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Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmul Gelbfisz), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish American film producer. He was most well known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. In 1916, Goldwyn partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Gelbfisz then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn, which he used for the rest of his life. Goldwyn Pictures proved successful but it is their Leo the Lion trademark for which the organization is most famous. On April 10, 1924, Goldwyn Pictures was acquired by Marcus Loew and merged into his Metro Pictures Corporation. Despite the inclusion of his name, Goldwyn had no role in the management or production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Before the sale and merger of Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924, Goldwyn had established Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 as a production-only operation (with no distribution arm). Their first feature was Potash and Perlmutter, released in September 1923 through First National Pictures. Some of the early productions bear the name Howard Productions, named for Goldwyn's wife Frances Howard. For 35 years, Goldwyn built a reputation in filmmaking and developed an eye for finding the talent for making films. William Wyler directed many of his most celebrated productions, and he hired writers such as Ben Hecht, Sidney Howard, Dorothy Parker, and Lillian Hellman. (According to legend, at a heated story conference Goldwyn scolded someone —in most accounts Mrs. Parker, who recalled he had once been a glove maker— with the retort: “Don't you point that finger at me. I knew it when it had a thimble on it!” During that time, Goldwyn made numerous films and reigned as the most successful independent producer in the US. Many of his films were forgettable; his collaboration with John Ford, however, resulted in Best Picture Oscar nomination for Arrowsmith (1931). William Wyler was responsible for most of Goldwyn's highly lauded films, with Best Picture Oscar nominations for Dodsworth (1936), Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Little Foxes (1941) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1948). The leading actors in several of Goldwyn films, especially those directed by William Wyler, were also Oscar-nominated for their performances. Throughout the 1930s, Goldwyn released all his films through United Artists, but beginning in 1941, and continuing almost through the end of his career, Goldwyn released his films through RKO Radio Pictures. Goldwyn died at his home in Los Angeles in 1974 from natural causes, at the probable age of 94. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In the 1980s, Samuel Goldwyn Studio was sold to Warner Bros. There is a theater named after him in Beverly Hills and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631 Vine Street.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1879-08-17
- event Death Date 1974-01-31
- school Known for: Production
- star Popularity: 3.7
- info Birth Place Warsaw, Poland
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Samuel Goldwyn
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001-10-07
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
6.3
Salinger
2013-09-06
6
Hollywood Preview
1955-09-14
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
7
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
7
Porgy and Bess
1959-06-24
7
Wuthering Heights
1939-04-07
7
Guys and Dolls
1955-12-23
7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
7
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01
7
Wonder Man
1945-06-08
7
The Westerner
1940-09-18
7
Edge of Doom
1950-08-03
7
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
7
Hans Christian Andersen
1952-12-19
7
The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
7
The Bishop's Wife
1947-12-25
7
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926-10-14
7
Arrowsmith
1931-12-07
7
The Real Glory
1939-09-29
7
The Real Glory
1939-09-29
7
Name the Man
1924-01-27
7
Whoopee!
1930-09-26
7
Partners of the Night
1920-02-29
7
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920-05-23
7
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920-07-25
7
The Slim Princess
1920-07-14
7
The Truth
1920-08-28
7
The Penalty
1920-08-15
7
Officer 666
1920-10-30
7
Honest Hutch
1920-09-19
7
What Happened To Rosa?
