Al Lichtman

Alexander "Al" Lichtman (April 9, 1888 – February 20, 1958) was a businessman working in the motion picture industry, occasionally working as a film producer.

Lichtman in 1919
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Biography

Lichtman was born in Monok, Hungary. His parents were Joseph Lichtman and Pepe (aka Josephine) Zuckermandel.

A field manager for Famous Players in 1912, Lichtman had his own distribution company, Al Lichtman Corp, in the early 1920s. He was president of Preferred Pictures in 1923 and became sales manager at United Artists in 1927.[1] He was promoted to president of the company in 1935, but resigned after only a few months due to a fallout with Sam Goldwyn over the production of Barbary Coast (1935).[1]

In November of that same year he joined MGM as a special sales adviser and became an executive producer with them in 1938.[2] He left MGM for 20th Century Fox in 1949, and stayed there until his retirement in 1957. During this time he produced the film, The Young Lions.

Lichtman has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in Los Angeles, California.

References
  1. "Cinema: North Formosa Novelties". Time. October 21, 1935. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010.
  2. "Cinema: Recordings". Time. November 4, 1935. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
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