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3 days ago · Producers Lucien Hubbard and Jesse L. Lasky hired director Wellman as he was the only director in Hollywood at the time who had World War I combat pilot experience. [9] [10] Actor Richard Arlen and writer John Monk Saunders had also served in World War I as military aviators.
3 days ago · 1927 Oscar Winner "Wings": The Ultimate WWI Aerial Combat Film Of All Time. " Wings " is the only aviation combat film to win a Best Picture Oscar, illustrating realism and authenticity in aerial action. The movie features real flights and actors in the cockpit for realistic dogfighting scenes. Audiences can enjoy "Wings" on Amazon or YouTube ...
3 days ago · Inventor Walter Fleisher — who is said to have as many air-conditioning patents to his name as anyone in the industry — had cooled the New York Folies Bergères for Jesse Lasky in 1911.
3 days ago · The Side Show of Life is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel The Mountebank by William J. Locke , which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny.
6 days ago · In October 1919 LeRoy, just turned 19, approached his cousin Jesse L. Lasky, a former vaudevillian who was twenty years his senior. Lasky was a partner with rising movie moguls Samuel Goldwyn and Adolf Zukor at its New York headquarters at Famous Players–Lasky.
4 days ago · This research was supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, award #2017-67013-26192, Hatch project 4732, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. We thank Robert Snyder and Patricio Cid for technical support, and Charles Anderson, Ivan Baxter, Brian Dilkes, and Jesse Lasky for helpful discussions.
1 day ago · Popliteal artery injuries may have amputation rates as high as 20%. This study focuses on identifying risk factors associated with major amputations following popliteal artery injuries in a large single-center cohort. Additionally, we assess the impact of repairing or ligating concomitant popliteal vein injuries.
