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	Topics Sol Lesser Topic Home Sol Lesser (born February 17, 1890 in Spokane, WashingtonSpokane, Washington Spokane is the second largest city in Washington state and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest.... –September 19, 1980 in Hollywood, California) was an Academy Award-winning film producerFilm producer A film producer creates the conditions for making movies.... and presenter. In 1915, while living in San Francisco, Lesser learned that the authorities were about to clean out the Barbary CoastBarbary Coast, San Francisco, California Barbary Coast was a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.... district, a raucous area of gamblingGambling Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used.... houses, saloonsBar (establishment) ----A bar is a business that sells alcoholic beverages for immediate on-premises consumption.... and brothels. He grabbed a camera and a friend, future Hollywood cameraman Hal MohrHal Mohr Hal Mohr was a famed movie cinematographer.... , and roamed the area, especially the parts that were best-known before the area was shut down. (The Barbary Coast wasn't actually closed down until 1917.) The resulting film was The Last Night of the Barbary Coast, an early example of an exploitation filmExploitation film Exploitation films, exploitative films or trash cinema is a genre of films that typically sacrifice traditional ... that was sold directly to movie theater owners by Lesser. With the profits from the film -- now considered to be a lost filmLost film A lost film is a film which, for any of several reasons, is no longer in existence.... -- he bought several theaters, and soon owned a cinema chain. Throughout his career, he made low-budget Western and TarzanTarzan Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in tw... movies. The Tarzan films were produced for RKO and starred Johnny WeissmullerJohnny Weissmuller Johnny Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal... and later Gordon ScottGordon Scott Overview Gordon Scott was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in five films from 1955 to 1960.... . Sol Lesser was the recipient of The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardThe Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically at the Academy Award ceremonies for outstanding contributions t... in 1960. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameHollywood Walk of Fame Summary The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, ... . External links