Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Overview

Works:	22 works in 36 publications in 2 languages and 375 library holdings
Roles:	Producer
Classifications:	pn1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1910 |

|2020

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Publications about Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Publications by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Most widely held works about Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

The merger and the new season : productions for release, 1924-25 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( Book )
Silent film scenario n.d by Booth Tarkington ( )

Most widely held works by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

The penalty ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1920 and 2001 in English and held by 191 libraries worldwide
"When an incompetent doctor amputates the legs of a young boy, he has no idea that the youth will grow up to be the immoral and embittered Blizzard, a criminal mastermind who orchestrates a bizarre and heinous plot to avenge himself upon his malefactor"--Container.

Sherlock Holmes ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 67 libraries worldwide
Sherlock Homes comes to the aid of a young prince accused of murder and uncovers a plot to destroy Western civilization.

Souls for sale ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide
The souls in question are silver-screen hopefuls in this witty, insightful glimpse at the early movie business. Feared lost for decades, it includes unique working cameos of director Erich von Stroheim and a non-Tramp Charlie Chaplin, and features starlet Eleanor Boardman, the "Cinderella of Hollywood" whose rags-to-riches story echoed her character's. Escaping from a train journey with her sinister new husband, Mem Steddon (Boardman) crawls across the California desert and spies her salvation: an Arab sheik riding a camel! The location movie crew brings Mem to Tinseltown, where bit parts and acting lessons lead her to starring roles, and a fiery finale with her murderous spouse (Lew Cody). If you like classic Hollywood, you'll love this picture, full of carefully observed detail, warmth and plenty of soul.

The cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1980 and 1989 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide
A young man named Francis suspects that Dr. Caligari, the travelling hypnotist who performs with his sleep-walking assistant Cesare, is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked and carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During the search for her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare and discovers that the director of the asylum is none other than the insane Dr. Caligari. It is then revealed that Francis himself is a patient in a mental institution.

Wild oranges ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
"While sailing along the Georgia coast, a widower not quite over the untimely death of his wife anchors off a small inlet in search of fresh water. There he finds a dilapidated mansion, a beautiful Southern belle, her terror-stricken grandfather and a homicidal maniac, who won't let anyone leave the mainland alive"--Container.

What happened to Rosa ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 8 libraries worldwide
In What happend to Rosa, a bumbling shopgirl is told by a fortune-teller that she is the reincarnation of a noble Spanish maiden. In Hide and seek, a little girl is mistakenly thought to be locked in a bank vault.

Street Scene ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide
Based on Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize's winning play, Street Scene is a bold exploration of Jewish immigrant life in America early in this century. It examines the themes of assimilation, socialism, antiSemitism, and identity. Abraham Kaplan lives with his family in a row house populated by a kaleidocope of characters looking to break out of poverty. Kaplan's revolutionary, socialist views grate against some of his neighbors; even his son wants little to do with him.

The man who had everything ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 4 libraries worldwide
A thoughtless young man, whose only goal in life is the pursuit of a good time, nearly runs down a blind beggar with his car. When he shows no remorse, the beggar curses him, saying, "May you always have everything that you want."

The John Barrymore collection ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Dr. Jekyll, an idealistic London doctor, has a weakness for experiments which take him to the boundaries of human consciousness and experience. When Sir George Carew, father of the girl Jekyll loves, accuses him of being afraid of temptation, he finds a drug which allows him to separate the evil side of his personality from the good; as Edward Hyde, he embarks upon a career of crime ; Sherlock Holmes: With his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson, Holmes comes face to face with arch criminal Professor Moriarty. Moriarty is causing trouble for Prince Alexis, and Holmes craftily outwits the villain ; The Beloved Rogue: Francois Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot, he spoils the evil plots of the Duke of Burgundy and even the King of France ; Tempest: In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then the Revolution comes and the tables are turned.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
A psychological drama portraying a somnabulist committing murder at a hypnotist's bidding.

De-light : making an electric light bulb ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1920 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
An explanation of the processes involved in the creation of a light bulb, including: mining and processing tungsten, making the tungsten wire, blowing and assembling the bulbs, and forming the filament.

Sherlock Holmes ( Visual )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Holmes is asked by his friend Watson to help Prince Alexis clear himself of charges of a theft he did not commit. He is able to do so, but not until years later does Holmes trap the real culprit, Professor Moriarty, and his agents in their attempts to blackmail Prince Alexis. He also finds love with Alice Faulkner.

Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1917-1920 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence to Theodore Dreiser from Florence Hanan, Scenario Dept., and J. A. Jackson, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1921 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Surrealistic fantasy film of a mad doctor with a somnabulistic killer. All is explained as the delusion of a madman.

Unidentified University of Nevada at Reno. No. 1, Uncle Bill takes care of the children ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1919 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Uncle Bill gets the children ready for bed. One child wants water. While Uncle Bill is getting the water, the child eats a bar of soap mistaking it for bread. Now the children want a sandwich. While Uncle Bill is checking on the pillow fight among the children, a chimpanzee gets Uncle Bill's pipe and sits in his easy chair smoking. Uncle Bill leaves the children, goes to the bedroom and sees the chimpanzee praying. The next day after Bill and the ten children finish dinner, one child gets a stomach ache. Bill calls the doctor who comes to attend the sick child. The doctor sees another child trying to hide. The doctor discovers that the child comes from a home that's under quarantine for scarlet fever. The doctor calls the Board of Health and Bill and the children are placed under quarantine.

Collection of architectural set plans for MGM motion picture productions, 1917-1950 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Collection consists of original architectural designs, sketches, and blueprint set plans for MGM motion picture productions. Includes material for short subjects and unproduced and unreleased productions from Goldwyn Picture Corporation (1917-24), Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Company (1923-24), Metro-Goldwyn Corporation (1924-25), and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (1924-50).

If you could shrink ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Astonishing combination of photomicrography, animated technical drawings and normal photography, to illustrate the significance of minute objects. A man is caused to shrink to the height of one-sixteenth of an inch, so that he may meet anew such familiar objects as the mesh of a fine linen handkerchief, a hair brush, a penholder, and a crack in the floor.

Oh, Mary, be careful ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1921 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

A Continuous line of thought ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1920 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
An animated line draws cartoons which the line transforms from a hog into a road hog, a string of pearls into a man embraced by two women, a bellhop delivering flowers into a richly dressed woman, and a running gazelle into Broadway dancers.

Polly of the circus ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Polly, a young circus equestrienne, is injured in a riding accident. She is left behind by the circus to recuperate in the home of the local minister, Rev. John Douglas. She and the minister fall in love, causing quite a scandal in the small town. Polly is especially resented by Deacon Strong and his jealous daughter, Julia. A year passes and the circus is nearby. Polly receives word that her old friend, Toby the clown, is very sick. On an impulse, she enters her horse, Bingo, in a local horse race and wins, beating Deacon Strong's horse. This angers the Deacon so much that he drives Polly out of town. She rejoins the circus, but pines away for Rev. Douglas who also misses her. When the circus returns the next year, Polly and Rev. Douglas are reunited when he rescues her from a terrible fire.