- TitleSamuel Goldwyn Company publicity scrapbooks, 1944 - 1959
- Collector
- Date(s)1944 - 1959
- Related names
- Description
13 folder(s) of papers
- Summary
The collection contains 13 scrapbook volumes, with two volumes on GUYS AND DOLLS (1955), fives volumes on PORGY AND BESS (1959), two volumes on THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (1944), and four volumes on Richard Day.
- BiographySamuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. was an American film production company founded by Samuel Goldwyn and active from 1923 to 1959. The company was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture seven times for ARROWSMITH, DODSWORTH, DEAD END, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, THE LITTLE FOXES, THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, and THE BISHOP’S WIFE, and received the same award for THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Other notable films produced by the company include STELLA DALLAS (both the 1925 and 1937 versions), BULLDOG DRUMMOND, BALL OF FIRE, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, GUYS AND DOLLS, and PORGY AND BESS.
- Richard Day was an American art director active in film from the 1920s through 1960s. He earned seven Academy Award statuettes in the art direction category.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 1978.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 2854
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- Moving Image Items
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