Contemporaries
According to Jesse L. Lasky's daughter, Betty, the individuals below were not only her father's contemporaries, but people he liked, who became his close friends. There are several more for whom I have not found images: Sam Engel (producer and screenwriter); Jack Emanuel (literary agent, television executive, and best friend in the 1950s); and Arthur "Artie" Stebbins (Hollywood agent).

Cecil B. DeMille: Legendary film maker, partner and lifelong best friend

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.: Famous silent star, best friend in the 1920s

Joseph M. Schenck: Executive producer, associate of Marcus Loew

Sam Goldwyn: partner and former brother-in-law

George Putnam: Publisher, author, husband of Amelia Earhardt, close friend in the 1920s

Eddie Albert: actor of television and movies

Adolph Zukor: Famous-Players-Lasky president, partner Paramount Studios

Frank Case: Owner of Algonquin Hotel in New York, close friend in the 1920s

William deMille: Famous Players-Lasky writer, director, brother of Cecil B. DeMille

Wilfred Buckland: Art director, Lasky Feature Play Company

Mary Pickford: Famous Players star, Lasky partner and friend

Mervyn LeRoy: Director, producer; cousin

Gilbert Miller: NY theatre impressario, close friend in the 1920s

Pandro S. Berman: RKO production executive and producer

Walter Wanger: Producer and one-time Lasky Assistant Famous Players, later General Manager

Rouben Mamoulian: Film and theatre director

Leo Carrillo: Actor and friend

Harry Warner: Studio executive

Harold Sherman: Screenwriter, prominent author of inspirational books, friend

Don Sartell: Best friend in the 1950s, important figure in the high school band world