【美国人物志】电影先锋 (1/9)

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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Samuel Goldwyn
Louis Mayer
Blount
Ashfield
Massachusetts
Jesse L. Lasky
Samuel Goldfish
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Samuel GoldwynWhen you hear the name Hollywood, you probably think of excitement, lights, cameras and movie stars. Famous actors are not the only important people in the entertainment business. Directors and producers are important, too. Today, Hollywood is full of producers and directors. However, very few are as famous and successful as Hollywood's first motion picture businessmen, Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Mayer.
Cecil Blount DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881. Both his parents were writers of plays. His father died when he was 12 years old. His mother kept the family together by establishing a theater company. Cecil joined the company as an actor. He continued working in his mother's theater company as an actor and a manager until 1913. That year, he joined Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. Goldfish later changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn.