Samuel Goldwyn
Business Person and Actor
Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX’s First Original Drama Series Pilot Tough Trade Produced by LionsgateIn addition, it will carry up to 22 Roadside Attractions films slated for theatrical release in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and up to 20 of Samuel Goldwyn's films slated for theatrical release in 2010 and 2011. Providing a powerful entertainment... In this article: Sam Shepard, NYSE, Weeds, The Right Stuff, Jenji Kohan, Viacom Inc., LGF, MGM, and Nashville |
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Playbill.com | November 16, 2009
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Ragtime The Music of Something Beginning, Again
In this article: Ragtime, Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, Orchestration, Harry Houdini, Broadway, and E. L. Doctorow
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Come and Get It (film)
...young man, offers to finance her education. Complications arise when Richard meets Lotta and takes a strong interest in her himself. Samuel Goldwyn paid $150,000 for the screen rights to the Edna Ferber novel, who sold it to him confident he...
In this article: Howard Hawks, Edna Ferber, William Wyler, Come and Get It, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, and Edward Arnold
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | October 13, 2009
DVD: Review:DVDs In Brief: October 14, 2009
...makes it a significant improvement on the Hollywood treatment from the '80s… The earnest TV-movie-like American Violet (Samuel Goldwyn) is guilty of putting the message before the medium, but the message remains powerful. The false...
In this article: DVD, Sam Raimi, Evil Dead, Universal, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Sandra Bullock, Green Card, American Violet, and Drag Me to Hell
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New York Post | September 28, 2009
The Great and Powerful 'Oz'
...1937. Producer Mervyn LeRoy had dreamed of adapting "Oz," since he was 15, and he persuaded Mayer to buy the rights from Samuel Goldwyn for $75,000. The picture was set up at MGM in January 1938, despite ongoing worries from the studios over...
In this article: Oz, The Wizard of Oz, Wizard, L. Frank Baum, DVD, Wicked Witch of the West, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Louis B. Mayer, and MGM
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washingtonpost.com | September 08, 2009
Bridge
"I never put on a pair of shoes unless I've worn them at least five years." -- movie mogul Sam Goldwyn. A good partner is as comfortable as an old shoe, but it may take time to break him in. Years are needed to build trust; great...
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Baltimore Sun | September 03, 2009
In 'Cold Souls,' Giamatti brings warm soulfulness to Giamatti
David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti (Samuel Goldwyn) "Cold Souls" is hot stuff. It centers on a New York actor named Paul Giamatti and played by Paul Giamatti. While experiencing spiritual fatigue during rehearsals for Chekhov's "Uncle...
In this article: Paul Giamatti, Sideways, Uncle Vanya, New Yorker magazine, and Dostoyevsky
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L.A. Times - Top News | August 06, 2009
Budd Schulberg dies at 95; author of 'What Makes Sammy Run?'
...columnist Hedda Hopper, encountering Schulberg in a Hollywood restaurant, huffed, "How dare you?" A furious Samuel Goldwyn, for whom Schulberg was then working as a screenwriter, fired him because of "that horrible book." MGM studio...
In this article: B.P. Schulberg, What Makes Sammy Run, Budd Schulberg, Academy Awards, On the Waterfront, Hollywood, Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, and Eva Marie Saint
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Yahoo! News | August 05, 2009
'On the Waterfront' screenwriter dies in NY at 95 (AP)
...wrote the New York World-Telegram. Dorothy Parker and Damon Runyon were also admirers. But, inevitably, Schulberg made enemies. Samuel Goldwyn fired him, and Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM, said Schulberg should be "deported." John Wayne...
In this article: Budd Schulberg, On the Waterfront, Hollywood, What Makes Sammy Run, Academy Awards, New York City, and The Harder They Fall
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The Hollywood Reporter | May 28, 2009
Samuel Goldwyn picks up 'Handkerchief'
Road drama stars William Hurt, Maria Bello Samuel Goldwyn has picked up Sundance pic "The Yellow Handkerchief." Udayan Prasad directed and Arthur Cohn produced the road drama, which stars William Hurt, Maria Bello and Kristen Stewart as...
In this article: Arthur Cohn, Maria Bello, William Hurt, American Dream, Central Station, and Kristen Stewart
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New York Times | May 06, 2009
DVDs: A Bunch of Big Names, and a Dummy to Boot
...Follies" represents a particularly memorable skirmish in Hollywood's continuing battle between high art and low. Its producer, Samuel Goldwyn, was an independent operator who had learned to balance prestige dramas adapted from best-selling...
In this article: The Goldwyn Follies, Sonja Henie, George Balanchine, William A. Seiter, Gregg Toland, Vera Zorina, Ira Gershwin, and Hollywood
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Description from Wikipedia:
Samuel Goldwyn (ca. July 1879 – 31 January 1974) was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.
- Name At Birth:
- Szmuel Gelbfisz
- Also Known As:
- Mister Malaprop
- Birth Date:
- August 17, 1879
- Birthplace:
- Warsaw, Congress Poland
- Death Date:
- January 31, 1974
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Spouse:
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- Frances Howard (1925-1974)
- Blanche Lasky (1910-1915)
- Years Active:
- 1917-1953
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