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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 Productions, rented there during the 1920s and 1930s.
In the 1980s, the Samuel Goldwyn Studio was sold to Warner Bros. There is a theater named after him in Beverly Hills and he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631 Vine Street for his contributions to motion pictures on February 8, 1960.
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 most financially and critically successful independent production company in Hollywood's Golden Age.
Release DateTitleDistributorSeptember 6, 1923January 24, 1924April 3, 1924September 29, 1924When Goldwyn left United Artist under strained conditions in 1940, he renamed the lot the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, over the protest of Mary Pickford, who still owned half the property. Goldwyn and Pickford bickered over the studio until their disagreement created a deadlock that landed them in court, and put the lot up for sale at auction in 1955.
Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Warner Hollywood. Now known simply as The Lot this studio was formerly a sister studio of Warner Bros at Burbank. It can be found next door to the Formosa Cafe at 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA.
In 1955, the film studio changes its name from United Artists to Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Top productions of the 1950s included, Calamity Jane (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
Samuel Goldwyn. Producer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Famed for his relentless ambition, bad temper and genius for publicity, Samuel Goldwyn became Hollywood's leading "independent" producer -- largely because none of his partners could tolerate him for long.
