Al Lichtman

Alexander "Al" Lichtman (April 9, 1885 - February 20, 1958) was a businessman working in the motion picture industry. He also occasionally worked as a film producer. Born in Monok, Hungary. His parents were Joseph Lichtman and Pepe (aka Josephine) Zuckermandel. Lichtman has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in Los Angeles, California.

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.cite news
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755217-2,00.html
title = Time Magazine
date = October 21 1935
language = English] 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.In November of that same year he joined MGM as a special sales adviser and became an executive producer with them in 1938.cite news
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755291,00.html
title = Time Magazine
date = November 4 1935
language = English] 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".

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*imdb name | id=0509077 | name=Al Lichtman
* [http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/ftc-case_lichtman.htm Lichtman's Testimony in an Antitrust case]