Exhibition on Jewish film pioneers opens in Los Angeles

(JTA) Today’s understanding of Hollywood — the glitz, the glam, the red carpets and paparazzi — are a far cry from the film industry’s humble beginnings, when a group of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe laid the groundwork for what would become an epicenter of American and global culture.

Such is the story told by a new exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which opened May 19th. “Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital” traces...