Top 10 Jews Who Started Hollywood

1. Sam Goldwyn: Founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). He put the “G” in MGM.
2. Louis B. Mayer: Creator of the “star system” (as in “Movie Stars,” and second “M” in MGM.
3. Marcus Loew: Formed Loews Theaters and later bought Metro pictures, which later became the first “M” in MGM.
4. William Fox: Founder of Fox Film Corporation.
5. Carl Laemmle: Founder of Universal Pictures.
6. Adolph Zukor: Founder of Paramount Pictures.
7. Harry Cohn: President and production director of Columbia Pictures.
8. Jack, Harry, Albert, and Sam Warner (The Warner Brothers): Founders of Warner Brothers.
9. Joseph Schenck and Nicholas Schenck: Partnered with Marcus Loew to make movie theaters.
10. Jesse Lasky: Brother-in-law to Sam Goldwyn, and formed the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.