In this role, Zukor reorganized the company as Paramount Pictures, Inc. and was able to successfully bring the studio out of bankruptcy. Zukor shed most of his early partners; the Frohman brothers, Hodkinson and Goldwyn were out by 1917.

"She got the $20,000, and before long I was paying her $100,000 a year. Ensemble, ils créent en 1910 la Loew's Consolidated Enterprises avec Loew en tant que président, Zukor assurant le rôle de trésorier et Nicholas Schenck remplissant le rôle de secrétaire. Revue de presse | In 1903, when Zukor's cousin Max Goldstein approached him for a loan to invest into a chain a theaters, Adolf became involved in the motion picture industry. Verzamel, beheer en geef commentaar bij uw bestanden. He managed to keep stars like Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, and most important of all, Mary Pickford, under contract and happy to stay at Paramount. By 1903, he already looked and lived like a wealthy young burgher, and he certainly earned the income of one. La présence de Sarah Bernhardt dans un film change la mentalité des comédiens qui estiment désormais que si une star comme elle le fait, pourquoi pas eux[21] ? Like most immigrants, he began modestly. By 1920 he was in a position to charge what he wished for film rentals. Zukor believed in stars. Two years later, Zukor bought an additional 500 acres, built a night house, guest house, movie theater, locker room, greenhouses, garages, staff quarters and hired golf architect A.W. Mary was a terrific businessman."[14]. "He did not take the same personal, down-to-the-last-detail interest in the making of his movies that producer-executives such as Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer did," wrote The New York Times in Zukor's obit at the age of 103. Durant l'été 1916, Jesse L. Lasky et Adolph Zukor décident de s'unir en fusionnant la Jesse L. Lasky Feature Company avec la Famous Players[26],[28] malgré une légère divergence d'opinion entre Zukor et Lasky. There he started a fur business. Les quarante dollars restant sont alors cousus dans son gilet pour éviter qu'ils lui soient volés ou qu'il ne les perde[5]. Boards zijn de beste plekken om beelden en videoclips op te slaan. They soon opened branches in Boston, Philadelphia, and Newark, with funding by Marcus Loew. Il lance alors la carrière cinématographique de John Barrymore, un talent de Broadway de 31 ans, dans le film An American Citizen de J. Searle Dawley[21]. By 1903, he already looked and lived like a wealthy young burgher, and he certainly earned the income of one. Falusi zsidó szatócs családjában született. He served as president until 1936 when he was elevated to chairman of the board. After having landed in New York City, he started working in an upholstery shop. Il est l'un des cofondateurs de la Paramount Pictures avec Jesse L. Lasky. Zukor stayed there for two years. They purchased the Robert Brunton Studios, a 26-acre facility at 5451 Marathon Street for US$1 million. In 1916, the company merged with Jesse L. Lasky's company to form Famous Players-Lasky. La Famous Players, avec une trentaine de films produit par an[25], a fait du long-métrage (allant de quatre à six bobines) la nouvelle norme[26].

Zukor was, primarily, also a businessman. Adolph Zukor naît en 1873 à Ricse en Hongrie d'un père épicier et d'une mère fille de rabbin[2]. Partner Lasky hung on until 1932, when Paramount nearly collapsed in the Depression years, and he was blamed for this and tossed out. His uncle, Kalman expected his nephews to become a rabbi but instead Adolph served a three-year apprenticeship in the dry goods store of family friends. Il fonda en 1912 la Famous Players, puis avec Jesse Lasky, en 1916, la Famous Players Lasky Corporation, qui deviendra, en 1917, la Paramount. Today, Zukor's estate is the private Paramount Country Club. Zukor was the driving force behind Paramount's success. Contrairement à son frère qui est brillant, Adolph est un élève moyen qui ne ressent aucune vocation particulière. He retired from Paramount Pictures in 1959 and in 1964 stepped down as chairman and assumed Chairman Emeritus status,[15] a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 in Los Angeles. Zukor gave Goldstein the loan and formed a partnership with Mark and Morris Kohn, a friend of Zukor's who also invested in the theaters.