Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980

LC control no.	n 87911938
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Founded corporate body: West Coast Theatres *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1890-02-17
Death date	1980-09-19
Place of birth	Spokane (Wash.)
Place of death	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activity	Motion pictures Motion picture industry Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion pictures--Distribution Motion picture theaters Western films Low budget films Tarzan films Film serials Feature films Silent films
Affiliation	Sol Lesser Productions RKO Radio Pictures Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers West Coast Theatres Principal Pictures Corporation Principal Distributing Corporation First National Pictures, Inc.
Profession or occupation	Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture theater owners
Found in	The Border patrolman [MP] 1936: credits (produced by Sol Lesser) Ernst Lubitsch's That uncertain feeling, ©2007: title frame (Sol Lesser presents) opening credits (a Lubitsch-Lesser production) Performing arts biog. master index, 1981 (Sol Lesser; b. 1890 d. 1980) Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008: page 857 (Sol Lesser; producer; born February 17, 1890, Spokane, Washington; died 1980; he went into production in the 30s; produced many serials, low-budget Westerns, and Tarzan pictures, as well as occasional quality films; in 1941 he joined RKO as an executive in charge of feature production but resigned soon after to set up his own production company) Halliwell's filmgoer's and video viewer's companion, ©1993: page 473 (Sol Lesser, 1890-1980; American pioneer exhibitor of silent days, later producer; many Tarzan films) Quigley, M.S. First century of film, ©1995: pages 179-180 (Sol Lesser; producer; entered motion picture industry as circuit operator, founding Fox West Coast Theatres; formed Principal Theatres Corp., Principal Pictures Corp.; turned to film production in the early 1930's; in 1941 joined RKO Radio as executive in charge of feature production; resigned to organize and serve as president of Sol Lesser Productions, Inc., 1945) IMDb, April 15, 2015 (Sol Lesser, 1890-1980; producer, director; born February 17, 1890 in Spokane, Washington; died September 19, 1980 in Hollywood, California; went into film production full-time in the 1930s with his own company, Principal Pictures Corp., concentrating on mainly on low-budget westerns and Tarzan pictures; joined RKO in 1941 as executive in charge of feature production) New York times, via WWW, April 15, 2015: movies & TV (Sol Lesser, exhibitor, producer, movie chain owner; Lesser followed in his father's footsteps, eventually running his own theatre chain and distribution center; produced silent-era films) Hollywood renegades archives, via WWW, April 15, 2015: Sol Lesser (SIMPP member, 1942-1958; experience in all three branches of the film industry; became a vertically-integrated mainstay at First National; founded the West Coast Theatres in 1920; independent producer with his own company called Principle Pictures; purchased a small Los Angeles theater that became the start of his Principle Theatres chain; formed the Principle Distributing Corporation, and later created his own financing operation, the Principle Securities Corporation; joined SIMPP in 1942)
Associated language	eng