Hiram Abrams
Hiram Abrams (born February 22, 1878 in Portland , Maine , United States , † November 15, 1926 in Manhattan , New York City , New York , United States) was the first president of the film distributor United Artists .
Life
Before joining United Artists, Abrams was a co-owner of a film distribution company. After the new film distributor was founded on May 19, 1919 by the actress Mary Pickford , her husband and professional colleague Douglas Fairbanks senior. , director David Wark Griffith and comedian Charlie Chaplin , Abrams was named first president. In the first few years of its existence, the film distributor United Artists and thus also its Jewish president had to struggle with high fixed costs for the provision of a film distributor and only a few films that could be delivered to the cinemas through them. This is justified in the previously existing contracts of the founding members. Although from now on all new cinematic products were to go to the cinema theaters via the United Artists, the earlier obligations first had to be fulfilled.
Only Abram's successor Joseph Schenck managed to end this dilemma and to establish the United Artists as one of the three small US film distributors.
Web links
- Hiram Abrams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Abrams, Hiram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of the United Artists film distributor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland , Maine, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1926 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City , New York, United States |