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In the 1950s, Samuel Goldwyn turned to make several musicals including Hans Christian Andersen (1952), his last with Danny Kaye, with whom he had made many others, and Guys and Dolls (1955) starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine, which was based on the successful Broadway musical.
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). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.
Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneer American filmmaker and one of Hollywood’s most prominent producers for more than 30 years. Orphaned as a child, Goldwyn emigrated first to London and eventually to a small town in New York state, where he worked in a glove factory. By the age of 18 he was one of the top.
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After the sale of his previous firm Goldwyn Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn organized his productions beginning in February 1923, initially in a partnership with director George Fitzmaurice (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, created by merger in April 1924, bears Goldwyn's name, but he did not produce films there).
Oct 12, 2022 · By the late 1950s, Samuel Goldwyn knew the old Hollywood was dying. A few years earlier, Louis B. Mayer was fired from his post as head of MGM. When he tried to stage a boardroom coup to regain control, Goldwyn purchased $10,000 worth of MGM stock.
Jul 17, 2005 · Samuel Goldwyn claimed to have been born on August 27, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland but in truth Schmuel Gelbfisz was born in July 1879. Sixteen-year-old Schmuel Gelbfisz literally walks across...
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Samuel Goldwyn. Producer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Famed for his relentless ambition, bad temper and genius for publicity, Samuel Goldwyn became Hollywood's leading "independent" producer -- largely because none of his partners could tolerate him for long.
