Samuel Goldfish

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Samuel Goldfish, better known as Samuel Goldwyn, was a pioneering Hollywood film producer and co-founder of several major motion picture studios in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Hollywood producer
film producer
human
activeIn Hollywood
activeYearsEnd 1950s
activeYearsStart 1910s
alsoKnownAs Samuel Goldwyn
awardReceived Honorary Academy Award
surface form: Academy Honorary Award
birthName Szmul Gelbfisz
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
coFounded Goldwyn Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer predecessor companies
Paramount Pictures predecessor companies
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1879-08-17
dateOfDeath 1974-01-31
ethnicGroup Polish Jew
founded Samuel Goldwyn Productions
genre feature films
givenName Szmul Gelbfisz
industry film industry
influenced American film industry
studio system in Hollywood
languageSpoken English
Yiddish
migratedTo United States of America
notableFor co-founding major motion picture studios
pioneering Hollywood film production
notableQuoteAttributed “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”
notableWork The Best Years of Our Lives
surface form: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 film)

Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
occupation businessperson
film producer
placeOfBirth Congress Poland
Russian Empire
Warsaw
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
religion Judaism
residence Los Angeles
New York City
spouse Frances Howard

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Samuel Goldwyn alsoKnownAs Samuel Goldfish
Szmul Gelbfisz alsoKnownAs Samuel Goldfish