with the amount or quality...
stages before selling his shares in Goldwyn Studios. In 1924, Loew's President MarcusLoew organized the mergers and acquisitions of three film companies –...
September 5 – Nicholas Schenck becomes president of Loews Inc. following the death of MarcusLoew. September 7 – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit debuts in Trolley...
cautious studio chief. Unlike rivals Adolph Zukor, William Fox, and MarcusLoew, Laemmle chose not to develop a theater chain. He also financed all of...
entertainment business founded in 1903 by Adolph Zukor, David Warfield and MarcusLoew, which owned a chain of penny arcades. The company opened its first store...
remembered today. On April 10, 1924, Goldwyn Pictures was acquired by MarcusLoew and merged into his Metro Pictures Corporation, becoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
Shubert of The Shubert Organization contacted MarcusLoew about merging the company with Loew's Metro Pictures. Loew agreed to the merger. Louis B. Mayer heard...
Irving Thalberg from Universal as head of production) Loew's Inc., 1924–1959 (in 1924, MarcusLoew merged the first two studios and Louis B. Mayer offered...
Warner, Inc. and HBO Harvey Levin (1950–), founder of TMZ MarcusLoew (1870–1927), founder of Loew's theater chain, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Michael...
former "Hotel Anderson". Motion picture business magnate and pioneer MarcusLoew engaged the architectural firm of Rapp & Rapp to design the movie palace...
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