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In 1933, Goldwyn set out to capitalize on the popularity of Roman epics by adapting George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion. Shaw refused to give permission, so George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood were subsequently hired to approximate a sword-and-sandals burlesque.
Samuel Goldwyn (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ l d w ɪ n /; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879) – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, [1] was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced Hollywood's first major-motion picture.
Oct 13, 2014 · Hollywood legend asserts that Goldwyn participated in a complex, protracted, and tense corporate negotiation in the 1930s. But he was unhappy with the final deal, and he expressed disenchantment with these classic words: Gentlemen, you may include me out.
Jun 9, 2024 · Quick Reference. 1882–1974) Polish-born US film producer who became one of the legendary names of Hollywood. Goldwyn was born in Warsaw and emigrated to the USA via England at the age of thirteen.
Samuel Goldwyn, Renaissance Films, Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson, Alec McCowan, Judi Dench, Christian Bale, Christopher ...
When president of Dodsworth Motors, Samuel "Sam" Dodsworth (Walter Huston), a successful, self-made man sells the company he founded 20 years earlier in a small mid-western town, his banker and friend warns Sam that men like them are only happy when they are working.
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Oct 12, 2022 · By the late 1950s, Samuel Goldwyn knew the old Hollywood was dying. A few years earlier, Louis B. Mayer was fired from his post as head of MGM. When he tried to stage a boardroom coup to regain control, Goldwyn purchased $10,000 worth of MGM stock.
