Carl Laemmle

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Carl Laemmle

Production January 17, 1867

Laupheim - Baden-Württemberg - Germany

Carl Lammle Sr. (1867-1939)was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, L…

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

7.5 1931 Movie
Dracula

Dracula

7.2 1931 Movie
Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

7.5 1935 Movie
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

7.5 1933 Movie
All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

7.8 1930 Movie
The Mummy

The Mummy

6.7 1932 Movie
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

7.1 1925 Movie
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

6.7 1932 Movie
The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

7.3 1928 Movie
Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

6.0 1932 Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6.5 1923 Movie
Drácula

Drácula

6.8 1931 Movie

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Carl Lammle Sr. (1867-1939)was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century. Laemmle produced or worked on more than 400 films.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2000
    The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  2. 1993
    The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

    Movie Himself

  3. 1936
    Postal Inspector

    Movie Presenter

  4. 1935
    East of Java

    Movie Presenter

  5. 1935
    3 Kids and a Queen

    Movie Presenter

  6. 1935
    Bride of Frankenstein

    Movie Presenter

  7. 1935
    Straight from the Heart

    Movie Presenter

  8. 1935
    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    Movie Presenter

  9. 1934
    Kentucky Minstrels

    Movie Presenter

  10. 1934
    Great Expectations

    Movie Presenter

  11. 1934
    The Human Side

    Movie Presenter

  12. 1934
    Million Dollar Ransom

    Movie Presenter

  13. 1934
    Romance in the Rain

    Movie Presenter

  14. 1934
    One More River

    Movie Presenter

  15. 1934
    Little Man, What Now?

    Movie Presenter

  16. 1934
    Let's Talk It Over

    Movie Presenter

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  1. 1934
    Half a Sinner

    Movie Presenter

  2. 1934
    Let’s Be Ritzy

    Movie Presenter

  3. 1934
    Beloved

    Movie Presenter

  4. 1933
    Perils of Pauline

    Movie Presenter

  5. 1933
    Only Yesterday

    Movie Presenter

  6. 1933
    The Invisible Man

    Movie Presenter

  7. 1933
    The Big Benefit

    Movie Presenter

  8. 1933
    Saturday's Millions

    Movie Presenter

  9. 1933
    Children of Montmartre

    Movie Producer

  10. 1933
    Secret of the Blue Room

    Movie Presenter

  11. 1933
    The Big Cage

    Movie Presenter

  12. 1933
    The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

    Movie Presenter

  13. 1933
    I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

    Movie Producer

  14. 1932
    The Mummy

    Movie Presenter

  15. 1932
    Rome Express

    Movie Presenter

  16. 1932
    The Old Dark House

    Movie Presenter

  17. 1932
    The Fourth Horseman

    Movie Presenter

  18. 1932
    Jungle Mystery

    Movie Presenter

  19. 1932
    Back Street

    Movie Presenter

  20. 1932
    Igloo

    Movie Presenter

  21. 1932
    The Doomed Battalion

    Movie Presenter

  22. 1932
    The Circus Show-Up

    Movie Presenter

  23. 1932
    Law and Order

    Movie Presenter

  24. 1932
    Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Movie Presenter