After a series of conflicts with Zukor, Goldfish resigned as chairman of the board, and as a member of the executive committee on September 14, 1916.

With the merger, Zukor became president of Paramount and Famous Players–Lasky, Goldfish was named chairman of the board of Famous Players–Lasky, and Jesse Lasky was the first vice-president. Zukor had been quietly buying Paramount stock, and two weeks before the merger, became president of Paramount Pictures Corporation and had Hodkinson replaced with Hiram Abrams, a Zukor associate. The two companies merged on 28 June 1916, forming the Famous Players–Lasky Corporation.

One of Paramount's other suppliers was Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Company. Looking for more movies to distribute, Paramount signed a contract with the Lasky Company on 1 June 1914 to supply 36 films per year. In 1914, Paramount was a film exchange and exhibition corporation headed by W. Shooting for the first feature film made in Hollywood began on December 29, 1913. Film rights for a stage play, The Squaw Man, were purchased for $4,000 and Dustin Farnum was hired for the leading role. Lasky Feature Play Company, to produce feature-length motion pictures. DeMille, and Arthur Friend formed a partnership, The Jesse L. In 1913, Goldfish, along with his brother-in-law Jesse L. After four years as vice-president of sales, he moved to New York City and settled at 10 West 61st Street. Soon, his innate marketing skills made him a very successful salesman at the Elite Glove Company. He found work in upstate Gloversville, New York in the bustling glove business. On January 4, 1899, he sailed from Liverpool, arrived in Philadelphia on January 19, and went to New York. On November 26, 1898, Gelbfisz left Hamburg for Birmingham, England, where he remained with relatives for six weeks under the name Samuel Goldfish.

There he stayed with acquaintances of his family where he trained as a glove maker. He left Warsaw penniless after his father's death and made his way to Hamburg. He was born as Szmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw to Polish Jewish Hasidic parents, Aaron Dawid Gelbfisz, a peddler, and his wife, Hanna Frymet ( née Fiszhaut). Goldwyn was likely born in July 1879, although he claimed his birthday to be August 27, 1882. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958). He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש Aug(claimed but most likely July 1879) – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer.

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