Carl Laemmle was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of Universal Studios. Laemmle produced or worked on over four hundred films. Regarded as one of the most important of the early film pioneers, Laemmle was born in modern-day Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked in Chicago for 20 years before he began buying nickelodeons, eventually expanding into a film distribution service, the Laemmle Film Service.

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