American businessman
Son of Carl Laemmle (founder of Universal Pictures), cousin of Robert Wyler and William Wyler , uncle of Judy Wyler and Catherine Wyler.
Cousin of actress Carla Laemmle , Ernst Laemmle , Nat Ross , Arthur Alexander and Max Alexander.
Brother of Roseabelle Laemmle (born Rose Laemmle) Son of Recka Laemmle.
Never produced another film after the 1936 version of "Show Boat".
Died 40 years to the day after his father, Carl Laemmle.
Is the great uncle of actress Antonia Carlotta.
In his 2013 study. "The Collaboration: Hollywoods Pact With Hitler", Harvard scholar Ben Urwand documents how German rioting against All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) prompted Laemmle Jr. to make major cuts in the film so it could be re-released in Germany. But Urwand also points out that Laemmle, who was Jewish, helped hundreds of Jewish refugees escape Europe by securing visas to the United States for them.
Long-standing executive producer at Universal. In charge of production, 1928-1936. He was made President of the company on his 21st birthday. However, his rash spending on projects which failed to recoup the money at the box office drove the studio almost bankrupt. Consequently, in 1936, the Laemmle family was ousted from Universal in a hostile takeover.
Second cousin of Kurt and Max Laemmle, who founded Laemmle Theaters in 1938. They are descendants of Baruch Laemmle (1788-1858) and Karoline Erlander (1791-1860), their great-grandparents.
[on why Boris Karloff was cast as the creature in "Frankenstein"] His,eyes mirrored the suffering we needed. .
