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Samuel Goldwyn Biography (1882?-1974)

Original name, Shmuel (some sources spell name Schmuel) Gelbfisz; name changed to Samuel Goldfish, then to Samuel Goldwyn; born in 1882 (some sources sayin 1879), in Warsaw, Poland; immigrated to the United States, 1896 (some sources say 1898); became naturalized citizen, 1902; died January 31, 1974, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Abraham and Hannah Gelbfisz, surname changed to Goldfish; married Blanche Lasky, May 8, 1910 (divorced, September 23, 1915); marriedFrances Howard, April 23, 1925; children: Samuel, Jr. Career: Producer, film presenter, and studio founder and executive. Jesse Lasky Feature Photoplay Company, organizer, 1913; Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, organizer, 1916; Eminent Authors Pictures, Inc., organizer, 1919; United Artists Corporation, director, ending in 1940; Goldwyn Distributing Company, founder; Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., chair of the board of directors; Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., organizer; Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, organizer; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, founder (with Louis B. Mayer and others). Awards, Honors: Academy Award, best picture, 1946, for The Best Years of Our Lives; Irving Thalberg Memorial Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1946; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1957; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1971; Cecil B. DeMille Award, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1973; elected posthumously to the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame. Academy Award nominations, best picture, 1931(with Merritt Hulburd), for Arrowsmith, 1936 (with Merritt Hulburd), for Dodsworth, 1937, for Dead End, 1939, for Wuthering Heights, 1941, for The Little Foxes, 1942, for The Pride of the Yankees, and 1947, for The Bishop's Wife..

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, Film presenter, Studio founder, Studio executive

Birth Details

1882?

Warsaw, Poland

Death Details

January 31, 1974

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• The Fighting Odds, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1917
• Executive producer, Water, Water Everywhere, 1920
• Executive producer, The Paliser Case, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1920
• Partners of the Night, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1920
• Jes' Call Me Jim, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1920
• The Penalty, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1920
• Executive producer, Sherlock Holmes (also known as Moriarty), Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, 1922
• Potash and Perlmutter, Associated First National Pictures, 1923
• The Day of Faith, Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation, 1923
• In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter, Associated First NationalPictures, 1924
• Cytherea (also known as The Forbidden Way), Associated First National Pictures, 1924
• Stella Dallas, United Artists, 1925
• The Winning of Barbara Worth, United Artists, 1926
• Partners Again (also known as Partners Again, with Potash and Perlmutter), United Artists, 1926
• Ben-Hur (also known as Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1926
• The Magic Flame, United Artists, 1927
• The Night of Love (also known as Innocent), United Artists,1927
• Two Lovers, United Artists, 1928
• This Is Heaven, United Artists, 1929
• Bulldog Drummond, United Artists, 1929
• Condemned (also known as Condemned to Devil's Island),United Artists, 1929
• Whoopee, United Artists, 1930
• The Devil to Pay, United Artists, 1930
• Raffles, United Artists, 1930
• The Unholy Garden, United Artists, 1931
• Tonight or Never, United Artists, 1931
• Palmy Days, United Artists, 1931
• One Heavenly Night, United Artists, 1931
• Street Scene, United Artists, 1931
• (With Merritt Hulburd) Arrowsmith, United Artists, 1931
• The Kid from Spain, United Artists, 1932
• Greeks Had a Word for Them (also known as Three Broadway Girls), United Artists, 1932
• Cynara (also known as I Was Faithless), United Artists, 1932
• (Uncredited) Arsene Lupin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
• Roman Scandals, United Artists, 1933
• The Masquerader, United Artists, 1933
• Nana (also known as Lady of the Boulevards), United Artists, 1934
• Kid Millions, United Artists, 1934
• We Live Again, United Artists, 1934
• The Wedding Night, United Artists, 1935
• Splendor, United Artists, 1935
• Barbary Coast, United Artists, 1935
• These Three, United Artists, 1936
• (With Merritt Hulburd) Dodsworth, United Artists, 1936
• Come and Get It (also known as Roaring Timbers), United Artists, 1936
• Beloved Enemy, United Artists, 1936
• Strike Me Pink, United Artists, 1936
• Stella Dallas, United Artists, 1937
• Woman Chases Man, United Artists, 1937
• Dead End (also known as Cradle of Crime), United Artists, 1937
• The Hurricane, United Artists, 1937
• The Goldwyn Follies, United Artists, 1938
• The Cowboy and the Lady, United Artists, 1938
• The Adventures of Marco Polo, United Artists, 1938
• Wuthering Heights, United Artists, 1939
• The Real Glory, United Artists, 1939
• They Shall Have Music (also known as Melody of Youth and Ragged Angels), United Artists, 1939
• Raffles, United Artists, 1939
• The Westerner, United Artists, 1940
• Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen), RKO, 1941
• The Little Foxes, RKO, 1941
• The Pride of the Yankees, RKO, 1942
• The North Star (also known as Armored Attack), RKO, 1943
• They Got Me Covered, RKO, 1943
• Up in Arms, RKO, 1944
• Wonder Man, RKO, 1945
• The Kid from Brooklyn, RKO, 1946
• The Best Years of Our Lives, RKO, 1946
• The Bishop's Wife, RKO, 1947
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, RKO, 1947
• A Song Is Born, RKO, 1948
• Enchantment, RKO, 1948
• My Foolish Heart, RKO, 1949
• Roseanna McCoy, RKO, 1949
• Edge of Doom (also known as Stronger Than Fear), RKO, 1950
• Our Very Own, RKO, 1950
• I Want You, RKO, 1951
• Hans Christian Andersen, RKO, 1952
• Guys and Dolls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• Porgy and Bess, Columbia, 1959
• Presenter
• Day Dreams, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• The Bondage of Barbara, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 1919
• Daughter of Mine, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• Spotlight Sadie (also known as The Saintly Show Girl), Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• A Man and His Money, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• The Pest, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• The Eternal Magdalene, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• When Doctors Disagree, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 1919
• The Fear Woman, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• The City of Comrades, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• The Loves of Letty, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1919
• Jinx, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 1919
• Out of the Storm, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• Going Some, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• A Double-Dyed Deceiver, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• A Cup of Fury, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• The Branding Iron, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• Dangerous Days, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• The Silver Horde, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• Milestones, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• The North Wind's Malice, Goldwyn Distributing Company, 1920
• The Highest Bidder, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 1921
• Potash and Perlmutter, Associated First National Pictures, 1923
• The Eternal City, Associated First National Pictures, 1923
• Tarnish, Associated First National Pictures, 1924
• In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter, Associated First NationalPictures, 1924
• Cytherea (also known as The Forbidden Way), Associated First National Pictures, 1924
• His Supreme Moment, First National Pictures, 1925
• The Dark Angel, First National Pictures, 1925
• Stella Dallas, United Artists, 1925
• Partners Again (also known as Partners Again, with Potash and Perlmutter), United Artists, 1926
• The Rescue, United Artists, 1929

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Berg, A. Scott, Goldwyn, Knopf (New York City), 1989.*