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Samuel J. Briskin (February 8, 1896 – November 14, 1968) was one of the foremost producers of Hollywood's Golden Age, and head of production during his career at three of the "Big 8" major film studios: Columbia Pictures (twice), Paramount Pictures, and RKO Pictures.
Producer: Special Investigator. Bespeckled Sam Briskin was a key executive in CBC (Cohn-Brandt-Cohn) Film Sales. CBC's financial operations were ran out of New York by Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt, with Harry Cohn soon moving west to Hollywood to secure production facilities and produce films.
Producer: Special Investigator. Bespeckled Sam Briskin was a key executive in CBC (Cohn-Brandt-Cohn) Film Sales. CBC's financial operations were ran out of New York by Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt, with Harry Cohn soon moving west to Hollywood to secure production facilities and produce films.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Writer
- February 8, 1896
- Samuel J. Briskin
- November 14, 1968
- History of The Revere Camera Co. Part I: from Russia with Radiators
- II. Revere’s Ride
- III. Right Said Ted
- IV. Overexposure
Even as a millionaire industrialist himself, it was probably difficult for Revere founder Samuel Briskin to fully relate to the celebrity tabloid lifestyle of his silver-spooned son. Born Shulem Boriskin in Russia in 1891, Samuel was virtually penniless when he fled his home country as a teenager to escape growing anti-Semitic hostilities, thus joi...
The actual impetus for the creation of the Revere Camera Company is a bit hard to pinpoint. According to one story, Sam Briskin simply overheard someone talking about how expensive Bell & Howell’s home movie cameras were, and with a bit of hubris, decided to build his own and undercut the competition. Other reports suggest the start-up was a passio...
“Isn’t he handsome? Isn’t he rugged? I could never find anything like that in Hollywood. I had to go to Chicago. Great town, Chicago. Say, you ought to try this married life. It’s the only way to live!” –actress Betty Hutton, quoted during a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, October 1945. During those same post-war years when the Revere Camera Comp...
By the time Ted Briskin rejoined the Revere fold in the early 1950s, the company was already beginning to lose ground in the marketplace, as Bell & Howell had finally punched back with its own line of cheaper 8mm cameras and tape recorders. In response, an aging Sam Briskin made arguably his boldest move yet, purchasing the Wollensak Optical Compan...
Samuel J. Briskin (February 8, 1896 – November 14, 1968) was one of the foremost producers of Hollywood's Golden Age, and head of production during his career at three of the "Big 8" major film studios: Columbia Pictures (twice), Paramount Pictures, and RKO Pictures.
Samuel J. Briskin. Bernard Briskin (May 21, 1924 – February 29, 2020) was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He was the co-founder of Gelson's Markets, a supermarket chain in Southern California, and was its chairman until 2014.
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Samuel J. Briskin (February 8, 1896 – November 14, 1968) was one of the foremost producers of Hollywood's Golden Age, who was the head of production during his career of 3 of the "Big 8" major film studios of its Golden Age: Columbia (twice), Paramount, and RKO.
