Samuel Goldwyn
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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Películas (151)
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Self (archive footage)
Salinger
2013 · Self - Film Producer (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Porgy and Bess
1959 · Producer
Small World: Vivien Leigh
1958 · Self
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Producer
Brooba
1955 · Production Consultant
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 · Producer
I Want You
1951 · Producer
Edge of Doom
1950 · Producer
Our Very Own
1950 · Producer, Presenter
My Foolish Heart
1950 · Producer
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Producer
Enchantment
1948 · Producer
A Song Is Born
1948 · Producer
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · Producer
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Producer
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Producer
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Producer
Wonder Man
1945 · Producer
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Producer
Up in Arms
1944 · Producer
The North Star
1943 · Producer
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Producer
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Producer
Ball of Fire
1941 · Producer, Presenter
The Little Foxes
1941 · Producer
The Westerner
1940 · Presenter, Producer
Raffles
1939 · Producer
The Real Glory
1939 · Presenter, Producer
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Producer
Wuthering Heights
1939 · Producer
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Presenter, Producer
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · Producer
The Goldwyn Follies
1938 · Producer
The Hurricane
1937 · Producer, Presenter
Dead End
1937 · Producer, Presenter
Stella Dallas
1937 · Producer
Woman Chases Man
1937 · Producer
Beloved Enemy
1936 · Producer
Come and Get It
1936 · Producer
Dodsworth
1936 · Producer
These Three
1936 · Producer
Strike Me Pink
1936 · Producer
Splendor
1935 · Producer
Barbary Coast
1935 · Producer
The Dark Angel
1935 · Producer
The Wedding Night
1935 · Producer
Kid Millions
1934 · Producer
We Live Again
1934 · Producer
Nana
1934 · Producer
Roman Scandals
1933 · Producer
The Masquerader
1933 · Producer
Cynara
1932 · Producer
The Kid from Spain
1932 · Producer
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Producer
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Producer
Arrowsmith
1931 · Presenter, Producer
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Producer
Palmy Days
1931 · Producer
Street Scene
1931 · Producer
Tonight or Never
1931 · Producer
One Heavenly Night
1930 · Producer
The Devil to Pay!
1930 · Producer
Whoopee!
1930 · Producer
Raffles
1930 · Producer
Condemned!
1929 · Producer
This Is Heaven
1929 · Producer
Bulldog Drummond
1929 · Producer
The Rescue
1929 · Executive Producer
The Awakening
1928 · Producer
Two Lovers
1928 · Producer
The Devil Dancer
1927 · Producer
The Magic Flame
1927 · Producer
The Night of Love
1927 · Producer
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926 · Producer
Partners Again
1926 · Producer
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited), Producer
Stella Dallas
1925 · Producer
A Thief in Paradise
1925 · Producer
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924 · Producer
Cytherea
1924 · Producer
True As Steel
1924 · Executive Producer
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924 · Executive Producer
Three Weeks
1924 · Executive Producer
Name the Man
1924 · Executive Producer
The Eternal City
1923 · Producer
Unseeing Eyes
1923 · Producer
The Day of Faith
1923 · Producer
Slave of Desire
1923 · Producer
The Eternal Three
1923 · Producer
Potash and Perlmutter
1923 · Producer
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923 · Producer
The Christian
1923 · Executive Producer
A Blind Bargain
1922 · Producer
Hungry Hearts
1922 · Producer
Remembrance
1922 · Producer
Mr. Barnes of New York
1922 · Producer
His Back Against the Wall
1922 · Producer
Head Over Heels
1922 · Executive Producer
Sherlock Holmes
1922 · Executive Producer
Watch Your Step
1922 · Executive Producer
Doubling for Romeo
1921 · Producer
The Ace of Hearts
1921 · Producer
Oh Mary Be Careful
1921 · Producer
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921 · Producer
Boys Will Be Boys
1921 · Producer
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 · Producer
Guile of Women
1921 · Producer
What Happened To Rosa
1920 · Producer
The Great Lover
1920 · Producer
Officer 666
1920 · Executive Producer
The North Wind's Malice
1920 · Presenter
Honest Hutch
1920 · Producer
The Truth
1920 · Producer
The Penalty
1920 · Producer, Presenter
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920 · Producer
The Slim Princess
1920 · Producer
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920 · Presenter
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920 · Producer
Partners of the Night
1920 · Producer
The Paliser Case
1920 · Executive Producer
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920 · Producer
Pinto
1920 · Producer
Jubilo
1919 · Producer
The Loves of Letty
1919 · Presenter
Almost a Husband
1919 · Executive Producer
The World and Its Woman
1919 · Executive Producer
Lord and Lady Algy
1919 · Producer
Upstairs
1919 · Producer
Through the Wrong Door
1919 · Presenter
Leave It to Susan
1919 · Presenter
The Stronger Vow
1919 · Executive Producer
Sis Hopkins
1919 · Producer
The Woman on the Index
1919 · Presenter
The Racing Strain
1918 · Producer
A Perfect Lady
1918 · Producer
The Hell Cat
1918 · Executive Producer
A Perfect 36
1918 · Producer
Thirty a Week
1918 · Producer
Laughing Bill Hyde
1918 · Producer
Peck's Bad Girl
1918 · Producer
The Turn of the Wheel
1918 · Producer
All Woman
1918 · Executive Producer
The Face in the Dark
1918 · Producer
The Floor Below
1918 · Producer
The Beloved Traitor
1918 · Producer
The Cinderella Man
1917 · Executive Producer
The Spreading Dawn
1917 · Producer
Fighting Odds
1917 · Producer
Polly of the Circus
1917 · Executive Producer
