- Al Lichtman
Alexander "Al" Lichtman (
April 9 ,1885 -February 20 ,1958 ) was abusinessman working in themotion picture industry. He also occasionally worked as afilm producer . Born inMonok ,Hungary . His parents were Joseph Lichtman and Pepe (aka Josephine) Zuckermandel. Lichtman has a "Star" on theHollywood Walk of Fame . He died inLos Angeles ,California .A field manager for
Famous Players in 1912, Lichtman had his own distribution company, Al Lichtman Corp, in the early 1920s. He was president ofPreferred Pictures in 1923 and became sales manager atUnited Artists in 1927.cite news
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755217-2,00.html
title = Time Magazine
date = October 21 1935
language = English] He was promoted to president of the company in 1935, but resigned after only a few months due to a fallout withSam Goldwyn over the production of Barbary Coast.In November of that same year he joinedMGM as a special sales adviser and became an executive producer with them in 1938.cite news
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755291,00.html
title = Time Magazine
date = November 4 1935
language = English] He left MGM for20th Century Fox in 1949, and stayed there until his retirement in 1957. During this time he produced the film, "The Young Lions ".References
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*imdb name | id=0509077 | name=Al Lichtman
* [http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/ftc-case_lichtman.htm Lichtman's Testimony in an Antitrust case]
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