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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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...
. It was founded on November 19, 1916, by
Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor an ...
, an executive at Lasky's Feature Play Company (later Paramount Pictures), and
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producer brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using an amalgamation of both last names to name the company. The studio proved moderately successful, but became most famous due to its iconic Leo the Lion trademark. Although Metro was the nominal survivor, the merged studio inherited Goldwyn's old facility in Culver City, California where it would remain until 1986. The merged studio also retained Goldwyn's Leo the Lion logo.
Lee Shubert Lee Shubert (born Levi Schubart; March 25, 1871– December 25, 1953) was a Lithuanian-born American theatre owner/operator and producer and the eldest of seven siblings of the theatrical Shubert family. Biography Born to a Jewish family, the so ...
of
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was an investor in the company.


History

Goldfish, which was Goldwyn's original last name, had left Lasky's Feature Play Company, of which he was a co-founder, in 1916 when Feature Play merged with Famous Players. Margaret Mayo, Edgar Selwyn's wife and play writer, and
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, a Broadway producer, joined the trio as writer and director general. At the beginning, Goldwyn Pictures rented production facilities from Solax Studios when it and many other early film studios in
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were based in
Fort Lee, New Jersey Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop the Palisades. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 40,191. As of the 2010 U.S. census, t ...
. The company's first release was '' Polly of the Circus'', an adaptation of Mayo's 1907 play of the same name, released in September 1917 and starting
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. By April 1917, Goldwyn Pictures agreed to rent the
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studios in Fort Lee, then having the second largest stage, and had two film companies operating at the time with plans for more production companies. The company management planned on having 12 films done by September 1, 1917, without distributing the films so as to be able to show advanced footage to the theaters. Goldfish also associated the company with
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via Professor Victor Freeburg's Photoplay Writing class in 1917 to increase the company's artistic standings. The company also released other production companies films with Marie Dressler's Dressler Producing Corporation film,
The Scrub Lady ''The Scrub Lady'', also known as ''Tillie the Scrub Lady'', is a 1917 American silent comedy short film produced by and starring Marie Dressler and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. The picture is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of ...
, in 1917. The company was forced in October 1917 to switch out ''The Eternal Magalene'' for ''
Fighting Odds ''Fighting Odds'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring stage beauty Maxine Elliott. The film is based on the play ''Under Sentence'' by Irvin S. Cobb and Roi Cooper Megrue. The picture wa ...
'', both starring
Maxine Elliott Maxine Elliott (February 5, 1868 – March 5, 1940) was an American actress and businesswoman. Early life Born Jessie Dermott on February 5, 1868, to Thomas Dermott, a sea captain and Adelaide Hill Dermott, she had a younger sister, actress G ...
, after the
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cleared the Magalene movie while censors in
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city did not approve the film. '' Thais'' starring Mary Garden was released in late 1917 which was a costly loss. In January 1918, Goldfish signed director Raoul Walsh and prematurely announced it as there were two years left on Walsh's contract with Fox. With ''Thais'' being the company's second costly loss, Goldwyn decreased film budgets partly by not using theater divas to cross over to film and reducing design driven films. Instead, he relied on comedies starring
Madge Kennedy Madge Kennedy (April 19, 1891 – June 9, 1987) was a stage, film and TV actress whose career began as a stage actress in 1912 and flourished in motion pictures during the silent film era. In 1921, journalist Heywood Broun described her as "the ...
and Mabel Normand. In August 1918, Goldwyn Pictures signed Will Rogers, at that time a
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Follies favorite, to star in a
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production, ''Laughing Bill Hyde'', filmed at the Fort Lee studio for release in September. The company purchased the
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in Culver City in 1918. Goldwyn then headed west to Culver City, California in 1918; opening operations there also caused an increase in film expenses. Seeing an opportunity in December, Samuel Goldfish then had his name legally changed to
Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; yi, שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor an ...
. In 1919, Frank Joseph "Joe" Godsol became an investor in Goldwyn Pictures. Since 1912 Godsol had been making deals for the Shubert organization in the U.S. and abroad. Goldwyn began looking to follow other film companies, like
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/
Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...
and First National, into vertical integration. Goldwyn and the company backers were looking at renting the Astor Theatre for movie premiers. Instead, with the Capitol Theatre's financial problems in May 1920, the backer purchased a controlling interest in that theater. Shubert and Godsol, however, did not want the theater to rely only on Goldwyn films and operated it separately from the company. By 1920 in addition owning its Culver City studio, Goldwyn Pictures was renting two New York studios and operations in Fort Lee. After personality clashes, Samuel Goldwyn left the company in 1922. Godsol became Chairman of the Board and President of Goldwyn Pictures in 1922. In 1923
Lee Shubert Lee Shubert (born Levi Schubart; March 25, 1871– December 25, 1953) was a Lithuanian-born American theatre owner/operator and producer and the eldest of seven siblings of the theatrical Shubert family. Biography Born to a Jewish family, the so ...
of Shubert Theater contacted Marcus Loew about merging the company with Loew's Metro. Loew agreed to the merger.
Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...
heard about the pending merger and contacted Loew and Godsol, about adding his
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into the post merger company, which became
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.


