Samuel Goldwyn

Producer. Born 17 August 1879 in Warsaw, Poland. Died 31 January 1974.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas producer · 10 titles

Born

17 August 1879, Warsaw, Poland

Died

31 January 1974

Active

1931–1955

Frequently works with

William Wyler, David Niven, Teresa Wright, Dan Duryea, Lillian Hellman, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

80Fi1m

76Critics

We rate Samuel’s work 4 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 795

Under 600

Of 10 reviewed titles as producer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 10 films
Screen time: 20 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $31m across 2 films with figures
Active: 1931–1955

Genres

Drama9
Romance6
Comedy2
Crime2
Family1
Fantasy1

Best and worst on Fi1m

90BestThe Best Years of Our Lives1946

70WorstArrowsmith1931

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

271910s

581920s

381930s

161940s

81950s

Directors most worked with

William Wyler5 titles

Co-stars most worked with

David Niven3 titles

Teresa Wright3 titles

Dan Duryea2 titles

Awards

Other awards2 won · 1 nominated

Won1971Presidential Medal of Freedom: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Won1958Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Nominated1939Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.