Leo Spitz (1888,

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–April 16, 1956) was an American film executive, best known for running International Pictures with

William Goetz William B. Goetz (March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American film producer and studio executive. Goetz was one of the founders of 20th Century Fox#Twentieth Century Pictures, Twentieth Century Pictures, and later served as vice presid ...

. When International merged with Universal Studios to form Universal-International in 1946, Spitz and Goetz ran the studio together. From 1950 to 1956 he owned a home in

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by la ...

. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in

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