Feature staff


Actors

*
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* Mabel Normand *
Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey, August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...
*
Madge Kennedy Madge Kennedy (April 19, 1891 – June 9, 1987) was a stage, film and TV actress whose career began as a stage actress in 1912 and flourished in motion pictures during the silent film era. In 1921, journalist Heywood Broun described her as "the ...
*
Tallulah Bankhead Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead also appeared in several prominent films including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's '' L ...
* Will Rogers * E.K. Lincoln


Directors

* Raoul Walsh *
Ralph Ince Ralph Waldo Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film, silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince (actor), John E. I ...
*
Frank Lloyd Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its preside ...
*
Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great direc ...


Filmography

A 1965 fire in an MGM storage facility destroyed many negatives and prints, including the best-quality copies of every Goldwyn picture produced prior to 1924; over half of MGM's feature films from before 1930 are completely lost. On March 25, 1986,
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and his
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company purchased the pre-May 1986 MGM films (including Goldwyn Pictures films) from
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for $600 million. *'' Polly of the Circus'' (1917) * '' Baby Mine'' (1917) * ''
Fighting Odds ''Fighting Odds'' is a 1917 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring stage beauty Maxine Elliott. The film is based on the play ''Under Sentence'' by Irvin S. Cobb and Roi Cooper Megrue. The picture wa ...
'' (1917) * '' The Spreading Dawn'' (1917) * '' Sunshine Alley'' (1917) * ''
Nearly Married ''Nearly Married'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and starring Madge Kennedy. It is based on a 1913 stage play of the same name by Edgar Selwyn. It also featured an early film appearance by future gossip columni ...
'' (1917) * '' The Cinderella Man'' (1917) * '' Thais'' (1917) *'' Fields of Honor'' (1918) * '' Dodging a Million'' (1918) * ''
Go West, Young Man Go west, young man may refer to: * "Go West, young man", a quote often attributed to American author Horace Greeley concerning America's expansion westward Film and television * ''Go West, Young Man'' (1918 film), an American comedy western film ...
'' (1918) * '' Our Little Wife'' (1918) * '' The Beloved Traitor'' (1918) * ''
The Floor Below ''The Floor Below'' is an American silent film starring Mabel Normand, Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore and Helen Dahl. It was long thought Lost film, lost, until a print was found "in the estate of a Dutch collector" by the EYE Film Institute Nether ...
'' (1918) * '' The Splendid Sinner'' (1918) * '' The Face in the Dark'' (1918) * '' The Danger Game'' (1918) * ''
Joan of Plattsburg ''Joan of Plattsburg'' is a 1918 American propaganda comedy-drama film co-directed by William Humphrey and George Loane Tucker, written by Tucker from a story by Porter Emerson Browne, photographed by Oliver T. Marsh, released by the Goldwyn Pict ...
'' (1918) * ''
The Fair Pretender ''The Fair Pretender'' is a 1918 American silent drama film, directed by Charles Miller. It stars Madge Kennedy, Tom Moore, and Robert Walker, and was released on May 18, 1918. Cast list * Madge Kennedy as Sylvia Maynard * Tom Moore as Don M ...
'' (1918) * '' All Woman'' (1918) * '' The Venus Model'' (1918) * '' The Service Star'' (1918) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1918) * '' Back to the Woods'' (1918) * '' The Border Legion'' (1918) * ''
Friend Husband ''Friend Husband'' is a 1918 American silent comedy drama directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Madge Kennedy and Rockliffe Fellowes. It was released by Goldwyn Pictures and features a plot about a will requiring that the heir be married. ...
'' (1918) * '' Money Mad'' (1918) * '' The Turn of the Wheel'' (1918) * ''
Peck's Bad Girl ''Peck's Bad Girl'' is a 1918 comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn, written by Tex Charwate, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and starring Mabel Normand and Earle Foxe. The black and white silent film, in the style of the Peck's Bad Boy stories, ...
'' (1918) * '' Just for Tonight'' (1918) * ''
The Kingdom of Youth ''The Kingdom of Youth'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Madge Kennedy, Tom Moore and Marie De Wolfe.McCaffrey & Jacobs p.124 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugo Ballin. Cas ...
'' (1918) * '' Hidden Fires'' (1918) * '' Thirty a Week'' (1918) * '' A Perfect 36'' (1918) * '' The Hell Cat'' (1918) * '' A Perfect Lady'' (1918) * '' The Racing Strain'' (1918) * '' Day Dreams'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * '' The Woman on the Index'' (1919) * '' Sis Hopkins'' (1919) * '' Daughter of Mine'' (1919) * '' Spotlight Sadie'' (1919) * '' A Man and His Money'' (1919) * '' The Pest'' (1919) * '' The Eternal Magdalene'' (1919) * '' The Stronger Vow'' (1919) * '' One Week of Life'' (1919) * ''
Leave It to Susan ''Leave It to Susan'' is a 1918 American silent comedy Western film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Rex Taylor and Irma Whipley Taylor. The film stars Madge Kennedy, Wallace MacDonald, and Alfred Hollingsworth Alfred Hollings ...
