Goldwyn Pictures
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Goldwyn Pictures was an early 20th-century American film production company that became one of the key predecessors to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film production company
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motion picture studio → |
| activeInDecade |
1910s
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1920s → |
| associatedWith |
Broadway producers Selwyn brothers
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Hollywood → |
| basedIn |
California
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New York → |
| businessModel |
film production and distribution
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| country |
United States
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| dissolvedInYear |
1924
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| distributionArea |
United States
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international → |
| era |
silent film era
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| foundedBy |
Samuel Goldwyn
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| foundedInYear |
1916
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1917 → |
| genreFocus |
comedies
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dramas → |
| headquartersLocation |
Culver City, California
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New York City → |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to formation of major Hollywood studio MGM
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| industry |
film industry
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| keyPerson |
Archibald Selwyn
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Edgar Selwyn → Samuel Goldwyn → |
| languageOfWork |
silent (intertitles in English)
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| laterUsedBy |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| logoFeature |
roaring lion
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| medium |
black-and-white film
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| mergedInto |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| namedAfter |
Samuel Goldwyn
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| notableFor |
being a key predecessor to MGM
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early use of lion logo later associated with MGM → |
| notableLogo |
lion in a film reel frame
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| operatedAs |
independent studio prior to merger
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| operationalForm |
corporation
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| partOf |
Hollywood studio system
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| predecessorOf |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| producedWorkType |
short films
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silent feature films → |
| reasonForEnd |
merger into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| region |
North America
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| status |
defunct
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| successor |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| technologyEra |
pre-sound cinema
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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MGM
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MGM ("Louis B. Mayer Pictures") → |
foundedBy |
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Samuel Goldwyn
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coFounded |
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Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
("Goldwyn")
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familyName |
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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formedByMergerOf |