Goldwyn Pictures

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using an amalgamation of both last names to create the name. (The other alternative, Selfish Pictures, was immediately discarded.) Seeing an opportunity, Samuel Goldfish then had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn. At the beginning, Goldwyn Pictures rented produ... more

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  • 1916

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