The Samuel Goldwyn Company
| Corporation | |
| Fate | Merged with United Artists |
| Successor |
Samuel Goldwyn Films United Artists Destination Films |
| Founded | November 9, 1979 |
| Founder | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Owner | Independent (1979-1996) Metromedia (1996-1997) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1997-present) |
| Divisions |
Samuel Goldwyn Television Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment Heritage Entertainment, Inc. |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1979.
The company originally distributed and acquired art-house films from around the world to U.S. audiences; they soon added original productions to their roster as well, starting with The Golden Seal in 1983.
In succeeding years, the Goldwyn company was able to obtain (from Samuel Sr.'s estate) the rights to all films produced under the elder Goldwyn's supervision, including the original Bulldog Drummond (1929), Arrowsmith (1931), and Guys and Dolls (1955). The company also acquired some distribution rights to several films and television programs that were independently produced but released by other companies, including Sayonara, the Hal Roach–produced Laurel & Hardy–starring vehicle Babes in Toyland (1934), the Flipper TV series produced by MGM Television, the Academy Award–winning Tom Jones (1963), and the Rodgers and Hammerstein film productions of South Pacific (1958) and Oklahoma! (1955), as well as the CBS Television adaptation of Cinderella (1965).
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