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Born | Ananda Max Salomon January 15, 1891 |
Died | July 5, 1944 | (aged 53)
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Ananda Max Salomon (January 15, 1891 [1] – 5 July 1944) [2] was an American film director and studio manager at Teddington Studios. [3]
Salomon was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and moved to San Francisco when he was one year old. [4] His father, Max Salomon, was born in Illinois and his mother, Wilhelmina "Minna" Welte Salomon, was German. [5] [1] He was a cousin of Jack L. Warner's first wife Irma Solomons (1916–1935), and became Warner's first employee, [6] and eventually head of Warner's British operation.
He was killed in a V-1 flying bomb [7] attack at Warner Bros. Studios in Teddington, Staines, [2] while recording the sound of the V-1s. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Salomon was cremated and his ashes returned to San Francisco. He was survived by his wife, Joan Denise Salomon. [2]
Doc Salomon | |
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Born | Ananda Max Salomon January 15, 1891 |
Died | July 5, 1944 | (aged 53)
Occupations |
Ananda Max Salomon (January 15, 1891 [1] – 5 July 1944) [2] was an American film director and studio manager at Teddington Studios. [3]
Salomon was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and moved to San Francisco when he was one year old. [4] His father, Max Salomon, was born in Illinois and his mother, Wilhelmina "Minna" Welte Salomon, was German. [5] [1] He was a cousin of Jack L. Warner's first wife Irma Solomons (1916–1935), and became Warner's first employee, [6] and eventually head of Warner's British operation.
He was killed in a V-1 flying bomb [7] attack at Warner Bros. Studios in Teddington, Staines, [2] while recording the sound of the V-1s. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Salomon was cremated and his ashes returned to San Francisco. He was survived by his wife, Joan Denise Salomon. [2]