Shortly after, in partnership with Adolph Zukor and others, he founded the successful but short-lived Automatic Vaudeville Company which established a chain of arcades across several cities.

By 1905, Marcus Loew was on his own and his success eventually meant that he needed a steady flow of films for his theaters.

In 1904, he founded the People's Vaudeville Company, a theater chain showcasing one-reel films and live variety shows.

In addition to theaters, Loew and the Schencks expanded the Fort George Amusement Park in upper Manhattan.

Goldwyn Pictures owned the "Leo the Lion" trademark and studio property in Culver City, California.

Loew recalled meeting a film producer named Louis B. Mayer who had been operating a successful, modest studio in east Los Angeles.

Nicholas Schenck was dispatched to finalize the deal that ultimately resulted in the formation of Metro-Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924 with Mayer as the studio head and Thalberg chief of production.

[11] For his very significant contribution to the development of the motion picture industry, Marcus Loew has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1617 Vine Street.