Samuel Goldwyn
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Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who played a key role in shaping Hollywood’s early motion picture industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Goldwyn canonical | 40 |
| Sam Goldwyn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T440372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Samuel Goldwyn Context triple: [MGM, foundedBy, Samuel Goldwyn]
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A.
Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer was a powerful Hollywood film producer and studio executive who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and became one of the most influential figures of the studio era.
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B.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was an American film producer and son of legendary mogul Samuel Goldwyn, known for championing independent and quality cinema through films like "The Preacher's Wife" and for founding The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
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C.
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck was a prominent American film producer and studio executive, best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox and a key figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.
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E.
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for overseeing the epic production of "Gone with the Wind" and other major studio classics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Samuel Goldwyn Target entity description: Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who played a key role in shaping Hollywood’s early motion picture industry.
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A.
Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer was a powerful Hollywood film producer and studio executive who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and became one of the most influential figures of the studio era.
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B.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was an American film producer and son of legendary mogul Samuel Goldwyn, known for championing independent and quality cinema through films like "The Preacher's Wife" and for founding The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
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C.
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck was a prominent American film producer and studio executive, best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox and a key figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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D.
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle was a pioneering German-American film producer and studio executive who founded Universal Pictures and helped shape the early Hollywood studio system.
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E.
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for overseeing the epic production of "Gone with the Wind" and other major studio classics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film producer
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Polish-born American ⓘ businessperson ⓘ film producer ⓘ studio executive ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm | 1910s–1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Samuel Goldwyn
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surface form:
Sam Goldwyn
Samuel Goldfish ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Honorary Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Honorary Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Szmul Gelbfisz ⓘ |
| child | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Goldwyn Pictures
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Paramount Pictures predecessor companies ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1879-08-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1974-01-31 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish Jew ⓘ |
| founded | Samuel Goldwyn Productions ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | feature films ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
namesake of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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namesake of the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStyle | emphasis on star-driven prestige productions ⓘ |
| industry | motion pictures ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Hollywood studio system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-quality literary film adaptations
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independent production style within the studio system ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| notableFilm |
Dodsworth (play)
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surface form:
Dodsworth (1936 film)
Guys and Dolls ⓘ
surface form:
Guys and Dolls (1955 film)
The Best Years of Our Lives ⓘ
surface form:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 film)
film "The Pride of the Yankees" ⓘ
surface form:
The Pride of the Yankees (1942 film)
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding role in several major American film studios
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pioneering work in the early Hollywood motion picture industry ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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film producer ⓘ studio executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
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surface form:
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
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| placeOfDeath |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| restingPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Frances Howard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Goldwyn Description of subject: Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who played a key role in shaping Hollywood’s early motion picture industry.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sam Goldwyn
subject surface form:
The Pride of the Yankees
subject surface form:
Guys and Dolls (1955 film)
subject surface form:
The North Star (1943 film)
subject surface form:
Henry Brougham (The Bishop's Wife)