| Samuel Goldwyn began his business career at the age of thirteen in New York.
In 1912, lie 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 Pont's into the Goldwyn corporation. |