| 1884/01/28 |
Seventeen year old Karl Lammle departs Laupheim station accompanied by school friend, Leo Hirschfeld, also bound for America. Seen off by their families, Siegfried Laemmle journeys with the pair as far as Stuttgart. |
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| 1884/02/13 |
Karl Lammle's ship, NECKAR, arrives in New York Harbour, where it is held up for 24 hours in winter fog. When the fog clears on the 14th, Julius Klugman carries the unwell Karl on deck to look at Bedloe's Island through a chilling flurry of rain. |
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Statue of Liberty |
Statue of Liberty National Monument |
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| 1884/02/14 |
Julius Hilder, Julius Klugman, Leo Hirschfeld and Karl Lammle are landed by the immigrant boat at Castle Garden. |
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Castle Clinton National Monument |
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| 1908/00/00 |
Karl Lammle pays $6 a month for an office with Mr Wallach's in the Flatiron, 1907 or 1908. Wallach's young son, David, sometimes sneaks in and plays with his magic lantern. Mr Wallach is tempted to invest in Lammle's motion-picture business, but doesn't. |
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| 1912/04/30 |
Universal Film Manufacturing Company is incorporated in New York by the German Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H Cochrane and Jules Brulatour. |
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| 1920/00/00 |
Carl Laemmle and R H Cochrane buy out P A Powers, the third partner in Universal, and as president and vice-president, they acquire sole proprietorship. |
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| 1929/07/00 |
Impressed by the international sales for "All Quiet on the Western Front", Carl Laemmle meets with Remarque at Carlsbad, and persuades the author that a Universal film version will honor the antiwar sentiments, not glorify war or add a mushy love story. |
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All Quiet on the Western Front |
Karlovy Vary, CZ |
Karlovy Vary Region, CZ |
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