1920-12-08
7
The Great Lover
1920-11-15
7
Boys Will Be Boys
1921-05-05
7
Guile of Women
1921-01-01
7
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921-03-13
7
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921-07-31
7
Polly of the Circus
1917-09-08
7
Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
7
The Ace of Hearts
1921-09-17
7
Oh Mary Be Careful
1921-09-01
7
Doubling for Romeo
1921-10-22
7
Watch Your Step
1922-02-16
7
Sherlock Holmes
1922-03-07
7
Head Over Heels
1922-04-16
7
His Back Against the Wall
1922-05-21
7
The Magic Flame
1927-09-17
7
The Awakening
1928-11-17
7
Remembrance
1922-10-01
7
A Blind Bargain
1922-12-03
7
The Christian
1923-01-14
7
Mr. Barnes of New York
1922-05-22
7
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923-02-17
7
Unseeing Eyes
1923-11-18
7
The Eternal Three
1923-09-22
7
Potash and Perlmutter
1923-09-10
7
The Day of Faith
1923-10-20
7
The Eternal City
1923-12-17
7
Three Weeks
1924-02-10
7
Cytherea
1924-05-04
7
True As Steel
1924-04-20
7
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924-04-16
7
Nana
1934-02-01
7
A Thief in Paradise
1925-06-18
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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924-09-28
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Stella Dallas
1925-11-16
7
The Night of Love
1927-01-22
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Partners Again
1926-02-15
7
The Devil Dancer
1927-11-03
7
Two Lovers
1928-03-23
7
The Rescue
1929-01-12
7
This Is Heaven
1929-06-22
7
Bulldog Drummond
1929-05-02
7
The Cinderella Man
1917-12-16
7
Fighting Odds
1917-09-29
7
The Floor Below
1918-03-10
7
All Woman
1918-06-09
7
The Turn of the Wheel
1918-09-01
7
Laughing Bill Hyde
1918-09-22
7
Peck's Bad Girl
1918-09-02
7
Thirty a Week
1918-10-12
7
The Hell Cat
1918-11-24
7
A Perfect 36
1918-10-20
7
The Racing Strain
1918-12-22
7
A Perfect Lady
1918-12-01
7
The Stronger Vow
1919-04-27
7
Sis Hopkins
1919-03-02
7
Upstairs
1919-08-03
7
Almost a Husband
1919-10-11
7
Lord and Lady Algy
1919-09-01
7
Jubilo
1919-12-07
7
Raffles
1930-07-11
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Pinto
1920-01-10
7
One Heavenly Night
1930-12-25
7
The Devil to Pay!
1930-12-18
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Condemned!
1929-11-03
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Water, Water, Everywhere
1920-02-08
7
The Paliser Case
1920-02-15
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Street Scene
1931-09-05
7
Palmy Days
1931-09-23
7
The Unholy Garden
1931-10-06
7
Arrowsmith
1931-12-07
7
Tonight or Never
1931-01-04
7
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932-02-03
7
Cynara
1932-12-24
7
Kid Millions
1934-11-10
7
The Masquerader
1933-09-03
7
Roman Scandals
1933-11-27
7
The Kid from Spain
1932-11-17
7
We Live Again
1934-11-01
7
The Dark Angel
1935-09-08
7
The Wedding Night
1935-03-08
7
Come and Get It
1936-11-06
7
Barbary Coast
1935-10-13
7
Dodsworth
1936-09-23
7
Splendor
1935-11-22
7
Strike Me Pink
1936-01-24
7
These Three
1936-03-18
7
Woman Chases Man
1937-05-07
7
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
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Dead End
1937-08-27
7
The Hurricane
1937-11-09
7
Stella Dallas
1937-08-06
7
The Goldwyn Follies
1938-02-04
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The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
7
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938-04-07
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They Got Me Covered
1943-03-04
7
Raffles
1939-11-11
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They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
7
The Little Foxes
1941-08-29
7
The Westerner
1940-09-18
7
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946-03-21
7
The Princess and the Pirate
1944-11-17
7
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
7
Up in Arms
1944-02-17
7
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
7
My Foolish Heart
1950-01-19
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Enchantment
1948-12-25
7
A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
7
The North Star
1943-11-04
7
Our Very Own
1950-07-27
7
I Want You
1951-12-22
7
Brooba
1955-10-25
7
The Hurricane
1937-11-09
7
Our Very Own
1950-07-27
7
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
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The Penalty
1920-08-15
7
The Beloved Traitor
1918-02-24
7
The Face in the Dark
1918-04-15
7
Dead End
1937-08-27
7
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920-06-22
7
Slave of Desire
1923-10-04
7
Hungry Hearts
1922-11-26
7
Through the Wrong Door
1919-07-20
7
The World and Its Woman
1919-09-06
7
The Loves of Letty
1919-12-07
7
The Woman on the Index
1919-02-23
7
The North Wind's Malice
1920-10-17