Project Gutenberg 2019-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 269 Goldwyn, Samuel 1879 1974 Gelbfisz, Schmuel Goldfisch, Sam Goldfish, Samuel Goldwyn, Sam 23017218 Behind the Screen In which is filmed the birth of a notion -- Records the success of an idea -- Mary Pickford -- Fascinating Fanny Ward -- Marguerite Clark misses fire and Edna Goodrich doesn't ignite at all -- The mischievousness of Mae Murray -- Geraldine the great [Geraldine Farrar] -- The discovery of Charlie Chaplin -- Stars, stars, stars! -- The magic of Mary Garden -- Maxine Elliott and Pauline Frederick -- A marriage of two minds -- The real Chaplin -- Jackie Coogan and "The Kid" -- Doug [Douglas Fairbanks] and Mary [Mary Pickford] -- Rodolph Valentino -- Romantic true stories of some screen favorites [Eric von Stroheim; Mae Busch; Harold Lloyd; Norma Talmadge] -- Pola Negri -- The two Talmadges [Norma Talmadge; Constance Talmadge] -- Good old Will Rogers -- Some authors who have travelled to Hollywood [Elinor Glyn; Maurice Maeterlinck; Bernard Shaw; H.G. Wells]. Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Behind the Screen" by Samuel Goldwyn is a memoir written in the early 20th century. This work offers an insider's look into the early days of Hollywood and the development of the motion picture industry. Goldwyn reflects on his own journey from a humble background to becoming a key figure in filmmaking, detailing the rise of the industry and the personalities involved, such as iconic stars like Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin. The opening of the memoir sets the stage for Goldwyn's transformative experience in a small cinema that ignited his passion for filmmaking. He recounts how, after watching a film, he envisioned a new path for motion pictures, proposing longer, more sophisticated films to his brother-in-law, Jesse Lasky. Goldwyn describes their initial skepticism and his subsequent determination to establish a new standard in filmmaking, ultimately leading to the founding of the Lasky Company. This origin story not only highlights the early struggles and triumphs of Goldwyn and Lasky but also hints at the collaborative and competitive nature of the creative environment in Hollywood that would unfold in the chapters to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Motion pictures Motion picture actors and actresses PN Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Biographies Category: American Literature 382275 2025-08-23T14:52:08.955088 text/html 377324 2019-07-07T10:05:42 text/html 3229189 2025-08-23T14:52:16.199048 application/epub+zip 3226097 2025-08-23T14:52:10.462129 application/epub+zip 245226 2025-08-23T14:52:09.662058 application/epub+zip 3331759 2025-08-23T14:52:20.506043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3285856 2025-08-23T14:52:15.226032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308602 2022-09-27T02:28:31.223897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336759 2025-08-23T14:52:08.151078 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 336958 2019-07-07T10:05:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19918 2025-08-23T14:52:20.658014 application/rdf+xml 18512 2025-08-23T14:52:09.768066 image/jpeg 3355 2025-08-23T14:52:09.714072 image/jpeg 129557 2019-07-07T10:06:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 2913209 2019-07-07T10:06:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 2917426 2025-08-23T14:52:09.077082 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia