Samuel Gelbfisz (Goldwyn Samuel)

1879 - Born on July in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire.

1913 - Their initial release was Cecil B. deMille's Squaw Man, one of the first full-length feature films made in Hollywood.

1917 - The company merged with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, and Goldwyn became the chairman of the board of the Famous Players–Lasky Company.

1924 - He established the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, which was incorporated into Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

1940 - He thereafter worked as an independent producer, distributing his films through the United Artists Corporation, then through RKO.

1936 - His films have a literary flavour, among them Dodsworth.

1939 - The Wuthering Heights.

1941 - The Little Foxes.

1946 - He is also remembered for more purely cinematic features, such as The Best Years of Our Lives.

1955 - The Guys and Dolls.

1959 - The Porgy and Bess.

1974 - Died on the 31st of January in Los Angeles, California.

• "The harder I work, the luckier I get."
• "I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."
• "Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible."
• "If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you."