Samuel Goldwyn
Producteur, Acteur
17 août 1879 — 31 janvier 1974 (94 ans)
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.
Films & Séries sur Plex
Connue pour
Filmographie
| 1959 | |
| 1955 | Guys and DollsSur Plex |
| 1952 | Hans Christian AndersenSur Plex |
| 1951 | I Want YouSur Plex |
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| 1950 | |
| 1949 | My Foolish HeartSur Plex |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | EnchantmentSur Plex |
| 1948 | A Song Is BornSur Plex |
| 1947 | The Bishop's WifeSur Plex |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter MittySur Plex |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our LivesSur Plex |
| 1946 | The Kid from BrooklynSur Plex |
| 1945 | Wonder ManSur Plex |
| 1944 | The Princess and the PirateSur Plex |
| 1944 | Up in ArmsSur Plex |
| 1943 | The North StarSur Plex |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the YankeesSur Plex |
| 1941 | Ball of FireSur Plex |
| 1941 | The Little FoxesSur Plex |
| 1940 | The WesternerSur Plex |
| 1939 | RafflesSur Plex |
| 1939 | The Real GlorySur Plex |
| 1939 | They Shall Have MusicSur Plex |
| 1939 | Wuthering HeightsSur Plex |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the LadySur Plex |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco PoloSur Plex |
| 1938 | The Goldwyn FolliesSur Plex |
| 1937 | The HurricaneSur Plex |
| 1937 | Dead EndSur Plex |
| 1937 | Stella DallasSur Plex |
| 1937 | Woman Chases ManSur Plex |
| 1936 | Beloved EnemySur Plex |
| 1936 | Come and Get ItSur Plex |
| 1936 | DodsworthSur Plex |
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| 1935 | Barbary CoastSur Plex |
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| 1935 | The Wedding NightSur Plex |
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| 1934 | We Live AgainSur Plex |
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| 1933 | Roman ScandalsSur Plex |
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| 1932 | The Kid from SpainSur Plex |
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| 1931 | ArrowsmithSur Plex |
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| 1931 | Street SceneSur Plex |
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| 1930 | The Devil to Pay!Sur Plex |
| 1930 | Whoopee!Sur Plex |
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| 1929 | Condemned!Sur Plex |
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| 1926 | The Winning of Barbara WorthSur Plex |
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| 1924 | Name the Man! · as Executive Producer |
| 1922 | |
| 1922 | Sherlock Holmes · as Executive Producer |
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| 1920 | The PenaltySur Plex |
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| 1918 | |
| 1917 | The Cinderella Man · as Executive Producer |
| 1917 | Polly of the Circus · as Executive Producer |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Salinger · as Self - Film Producer (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2000 | Central Casting · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person · as Self - Movie Producer |
| 1950 | What's My Line? · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |