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
instanceOf film production company
motion picture studio
activeInDecade 1910s
1920s
associatedWith Broadway producers Selwyn brothers
Hollywood
basedIn California
New York
businessModel film production and distribution
country United States
dissolvedInYear 1924
distributionArea United States
international
era silent film era
foundedBy Samuel Goldwyn
foundedInYear 1916
1917
genreFocus comedies
dramas
headquartersLocation Culver City, California
New York City
historicalSignificance contributed to formation of major Hollywood studio MGM
industry film industry
keyPerson Archibald Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
languageOfWork silent (intertitles in English)
laterUsedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
logoFeature roaring lion
medium black-and-white film
mergedInto Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
namedAfter Samuel Goldwyn
notableFor being a key predecessor to MGM
early use of lion logo later associated with MGM
notableLogo lion in a film reel frame
operatedAs independent studio prior to merger
operationalForm corporation
partOf Hollywood studio system
predecessorOf Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
producedWorkType short films
silent feature films
reasonForEnd merger into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
region North America
status defunct
successor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
technologyEra pre-sound cinema

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
MGM
MGM ("Louis B. Mayer Pictures")
foundedBy
Samuel Goldwyn
coFounded
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ("Goldwyn")
familyName
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
formedByMergerOf

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