Who's who on the screen (1920)

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Who's Who on the Screen SAMUEL GOLDWYN Samuel Goldwyn began his business career at the age of thirteen in New York. In 1912, he retired permanently from mercantile affairs and entered the motion- picture business with Jesse Lasky. In 1916 Mr. Goldwyn retired as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, and in the same year formed the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, which started to produce pictures in 1917. He secured the services of many of the foremost stars, and in 1919 he directed the re-organization of the corporation with F. J. Godsol, the Shuberts, A. H. Woods, and the Selwyns on the directorate and a capitalization of $20,000,000. During 1919 he helped form the Eminent Author's Pictures, and at the close of the year effected a merger of interests which brought the Du Font's into the Goldwyn corporation. 384