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{{Short description|Hungarian-American film producer (1873β1976)}} {{Western name order|Czukor Adolf}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Adolph_Zukor_by_Apeda_1922.jpg | caption = Zukor in 1922 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|1|7}} | birth_place = [[Ricse]], [[Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|6|10|1873|1|7}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | years_active = 1903β1959 | occupation = Film producer | known for = One of the three founders of [[Paramount Pictures]] | resting_place = Temple Israel Cemetery, [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York]] | spouse = {{marriage|Lottie Kaufman|1897|1956|end=died}} | children = 2 | other_names = Adolf Zuckery | family = [[Marcus Loew]] (daughter's father-in-law) | signature = Signature of Adolph Zukor.png }} '''Adolph Zukor''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|z|uΛ|k|Ιr}}; {{langx|hu|Czukor Adolf}}; January 7, 1873 β June 10, 1976)<ref name=ANBO>{{cite book|last=Bernstein|first=Matthew|title=Zukor, Adolph|work=American National Biography Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=February 2000}}</ref> was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="WVobit">Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76.</ref> He produced one of America's first [[Feature film|feature-length films]], ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1913 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'', in 1913.<ref name="nytimes-onthisday"> {{cite news |first=Albin |last=Krebs |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 1976 |title=Obituary: Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount Movie Empire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0107.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010603213053/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0107.html |archive-date=2001-06-03 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-12-24}} </ref><ref name="nytimes-103"> {{cite news |first=Albin |last=Krebs |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 1976 |title=Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount Movie Empire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/11/archives/adolph-zukor-is-dead-at-103-built-paramount-movie-empire-adolph.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724190025/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/11/archives/adolph-zukor-is-dead-at-103-built-paramount-movie-empire-adolph.html |archive-date=2021-07-24 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-24}} </ref>
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