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Samuel J. Briskin
Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 8, 1896Died November 14, 1968 (72 years)
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Samuel J. Briskin (February 8, 1896 – November 14, 1968) was one of the foremost producers of Hollywood's Golden Age, who was the head of production during his career of 3 of the "Big 8" major film studios of its Golden Age: Columbia (twice), Paramount, and RKO. In the late 1950s he would also serve briefly on the board of directors of another major, MGM. During World War II Briskin served in the army's Signal Corps as a film producer, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he co-founded Liberty Films with Frank Capra, who were later joined by William Wyler and George Stevens. The studio only produced two films, but both are now considered classics: It's a Wonderful Life and State of the Union. All three of his brothers were also film producers, as well as one of his sons, and his sister was married to the eventual Chairman of Columbia, where Briskin spent the last decade of his life as a vice-president and head of production until his death in 1968 from a heart attack.
Samuel J. Briskin (February 8, 1896 – November 14, 1968) was one of the foremost producers of Hollywood's Golden Age, who was the head of production during his career of 3 of the "Big 8" major film studios of its Golden Age: Columbia (twice), Paramount, and RKO. In the late 1950s he would also serve briefly on the board of directors of another major, MGM. During World War II Briskin served in the army's Signal Corps as a film producer, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war he co-founded Liberty Films with Frank Capra, who were later joined by William Wyler and George Stevens. The studio only produced two films, but both are now considered classics: It's a Wonderful Life and State of the Union. All three of his brothers were also film producers, as well as one of his sons, and his sister was married to the eventual Chairman of Columbia, where Briskin spent the last decade of his life as a vice-president and head of production until his death in 1968 from a heart attack.
Filmography
| 1967 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1943 | After Midnight with Boston Blackie · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing It · as Executive Producer |
| 1938 | Crashing Hollywood · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Wise Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | She's Got Everything · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Quick Money · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Danger Patrol · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | High Flyers · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distress · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Living on Love · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Fight for Your Lady · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Breakfast for Two · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Music for Madame · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Saturday's Heroes · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Annapolis Salute · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Flight from Glory · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Hideaway · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | On Again-Off Again · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | New Faces of 1937 · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | You Can't Beat Love · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | There Goes My Girl · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Behind the Headlines · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | You Can't Buy Luck · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | The Man Who Found Himself · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | China Passage · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Sea Devils · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | We're on the Jury · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | They Wanted to Marry · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Racing Lady · as Executive Producer |
| 1937 | Criminal Lawyer · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Night Waitress · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | We Who Are About to Die · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Wanted! Jane Turner · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Smartest Girl in Town · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Without Orders · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Don't Turn 'em Loose · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Walking on Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | M'Liss · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path · as Executive Producer |
| 1936 | Two in Revolt · as Executive Producer |
| 1935 | |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill · as Associate Producer |
| 1932 | The Western Code · as Associate Producer |