Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

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Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company was an early American motion picture production company that became a key predecessor to Paramount Pictures and helped shape the Hollywood studio system.

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instanceOf American company
film production company
activeIn 1910s
country United States
distributionPartner Paramount Pictures
employed Blanche Sweet
Cecil B. DeMille
Dustin Farnum
Fannie Ward
Geraldine Farrar
Jesse L. Lasky
Oscar Apfel
Samuel Goldwyn
Sessue Hayakawa
Wallace Reid
William C. deMille
era silent film era
founded 1913
foundedBy Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
L. L. Burns
Samuel Goldfish
genreFocus drama films
literary adaptations
hasKeyPerson Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
Samuel Goldwyn
headquartersLocation California
Hollywood
United States
helpedForm Hollywood studio system
linked to: Hollywood studios
industry motion picture industry
locationFounded California
Hollywood
United States
mergedInto Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
notableFor being an early component of what became Paramount Pictures
being one of the first feature film companies in Hollywood
pioneering feature-length motion pictures in the United States
notableWork The Squaw Man (1914 film)
partOf Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
predecessorOf Paramount Pictures
producedFilm Joan the Woman
The Cheat (1915 film)
The Squaw Man (1914 film)
The Virginian (1914 film)
productionType feature-length films
successor Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
usedDistributionSystem Paramount Pictures

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