Theatre manager, born in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The brother of Charles Frohman, he managed a number of New York theatres, including the Madison Square, the Lyceum, Daly's, and his own 1902 reconstruction of the Lyceum, where he had a stock company. He was also one of the first producers of moving pictures.
Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 - December 26, 1940) was an American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer.
Frohman was born in Sandusky, Ohio. With his brothers Charles and Gustave Frohman, he helped to develop a system of road companies that would tour the nation while the show also played in New York City.
Frohman became involved in the motion picture business as a partner and producer with Adolph Zukor in the Famous Players Film Company.
On his passing in 1940, Frohman was interred in the Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, New York near his brother Charles who had died in 1915 in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
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