Who is Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש; (claimed) August 27, 1882 – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. His awards include the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1947, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1958.Early life
Goldwyn was likely born in July 1879, although he claimed his birthday to be August 27, 1882. He was born as Szmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw to Polish Jewish Hasidic parents, Aaron Dawid Gelbfisz (1859–1894), a peddler, and his wife, Hanna Frymet (née Fiszhaut ; 1860–1925).He left Warsaw pen...
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- Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
- No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
- I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
- Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
- Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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Naspap3: “only a fool would make predictions — especially about the future.” –– samuel goldwyn
Welfordwrites: don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them. samuel goldwyn
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