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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Samuel Goldfish canonical 3

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instanceOf Hollywood producer ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeIn Hollywood ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Samuel Goldwyn ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Honorary Award ⓘ
birthName Szmul Gelbfisz ⓘ
burialPlace 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 (1946 film) ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Congress Poland ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
placeOfDeath 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 ⓘ