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Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish (born Schmuel Gelbfisz) in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using an amalgamation of both surnames to create the name ("Selfish" was another option).
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films. Films produced and/or distributed by Goldwyn Pictures (1916-1924). Distinct from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM, founded April 1924), and Goldwyn's independent production company Samuel Goldwyn Productions (founded 1923).
Goldwyn Pictures. In 1916, Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, [11] using a combination of both names to call their film-making enterprise Goldwyn Pictures. Seeing an opportunity, he had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn in December 1918 [7] and used this name for the rest of his life.
Dec 14, 2023 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms.
Dietz used Columbia’s lion mascot as an inspiration for the Goldwyn studio’s “roaring lion” trademark, which thereafter appeared at the beginning of each film, including those made after Goldwyn Pictures merged with two other studios in 1924 to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Corporation.
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With Mayer serving as head of the studio, MGM became one of the major players in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the "Big Five" film studios, alongside Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. At its peak in the 1930s, the studio was releasing 50 films a year.