'' (1919) * '' When Doctors Disagree'' (1919) * '' One of the Finest'' (1919) * ''
The Fear Woman ''The Fear Woman'' is a lost film, lost 1919 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring Pauline Frederick. Some of the filming took place in Berkeley, California. Plot As described in a film magazine, be ...
'' (1919) * '' The Crimson Gardenia'' (1919) * ''
The City of Comrades ''The City of Comrades'' is a lost film, lost 1919 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont with Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore and Seena Owen in the leads. It was produced by Sam Goldwyn and released by Goldwyn Pictures. ...
'' (1919) * '' Through the Wrong Door'' (1919) * ''
Upstairs Upstairs may refer to: * Stairs * ''Upstairs'' (album), a 2004 album by Shane & Shane * ''Upstairs'' (film), a 1919 American silent comedy film See also * Downstairs (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...
'' (1919) * '' The Peace of Roaring River'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * '' Lord and Lady Algy'' (1919) * ''
The World and Its Woman ''The World and Its Woman'' is a 1919 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. Opera singer Geraldine Farrar and her husband Lou Tellegen star. Plot As described in an adaptation of the ...
'' (1919) * '' Strictly Confidential'' (1919) * '' Almost a Husband'' (1919) * '' Flame of the Desert'' (1919) * ''
Bonds of Love ''Bonds of Love'' is a 1919 American silent romantic drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Pauline Frederick. It is based on the 1906 Arthur Wing Pinero play ''His House in Order''. Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures, the film is n ...
'' (1919) * '' Jubilo'' (1919) * '' The Loves of Letty'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * ''
Toby's Bow ''Toby's Bow'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Tom Moore, Doris Pawn, Macey Harlam, Arthur Housman, Colin Kenny, and Augustus Phillips. It is based on the 1919 play of the same name by John Tainto ...
'' (1919) * '' The Gay Lord Quex'' (1919) * '' Pinto'' (1920) * '' Water, Water, Everywhere'' (1920) * '' The Blooming Angel'' (1920) * '' The Paliser Case'' (1920) * ''
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'' (1920) * '' The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1920) * '' The Woman and the Puppet'' (1920) * '' The Strange Boarder'' (1920) * '' The Woman in Room 13'' (1920) * '' Jes' Call Me Jim'' (1920) * '' Dollars and Sense'' (1920) * '' A Double-Dyed Deceiver'' (1920) * '' The Great Accident'' (1920) * ''
Cupid the Cowpuncher ''Cupid the Cowpuncher'' is a 1920 American comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Edfrid A. Bingham. It is based on the 1907 novel ''Cupid: The Cow-Punch'' by Eleanor Gates. The film stars Will Rogers, Helene Chadwick, Andre ...
'' (1920) * '' The Penalty'' (1920) * ''
The Slim Princess ''The Slim Princess'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand, directed by Victor Schertzinger, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and written by Gerald C. Duffy based on a musical play of the same name by Henry Blossom and Lesl ...
'' (1920) * '' Earthbound'' (1920) * ''
The Truth The Truth may refer to: Film * ''The Truth'' (1920 film) starring Madge Kennedy * ''The Truth'' (1960 film) or ''La Vérité'', a French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot starring Brigitte Bardot * ''The Truth'' (1988 film), a Hong Kong trial crim ...
'' (1920) * '' Stop Thief'' (1920) * '' Milestones'' (1920) * '' Honest Hutch'' (1920) * '' Madame X'' (1920) * '' Officer 666'' (1920) * '' The Man Who Had Everything'' (1920) * '' Just Out of College'' (1920) * '' The Great Lover'' (1920) * '' Guile of Women'' (1920) * ''
What Happened to Rosa ''What Happened to Rosa'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and featuring Mabel Normand and Doris Pawn.
'' (1920) * ''
Help Yourself Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress. Help may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Help'' (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film * ''Help'' (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film * '' ...
'' (1920) * '' Bunty Pulls the Strings'' (1921) * '' The Girl with the Jazz Heart'' (1921) * ''
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'' (1921) * '' The Highest Bidder'' (1921) * '' The Concert'' (1921) * '' Boys Will Be Boys'' (1921) * '' For Those We Love'' (1921) * '' A Tale of Two Worlds'' (1921) * '' Roads of Destiny'' (1921) * '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1921, originally released in 1920 in Germany) * ''
An Unwilling Hero ''An Unwilling Hero'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Arthur F. Statter. The film stars Will Rogers, Molly Malone, John Bowers, Darrell Foss, and Jack Curtis. The film was released on May 8 ...
'' (1921) * '' Snowblind'' (1921) * ''
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'' (1921) * '' A Voice in the Dark'' (1921) * ''
The Old Nest ''The Old Nest'' is a 1921 American drama silent black and white film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Helene Chadwick. It was awarded for the National High School Students' Poll for Best Picture They Had Ever Seen. It is based on the ...
'' (1921) * ''
Don't Neglect Your Wife ''Don't Neglect Your Wife'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Mabel Julienne Scott, Lewis Stone and Charles Clary.Connelly p.341 Cast * Mabel Julienne Scott as Madeline * Lewis Stone as Langdon Mas ...
