Description: JOSEPH SCHENCKAUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOin a train depot group shotwhere one may also spotRoscoe Arbuckle, Sid Grauman,Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge, Margaret Talmadge, Al Jolson, and Samuel Goldwyn Joseph Schenck (1876 – 1961) was a Russian-born American film studio producer and executive, as a producer. instrumental in the film careers of his wife Norma Talmadge, her sister Constance, their brother-in-law Buster Keaton, and Keaton’s mentor, Roscoe Arbuckle. and, as a executive, for his part in the establishment of the United Artists and 20th Century (Fox) Studios. Schenck emigrated to New York City on July 19, 1892 under the name Ossip Schenker; with his younger brother Nicholas he entered the entertainment business, operating concessions at New York's Fort George Amusement Park. Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and afterward became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry — in partnership with Marcus Loew — operating a chain of movie theaters. In 1916, through his involvement in the film business, Joseph Schenck met and married Norma Talmadge, a top young star with Vitagraph Studios. He would be the first of her three husbands, but she was his only wife. Schenck supervised, controlled and nurtured her career in alliance with Margaret, her mother. By 1917, the couple formed the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation, which became a lucrative enterprise. After parting ways with his brother, Joseph Schenck moved to the West Coast where the future of the film industry seemed to lie. Within a few years Schenck was made the second president of the new United Artists.By 1933, he partnered with Darryl F. Zanuck to form Twentieth Century Pictures to produce motion pictures for United Artists, until 20th Century merged with Fox Film in 1935. As chairman of the new 20th Century Fox, he was one of the most powerful and influential people in the film business. Caught in a payoff scheme to buy peace with the unions, he was convicted of income tax evasion and spent time in prison before being granted a presidential pardon. Following his release, he returned to 20th Century Fox where he became infatuated with the unknown Marilyn Monroe, and played a key role in launching her career. One of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in 1952 Schenck was given a special Academy Award in recognition of his contribution to the development of the film industry. Schenck retired in 1957 and shortly afterward suffered a stroke, from which he never fully recovered. He died in Los Angeles in 1961 at the age of 84, and was interred in Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. INSURED MEDIA MAIL SHIPPINGIN A BOX WITHIN TWO BUSINESSDAYS OF PAYMENT
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