Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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.
See also: Samuel Goldwyn (disambiguation)Company type
1923
1959
Defunct
Library:
Warner Bros.
(United States only)
Miramax
(internationally)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(U.S. rights to The Hurricane only)
Paramount (U.S. rights to The North Star only)
United States
Distribution[edit]
In 2012, the distribution rights of Samuel Goldwyn films from the library were transferred to Warner Bros.,[4] with Miramax managing global licensing; the latter was handled by StudioCanal as part of a deal with Miramax until 2021, when Paramount Global (then ViacomCBS), under its flagship studio Paramount Pictures, acquired a 49% stake in Miramax and worldwide distribution rights to its content library.[5] U.S. rights to The Hurricane, which had since reverted back to United Artists, are currently owned by its parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Rights to The North Star were not initially renwed due to its controversial subject matter, thus had fallen in to the public domain. Currently, U.S. rights to the film are handled by Paramount as a successor to National Telefilm Associates, which distributed a re-cut version in 1957 as Armored Attack; one of the few Goldwyn titles not included in the Warner–Miramax arrangement. Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, distributes the entire Samuel Goldwyn catalog on home video, including The Hurricane, via a distribution deal with MGM Home Entertainment.