Samuel Goldwyn

✶July 1, 1879

†January 31, 1974

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Samuel Goldwyn was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produced the United States's first major motion picture. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios. He was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1973), the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947), and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958).

Polish-American film producer (1882–1974)

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Biography from the article Samuel Goldwyn on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.