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  Goldwyn Picture Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1916 Samuel Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise the Goldwyn Picture Corporation.
Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Goldfish then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn.
Samuel Goldwyn was eventually forced out by his partners who then brought in Lee Shubert, the head of The Shubert Organization that was the dominant live theatre operator in the United States.
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 Anecdotage.com - people Goldwyn anecdote.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn arrived in his office one morning and found on his desk a copy of...
Samuel Goldwyn was famed for calling his writers, irrespective of the hour, when...
Samuel Goldwyn, famed for his verbal bloopers, was very fond of his wife.
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 Samuel Goldwyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Goldwyn ( August 17, 1882, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a major producer of motion pictures.
At the time, the fledgling film industry was expanding rapidly and in his spare time, an enraptured Samuel Goldfish went to see as many movies as possible.
Eventually the company was acquired by Marcus Loew and his Metro Pictures Corporation but by then Samuel Goldfish had already been forced out by his partners and was never a part of the new studio that became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 Samuel Goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Eventually the company merged with Adolph Zukor 's Famous Players Film Company, adopting the "Leo the Lion" trademark but Samuel Goldfish was forced out by his partners and was never a part of the new studio that became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 Thirteen/WNET - Online Pressroom - Press Release
Samuel Goldwyn claimed to have been born on August 27, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland to Aaron and Hannah Gelbfisz.
Goldfish moves up the ranks in the glove trade, working his way up from a job as a cutter to the top glove salesman for the Elite Glove Company.
Goldfish and the former Blanche Lasky divorce on March 14.
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 Shades of Gray
Samuel is hit in the hand and lets out a scream, which he attempts to stifle.
Goldfish tosses the blood stained T-shirt in the wastebasket and stands innocently beside the TV, a difficult smile on his face.
SAMUEL No. She looks away and then back again, just as Samuel is about to move off.
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 Samuel Goldwyn: Hollywood's Lone Wolf
Samuel Goldwyn was unique among the SIMPP founders, in that he had a hand in busting two major film trusts — the Edison patents monopoly (1915) and the Hollywood studio oligopoly (1948).
Samuel Goldwyn was born Schmuel Gelbfisz, the oldest of six children in a family of Hasidic Jews in Warsaw, during summer of 1879.
Goldfish left to form a new company in partnership with the famous theatrical Selwyn family.
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 samuel goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn born August 17, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland — died January 31, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, United States, was a major producer of motion pictures.
He made his way to England where he remained with relatives for a few years using the English sounding name, Samuel Goldfish.
In his final film made in 1959, Samuel Goldwyn brought together African-American actors Sidney Poitier Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr and singer Pearl Bailey in a film rendition of the George Gershwin Opera, Porgy and Bess.
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 Descendants of EDMUND INGALLS
Samuel INGALLS, born Sep 22, 1650 in Lynn, MA; died Abt 1711 in Ipswich, MA.
Samuel INGALLS, born Oct 03, 1654 in Andover Ma; died Aug 11, 1733 in Andover Ma.
Samuel INGALLS, born Feb 17, 1688/89 in Lynn, MA; died 1759 in Lynn, MA.
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 Samuel Goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn born August 17, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland –; died January 31, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, United States, was a major producer of motion pictures.
In 1916 Samuel Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using acombination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise the Goldwyn Picture Corporation.
Eventually the company merged with AdolphZukor 's Famous Players Film Company, adopting the "Leo the Lion" trademark but Samuel Goldfish wasforced out by his partners and was never a part of the new studio that became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 This Day in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn, one of the world's greatest independent film producers, dies on this day in 1974 at age 92.
Goldwyn was born Schmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw, Poland.
He changed his name to Samuel Goldfish, and at age 18 he became a successful glove salesman.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Goldfish
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Goldwyn, Samuel (1882-1974), American producer, born Samuel Goldfish in Warsaw (now in Poland), from where he emigrated to the United States at the...
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 Samuel Goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn born August 17 1882 in Warsaw Poland — died January 31 1974 in Los Angeles California United States was a major producer of motion
In 1916 Samuel Goldfish partnered with Broadway Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using a combination both names to call their movie-making enterprise Goldwyn Picture Corporation.
Eventually company merged with Adolph Zukor 's Famous Players Film Company adopting the the Lion" trademark but Samuel Goldfish was out by his partners and was never part of the new studio that became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 MGM > German-Hollywood Connection
Goldwyn Pictures was the company created in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish (1882-1974) in partnership with Edgar Selwyn.
Goldfish liked the new name so much, he legally changed his name to Goldwyn in 1918.
(Samuel Goldfish wasn't his real name either, but an anglicized version of the name he had been born with in Warsaw: Schmuel Gelbfisz.) The Polish-born, Jewish Goldwyn preferred to work independently and did not take part in the new MGM deal.
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 Samuel Goldwyn Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn ( August 17, 1882, Warsaw, Poland –;
In 1916 Samuel Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise the
Marcus Loew and his Metro Pictures Corporation but by then Samuel Goldfish had already been forced out by his partners and was never a part of the new studio that became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 Biography for Samuel Goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Goldfish had signed her to a personal contract on September 16, 1916, two days after resigning from Famous Players-Lasky.
Goldfish took the responsibility for selling the company's first picture, The Squaw Man (1914), and his skill at marketing made the Lasky company a success and led to a distribution contract with the newly formed Paramount Pictures.
Their son, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., is also a noted producer and film distributor, and the Samuel Goldwyn Company remains active to this day.
www.imdb.com /Bio?Goldwyn,+Samuel   (2124 words)

