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Joseph M. Schenck was born on 25 December, 1876 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia], is a miscellaneous,producer. Discover Joseph M. Schenck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Occupation miscellaneous,producer
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 25 December, 1876
Birthday 25 December
Birthplace Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]
Date of death 22 October, 1961
Died Place Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality Russia

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Joseph M. Schenck Height, Weight & Measurements

At 84 years old, Joseph M. Schenck height is 5' 9" (1.75 m) .

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Height 5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Who Is Joseph M. Schenck's Wife?

His wife is Norma Talmadge (20 October 1916 - 4 April 1934) ( divorced)

Family
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Wife Norma Talmadge (20 October 1916 - 4 April 1934) ( divorced)
Sibling Not Available
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Joseph M. Schenck Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Joseph M. Schenck worth at the age of 84 years old? Joseph M. Schenck’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from Russia. We have estimated Joseph M. Schenck's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Miscellaneous

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Timeline

1893

People liked Joseph M. Schenck. Anyone who knew both him and his brother Nicholas Schenck would comment on how different they were. He came to New York in 1893 and, with his younger brother, built a drugstore business. They risked some profits and made more money in amusement parks.

1907

Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater and movie house chain in 1912. The brothers' personalities were quite different; Joe was affable and enjoyed keeping a deal together by finding common ground between business associates that often despised each other. His brother Nick was a cold, driven, hard-nosed businessman who thoroughly enjoyed keeping people on short leashes. In short, people were drawn to Joe and feared Nick.

1916

Joe booked films, which gave him the opportunity to meet movie stars, among them Norma Talmadge, who became his wife in 1916. He was fascinated by Hollywood and wanted to get involved with movie production, whereas Nick was quietly managing Loew's burgeoning theatrical empire. Joe was far more enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle than his brother and wanted to take a much more active role in the production rather than the high finance end of the business.

1917

He saw his opportunity in 1917 to produce Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and the later D. W. Griffith films. At this point the brothers' lives took separate paths; Joe left Consolidated while Nick remained and soon became Marcus Loew's #2 man, assisting him in his dream of combining Metro Pictures with Goldwyn Pictures in order to provide the expanding theater chain with a steady flow of quality films (morphing into MGM, after bringing Louis B.

1922

Co-founder of Buster Keaton Productions in 1922, formed to produce films for comic Buster Keaton.

1924

Mayer and Irving Thalberg on board in 1924), later ascending to the presidency of Loew's Incorporated's--MGM's parent company--after Marcus Loew's sudden death (quietly becoming the most powerful man in the motion picture industry) in late 1926.

1925

Founded Joseph Schenck Productions, a film production company, in New York City in 1925.

1927

Founder of Art Cinema Corp., a film production company active from 1927-33.

1932

Founded, with Edward Small and Harry M. Goetz, Reliance Pictures in 1932.

1933

In 1933 he helped Darryl F. Zanuck establish 20th Century Pictures, which merged with the ailing Fox Film Corp.

1935

in 1935, with Schenck as chairman of the renamed 20th Century-Fox. Organized crime had coveted Hollywood from a distance for years, but had been unable to make serious inroads into the area thanks to the brutally effective work of the Los Angeles Police Department's so-called "hat squad," which was tasked with keeping the city Mafia-free. The studio's weak link was through the growing thorns in their collective sides: the unions, whose membership and collectives spanned across state lines.

1936

In 1936 Willie Morris Bioff, a Chicago mobster out of the remnants of the Al Capone gang who ran the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators behind the scenes, told the studios they could avoid strikes (along with the implied work slowdowns and spontaneous theater fires) for $2 million. All agreed to pay, but Schenck made one of the payoffs with a personal check, which came to the attention of U. S. Internal Revenue Service agents. Thanks to the paper trail, Schenck was indicted for income tax evasion. With some applied pressure and soul-searching, Joe testified against Bioff and the titular union president, George E.

1941

Browne, in 1941 as part of a plea bargain.

1946

In 1946 he began to serve a one-year sentence for tax irregularities and bribery (of the union officials) but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after having served only four months. After leaving prison he immediately returned to Fox as head of production.

1947

Marilyn Monroe became friendly with him in 1947 and was known as one of his "girlfriends", although she said the relationship was platonic.

1948

He was helpful in her career in any case, getting her a very small part in Fox's Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and convincing Harry Cohn at Columbia to give her a contract after Fox dropped her.

1950

Joe became chairman of United Artists (which, somewhat ironically, lacked a theater chain--a factor that would ultimately cripple his brother's studio in the 1950s after the Supreme Court's anti-trust decision required theatrical divestment) in 1924, then its president in 1927.

1952

AMPAS awarded Schenck a special Oscar for services to the film industry in 1952.

1953

In 1953 he co-founded the Magna Corp. with Mike Todd to market the Todd-AO wide-screen system, which was wildly profitable (and remains a technological force in the movie industry to this day).