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Archibald Selwyn (also Arch or Archie Selwyn; November 3, 1877 – June 21, 1959) was a Canadian-American play broker, theater owner and stage producer who had many Broadway successes. He and his brother Edgar Selwyn were partners.
Archibald Selwyn. Producer: The Jungle. Archibald "Arch" Selwyn, the theater impresario who was one of the founders of the Goldwyn Studios, was born Archibald Simon in 1877. As a child he and his family, including older brother Edgar Selwyn, lived in Toronto, Ontario, before moving to Selma, Alabama, where his parents died.
- Producer
- November 3, 1877
- Archibald Selwyn
- June 21, 1959
The musical comedy Wake Up and Dream, co-produced by Arch Archibald Selwyn, opened at The Archibald Selwyn on 30 December 1929, and ran to 136 performances. 20. Archibald Selwyn died in Los Angeles, California, on 21 June 1959 at the age of 82, after a year of illness.
A prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States.
Archibald Selwyn Active - 1914 - 1914 | Birth - Nov 3, 1877 | Death - Jun 21, 1959 | Genres - Drama , Silent Film | Subgenres - Silent Film Filmography ↓
May 28, 2009 · The Selwyn Theater was built in 1918 by the entrepreneurial brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, who were the last theatrical producers to build on the block while 42nd Street was at its...
In 1916, Samuel, who was until then known as Goldfish, partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn to create a new movie making enterprise called Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. The name was coined using a combination of their surnames; ‘gold’ from Goldfish and ‘wyn’ from Selwyn.
