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Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- November 19, 1916; 106 years ago
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.
- Movies
- Film studio
Goldwyn Pictures. Founded: November 19, 1916 (107 years ago) Founder: Samuel Goldwyn. Edgar Selwyn. Archibald Selwyn. Defunct: April 17, 1924 (100 years ago) Fate: Merged with Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Successors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Location: United States. Background.
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films. Films produced and/or distributed by Goldwyn Pictures (1916-1924). Distinct from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM, founded April 1924), and Goldwyn's independent production company Samuel Goldwyn Productions (founded 1923).
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Goldwyn Pictures. In 1916, Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their film-making enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, he had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn in December 1918 and used this name for
- 1917–1959
- January 31, 1974 (aged 91), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- 2, including Samuel Jr.
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was founded on November 19, 1916, by Samuel Goldwyn, an executive at Lasky's...
Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) Samuel Goldwyn. 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. Born Shmuel (or Schmuel) Gelbfisz, probably in 1879, in the Jewish section of Warsaw, he was the ...
