Cinema of the United States century, when the medium was new, many Jewish immigrants found employment in the US film industry. They were able to make their mark in a brand-new business: the exhibition of short films in storefront theaters called nickelodeons, after their admission price of a nickel (five cents). Within a few years, ambitious men like Samuel Goldwyn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Adolph Zukor, Louis B. Mayer, and the Warner Brothers (Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack) had switched to the production side of the business. Soon they were the heads of a new kind of enterprise: the movie studio. (The US had at
Harry Samuel Harry Samuel Sir Harry Simon Samuel (1853–1934) was an English Member of Parliament for Limehouse and then Norwood in London. He was an advocate of protection in trade and he campaigned against free trade during his political career. Henry Samuel was born in Marylebone, London on 3 August 1853. He was educated at Eastbourne College and then St John's College, Cambridge, Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts. He became a partner in the firm of Montefiore & Company. Samuel retired from business to enter politics with the Unionist party and, in 1889, he became a prospective candidate in