Robert L. Lippert

Birth Name:

Robert L. Lippert

Birth Place:

Alameda, California, United States

Profession

Producer, Director, Actor

First became involved in theater by working odd jobs in local movie houses and worked up to running the projectors
Owned a large chain of theaters in California and Oregon by the mid-1940s
Quote: "I don't worry about what the critics say․ I make pictures people want to see․"
Most of his prolific westerns and crime thrillers proved profitable and a few, including 1951's "Little Big Born" and 1953s "The Tall Texan" are remembered as classics
Started making movies to show in his theater chains in 1948, and from that time through the mid-1950s he produced and released hundreds of films
His theaters, which would often screen older films continuously for a quarter a seat, became favorite hangout spots for shift workers and night owls, and sometimes cheap accommodations for servicemen on leave
Some of the improvements and developments he made on projectors were put on display at the Alameda County museum

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