The brother of Edward Laemmle and a nephew of Carl Laemmle, the benign founder of Universal, Ernst Laemmle directed numerous silent two-reel Westerns starring the likes of William Desmond and Fred Humes. He later returned to his home country of Germany to helm several German language Universal films, including Der Teufelreporter (1930), a melodrama starring veteran Hollywood performer Eddie Polo. The very visible presence at Universal of such Laemmle relatives as Ernst and Edward, Josef Levigard and William Wyler caused the famous quip by writer Ogden Nash that "'Uncle' Carl Laemmle has a very large 'faemmle.'"
Ernest Laemmle
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