
Goldwyn in 1919
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש), also known as Samuel Goldfish[1], was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood[2]. He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award[3], the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958). Goldwyn died on January 31, 1974.
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From the trailer for The Hurricane (1937)
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- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Goldwyn
- ↑ Obituary, Variety, February 6, 1974, pg. 63.
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/samuel-goldwyn-remembering-movie-mogul-768785
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