Doc Salomon

Ananda Max Salomon (January 15, 1891^[1] – 5 July 1944)^[2] was an American film director and studio manager at Teddington Studios.^[3]

Doc Salomon
Born	Ananda Max Salomon (1891-01-15)January 15, 1891 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died	July 5, 1944(1944-07-05) (aged 53) Teddington, Staines, England
Occupations	Film director studio manager

Salomon was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and moved to San Francisco when he was one year old.^[4] His father, Max Salomon, was born in Illinois and his mother, Wilhelmina "Minna" Welte Salomon, was German.^[5][1] He was a cousin of Jack L. Warner's first wife Irma Solomons (1916–1935), and became Warner's first employee,^[6] and eventually head of Warner's British operation.

He was killed in a V-1 flying bomb^[7] attack at Warner Bros. Studios in Teddington, Staines,^[2] while recording the sound of the V-1s.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Salomon was cremated and his ashes returned to San Francisco. He was survived by his wife, Joan Denise Salomon.^[2]

Films

• The Side Show Jack Born and Elmer Lawrence sound short Vitaphone 1928^[12]