'' (1921) * '' Oh Mary Be Careful'' (1921) * '' The Ace of Hearts'' (1921) * '' All's Fair in Love'' (1921) * '' Beating the Game'' (1921) * '' Dangerous Curve Ahead'' (1921) * ''
Doubling for Romeo ''Doubling for Romeo'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Bernard McConville, Elmer Rice, and Will Rogers. The film stars Will Rogers, Sylvia Breamer, Raymond Hatton, Sidney Ainsworth, Al Hart an ...
'' (1921) * '' The Invisible Power'' (1921) * ''
The Grim Comedian ''The Grim Comedian'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Phoebe Hunt, Jack Holt, and Gloria Hope.Munden p. 316 Plot As described in a film magazine, an automobile passenger tells an old man a tale, while ...
'' (1921) * ''
The Man from Lost River ''The Man from Lost River'' is a lost American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and released in 1921. It stars House Peters, Fritzi Brunette, and Allan Forrest. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jim Barnes (Peters) has been raise ...
'' (1921) * '' Pardon My French'' (1921) * '' The Poverty of Riches'' (1921) * '' From the Ground Up'' (1921) * '' A Poor Relation'' (1921) * ''
Voices of the City ''Voices of the City'' (also known as ''The Night Rose'', its intended original release title) is a 1921 American silent crime drama film starring Leatrice Joy and Lon Chaney that was directed by Wallace Worsley, based on the Leroy Scott novel ...
'' (1921) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' Man with Two Mothers'' (1922) * '' Watch Your Step'' (1922) * '' Sherlock Holmes'' (1922) * '' Come on Over'' (1922) * ''
When Romance Rides ''When Romance Rides'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Eliot Howe, Charles O. Rush, and Jean Hersholt and written by Benjamin B. Hampton. It is based on the 1917 novel ''Wildfire'' by Zane Grey. The film stars Claire Adams, Carl Gantvo ...
'' (1922) * '' Head over Heels'' (1922) * '' Yellow Men and Gold'' (1922) * '' His Back Against the Wall'' (1922) * '' Mr. Barnes of New York'' (1922) * ''
The Wall Flower ''The Wall Flower'' is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rupert Hughes and starring Colleen Moore, Richard Dix, Gertrude Astor, Laura La Plante, and Tom Gallery. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures in May 1922. Plot ...
'' (1922) * '' The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' Remembrance'' (1922) * '' The Sin Flood'' (1922) * '' Brothers Under the Skin'' (1922) * '' Hungry Hearts'' (1922) * '' A Blind Bargain'' (1922) (considered lost) * '' Broken Chains'' (1922) * ''
The Glorious Fool ''The Glorious Fool'' is a 1922 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Helene Chadwick, Richard Dix and Vera Lewis.Munden p.297 It was based on the short stories ''In the Pavillion'' and ''Twenty-Two ...
'' (1922) * '' The Christian'' (1923) * '' Little Old New York'' (1923) * '' Gimme'' (1923) * '' Look Your Best'' (1923) * ''
Unseeing Eyes ''Unseeing Eyes'' is a lost 1923 American silent north country drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Edward H. Griffith directed Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen, Louis Wolheim, and Gustav von Seyffert ...
'' (1923) * '' Under the Red Robe'' (1923) * ''
The Love Piker ''The Love Piker'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Anita Stewart, Robert Frazer and Betty Francisco.Connelly p.379 Synopsis A wealthy society woman falls in love with an engineer, but as th ...
'' (1923) * '' Lost and Found on a South Sea Island'' (1923) * '' Vanity Fair'' (1923) * '' Souls for Sale'' (1923) * '' Three Wise Fools'' (1923) * '' The Spoilers'' (1923) * '' Red Lights'' (1923) * '' Six Days'' (1923) * '' Dr. Sunshine'' (1923) * '' The Eternal Three'' (1923) * '' The Steadfast Heart'' (1923) * '' Slave of Desire'' (1923) * '' The Last Moment'' (1923) * '' The Day of Faith'' (1923) * '' The Green Goddess'' (1923) * ''
In the Palace of the King ''In the Palace of the King'' is a 1923 American silent historical romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by F. Marion Crawford. Directed by Emmett J. Flynn, the film stars Blanche Sweet, Pauline Starke, and Edmund Lowe. A pre ...
'' (1923) * '' The Rendezvous'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) * ''
The Ragged Edge The Ragged Edge may refer to: * ''The Ragged Edge (film)'', a 1923 film * "The Ragged Edge" (Babylon 5), an episode of the TV series ''Babylon 5'' * '' Ragged Edge'', or ''The Rag'', a disabled-rights magazine * ''A Wrinkle in the Skin ''A Wr ...
'' (1923) * '' Wild Oranges'' (1924) * ''
Name the Man ''Name the Man'' is a surviving 1924 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Mae Busch. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures in association with Cosmopolitan Productions. Plot Arriving home late on ...
'' (1924) * '' Through the Dark'' (1924) * '' Second Youth'' (1924) * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) * ''
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' is a play written by Owen Davis. A Broadway production of it by A. H. Woods opened in 1906 and was a huge hit. The story is a melodrama, and it was often cited as an archetype of the genre. Reata Winfield ...
'' (1924) * '' True as Steel'' (1924) * '' The Rejected Woman'' (1924) * '' The Recoil'' (1924) * ''
Tarnish Tarnish is a thin layer of corrosion that forms over copper, brass, aluminum, magnesium, neodymium and other similar metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction. Tarnish does not always result from the sole effects of oxygen in ...
'' (1924)


