Reminiscences of Sol Lesser, 1970.

Biographical Note

Motion picture executive

Scope and Contents

San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906; early days in motion picture industry: film exchange and distribution, dealer in feature films, financing, production, laboratory, ownership of a studio; foreign markets; theater circuits; consultant; anecdotes of many industry personalities; relationship of producer and author: Thornton Wilder and OUR TOWN; Edgar Rice Burroughs and TARZAN series; seminar at University of Southern California.

Subjects

• California--History--1850-1950.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Kuper, Theodore Fred, 1886-1981, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980--Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
• Motion pictures--Production and direction.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975