1. Andrew Laszlo was born Laszlo Andras in 1926, in the vicinity of Papa, Hungary, the town where his family finally settled about the time that Andrew was three years old.
13 Facts About Andrew Laszlo
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Andrew Laszlo was known for his athletic abilities, excelling in swimming and skating during his early school years.
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Andrew Laszlo later developed a talent for fencing in high school, showcasing his versatility in sports.
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Andrew Laszlo was then taken to another labor camp in what is Romania and put to work laying railroad track.
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In March 1945, with the pressure on the Germans in Norway increasing, Andrew Laszlo was shipped to the concentration camp at Theresienstadt.
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Andrew Laszlo realized that it would take years for the Hungarian movie business to return to its former self and did not want to wait that long.
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So, he went back to Papa and began to plan for his immigration to the United States at the urging of his uncle, George Andrew Laszlo, who was already living in New York and was willing to sponsor him.
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Andrew Laszlo found his way to New York by way of Ulm, Germany, where he survived by selling American cigarettes to the locals.
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Andrew Laszlo did so on January 17,1947, by walking down the gangplank of the SS Ernie Pyle after it had docked on the west side of Manhattan.
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Shortly before his discharge from the US Army Signal Corps, Andrew Laszlo married his New York-born sweetheart, Ann Granger.
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Andrew Laszlo started to work with TV personality Ed Sullivan in 1953 and filmed programs in Portugal, Alaska, and Ireland.
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In 1962, Andrew Laszlo was offered his first feature film, One Potato, Two Potato, a controversial film about the interracial marriage of a black man and white divorcee.
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Andrew Laszlo took on this Ed Sullivan production with trepidation and excitement since it would be the first extremely large rock concert to be filmed for television.