【美国人物志】电影先锋 (5/9)

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本文所介绍的塞西尔·德米勒，塞缪尔·戈尔德温和路易斯·梅尔三人，让好莱坞成为闻名世界的电影之城。
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Samuel Goldfish
Jesse L. Lasky
Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
"Squaw Man."
Edgar Selwyn
Goldfish
Goldwyn.
Metro Pictures
Louis B. Mayer Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
Samuel Goldwyn ProductionsIn 1895, a 13-year-old boy from Warsaw, Poland found his way to the United States. Samuel Goldfish was alone. He had no money. He found work as a glove maker. He continued working in the glove-making industry until he was almost 30 years old.
In 1913, Samuel and his wife's brother, Jesse L. Lasky, and Cecil B. DeMille formed the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company. It produced the movie, "Squaw Man." In 1916, Goldfish started a business with Edgar Selwyn. They combined their names Goldfish and Selwyn and called the new company Goldwyn. Samuel Goldfish liked the name and changed his to Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. The Goldwyn Company made many successful motion pictures. Yet, the company was not a financial success. In 1922, Samuel Goldwyn was forced to leave the company. The Goldwyn Company then joined with Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, known as MGM. Samuel Goldwyn was not part of the deal. He promised never to be a joint owner of another company. He formed his own company Samuel Goldwyn Productions.