See also

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Samuel Goldwyn Productions Samuel Goldwyn Productions was an American film production company founded by Samuel Goldwyn in 1923, and active through 1959. Personally controlled by Goldwyn and focused on production rather than distribution, the company developed into the m ...
, Samuel Goldwyn's next production company *
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Samuel Goldwyn Studio was the name that Samuel Goldwyn used to refer to the lot located on the corner of Formosa Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, as well as the offices and stages that his company, Samuel Goldwyn ...
, informal name for the Pickford-Fairbanks Studios lot in Hollywood. *
The Samuel Goldwyn Company The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an American independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1978. Background The company originally distributed and acquired art-house films fro ...
, founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. in 1979, active through 1997 *
Samuel Goldwyn Films Samuel Goldwyn Films is an American film company that licenses, releases and distributes art-house, independent and foreign films. It was founded by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of the Hollywood business magnate/mogul, Samuel Goldwyn. The curr ...
, founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.


References


External links

* American Film Institute Catalog *
Goldwyn Pictures Corp.
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Goldwyn Distributing Corp.
* Silent Era.com *

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{{Authority control Mass media companies established in 1916 Mass media companies disestablished in 1924 Silent film studios * Defunct American film studios Cinema of Southern California Companies based in Culver City, California . 1916 establishments in New Jersey 1916 establishments in California 1924 disestablishments in California Film production companies of the United States 1924 mergers and acquisitions Fort Lee, New Jersey Companies based in Bergen County, New Jersey