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Samuel Goldwyn (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ l d w ɪ n /; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879) – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, [1] was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced Hollywood's first major motion picture.
Through the 1940s and 1950s, many of Goldwyn's films starred Danny Kaye. Goldwyn's final production was the 1959 version of Porgy and Bess. Elements for many films produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions between 1929 and 1955 are held by the Academy Film Archive as part of the Samuel Goldwyn Collection. [2]
With this film, producer Samuel Goldwyn wanted to return to the simple family values portrayed in the Andy Hardy films MGM had released a decade earlier. Farley Granger thought the script was "pointless and meandering", but as a Goldwyn contract player, he faced suspension if he refused to make the film. He thought director David Miller was "a ...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has signed a worldwide catalog deal with Concord Originals for rights to three Rodgers & Hammerstein films. The distribution pact involves two classic Hollywood films, 1958 ...
Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine.The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Films produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions (1923–59), as distinct from Goldwyn Pictures (1917–24), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (founded April 1924), The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1979–97) and Samuel Goldwyn Films (founded 2000).
In the "early summer of 1950", Martin Greer is the engineer for a small construction company, Greer and Sons, working with his father. ... Samuel Goldwyn: Starring ...
Films produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films, an independent film company founded in 2000, as distinct from Goldwyn Pictures (1917–24), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (founded April 1924), Samuel Goldwyn Productions (1923–59), and The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1979–97).