  
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 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Samuel Goldwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Once in America, Goldfish,; as he was now called, obtained work at Louis Meyers and Son as a glovemaker and by age 18 was one of the top glove salesmen in the world and a partner in the Elite Glove Company.
In 1916 the Goldfishes divorced, and it was only a matter of time before Goldfish had a falling out with his Lasky.
By the end of 1916, however, Goldfish had managed to sabotage his position there and was forced to resign.
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: SAMUEL GOLDWYN - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
In 1917, Samuel Goldfish (1882-1974), born Schmuel Gelbfisz in Poland, went into partnership with Edgar Selwyn in a company called the Goldwyn Pictures Corp., which took its name from the first syllable of Goldfish's name and the last one of Selwyn's.
Goldfish himself soon adopted Goldwyn as his own legal name.
Ironically, Samuel Goldwyn had been forced to relinquish ownership of Goldwyn Pictures in 1922, and was never a part of the company that bore his name.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/9_2004/industry/250957-SAMUEL-GOLDWYN.htm   (230 words)

  
 Film History Before 1920
Within months of the merger in 1916, Goldfish (Goldwyn) resigned and sold his $7,500 initial investment for $900,000.
[Goldfish legally acquired the studio's name for his own in 1918 - Gold-wyn, taking its name from the first syllable of Gold-fish's name and the last one of Sel-wyn's name.] When Goldwyn experienced difficulties working within the studio system, he sold his shares in Goldwyn Pictures and became an independent producer.
Her work over the years was prolific - she also contributed to Victor Sjöström's The Scarlet Letter (1926) and The Wind (1928), and also co-scripted the screenplays for Dinner at Eight (1933) and Camille (1936).
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Samuel Goldfish was forced out of Famous Players-Lasky on September 14, 1916.
Goldfish needed the Selwyns, with their reputation and library of filmable plays; but why did the Selwyns need Goldfish?
So at the time Goldfish was negotiating with the Selwyns, he had Mabel Normand's contract in his pocket; he had the top female comedy star, and if the Selwyns wanted her they would have to do business with him.
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 Goldwynisms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn was born Samuel Gelbfisz but changed his name to "Goldfish" when his family immigrated to this country.
Luckily, before starting his company GOLDFISH PICTURES, someone told him about the common household aquatic pets and suggested that perhaps such a name might not be taken too seriously.
Thus Goldfish became Goldwyn, and the public would be forever spared a goldfish blowing bubbles from a fishbowl as the MGM mascot instead of the now famous roaring lion.
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 Anecdote - Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] Goldwyn - Goldfish & Selwyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Anecdote - Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] Goldwyn - Goldfish & Selwyn
Selwyn was not pleased when they parted ways and Goldwyn changed his name (from Goldfish).
Goldwyn, Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] (1882-1974) Polish-born American producer, co-founder of Goldwyn Pictures (1916) [noted for his role in the productions of such films as Wuthering Heights (1939), Guys and Dolls (1955), Porgy and Bess (1959), and The Best Years of Our Lives (Oscar, 1947)]
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 Encyclopedia: List of companies named after people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Samuel Goldwyn (August 17, 1882, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a major producer of motion pictures.
Henry Kirke Porter was born in Concord, New Hampshire, on November 24, 1840.
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 - April 5, 1992) was the founder of the giant American retailer Wal-Mart.
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 Goldwyn, Samuel --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Schmuel Gelbfisz later Samuel Goldfish He emigrated alone at age 13 from Poland to New York, where he worked in a glove factory and became a salesman.
The pioneer American filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn was one of Hollywood's most prominent producers for more than 30 years.
U.S. public utilities official Samuel Insull was born in London, England, on Nov. 11, 1859.
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 hollywood history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Completing MGM's pedigree was the irrepressible Samuel Goldfish, who had gone on from Famous Players-Lasky to start a new studio in 1916.
He and his partner, Edgar Selwyn, combined their last names to call it the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, and Goldfish liked the name so well that he gave it to himself.
Although he built up an impressive roster of talent at Goldwyn Pictures, he was forced out of that company as well, and he spent the rest of his career as an independent producer, famous for films such as
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 Cinetext.net profile: MGM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Goldwyn had been founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish (1882-1974) in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn.
Goldfish subsequently changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn.
Goldwyn split from Lasky and Mayer, going on to establish Samuel Goldwyn Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studios (later acquired by Warner Bros) in West Hollywood.
www.cinetext.net /profiles/mgm.htm   (1689 words)

  
 Anecdote - Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] Goldwyn - Samuel Goldfish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Anecdote - Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] Goldwyn - Samuel Goldfish
Upon arriving in the United States, Samuel Goldwyn (whose original Polish name, Schmuel Gelbfisz, was rather unpronounceable) was re-christened "Samuel Goldfish" by a US immigration clerk.
Goldwyn, Samuel [born Schmuel Gelbfisz] (1882-1974) Polish-born American producer, cofounder of Goldwyn Pictures (1916) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM, 1924) [noted for his role in the productions of such films as Wuthering Heights (1939), Guys and Dolls (1955), Porgy and Bess (1959), and The Best Years of Our Lives (Oscar, 1947)]
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