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(gōldwĭn), Samuel Originally Shmuel Gelbfisz. 1882-1974.
(gōldwĭn), Samuel Originally Shmuel Gelbfisz. 1882-1974. Polish-born American film producer who founded his own film company (1917) and merged with Louis B. Mayer to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1925).