Profile
Samuel Goldwyn
Film Producer
Male
Born
Aug 17, 1879
Hometown
Warsaw
Died
Jan 31, 1974
Death Place
United States
Other Names
Gelbfisz, Schmuel
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Romance
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Blanche LaskyMarried 1910 - 1915
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Samuel Goldwyn.
CHILDHOOD
1879
Birth
Born in 1879.
TEENAGE
1898
19 Years Old
In 1898, he emigrated to the United States, but fearing refusal of entry, he got off the boat in Nova Scotia, Canada, before moving on to New York in January 1899.
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THIRTIES
1910
31 Years Old
Goldwyn was married to Blanche Lasky, a sister of Jesse, from 1910 to 1915.
1913
34 Years Old
In 1913, Goldfish along with his brother-in-law Jesse L. Lasky, Cecil B. DeMille, and Arthur Friend formed a partnership, The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, to produce feature length motion pictures.
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1916
37 Years Old
With the merger, Zukor became president of both Paramount and Famous Players-Lasky, with Goldfish being named chairman of the board of Famous Players-Lasky, and Jesse Lasky first vice-president. After a series of conflicts with Zukor, Goldfish resigned as chairman of the board, and as member of the executive committee of the corporation on September 14, 1916.
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FORTIES
On April 10, 1924, Goldwyn Pictures was acquired by Marcus Loew and merged into his Metro Pictures Corporation.
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1925
46 Years Old
In 1925, he married actress Frances Howard to whom he remained married for the rest of his life.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1941
62 Years Old
Throughout the 1930s, Goldwyn released all his films through United Artists, but beginning in 1941, and continuing almost through the end of his career, Goldwyn released his films through RKO Radio Pictures.
1946
67 Years Old
In 1946, the year he was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Goldwyn's drama The Best Years of Our Lives, starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews, won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
1952
73 Years Old
In the 1950s Samuel Goldwyn turned to making a number of musicals including the 1952 hit Hans Christian Andersen (his last with Danny Kaye, with whom he had made many others), and the 1955 hit Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine, which was based on the equally successful Broadway musical.
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1959
80 Years Old
In his final film, made in 1959, Samuel Goldwyn brought together African-American actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Pearl Bailey in a film rendition of the George Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess.
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1974
95 Years Old
Goldwyn died at his home in Los Angeles in 1974 from natural causes, at the probable age of 94.
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