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Samuel Goldwyn Quote
 | “That's the way with these directors, they're always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.” ―Samuel Goldwyn Source/Notes: Often misquoted as "Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg." or "That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg." - The Great Goldwyn (1937) by Alva Johnston |
| Source/Notes: Reported to have said at a top-level film conference about a scenario. As quoted in "A Treasury of Laughter: Consisting of Humerous Stories, Poems, Essays, Tall Tales, Jokes, Boners, Epigrams, Memorable Quips, and Devastating Crushers" (Simon and Schuster, 1946), p. 88 |
| Source/Notes: Attributed to Goldwyn by Alva Johnston in The Great Goldwyn (1937). Actually, according to the book "They Never Said It : A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attribution" the original quote is: "His [Joseph Schenck's] verbal contract is worth more than the paper it's written on" |
| Source/Notes: Goldwyn: A Biography of the Man Behind the Myth (1976) by Arthur Marx |
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Samuel Goldwyn
Born: August 17, 1882
Died: January 31, 1974 (aged 91)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Producer
Bio: Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer. He was most notably well known for being the founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood.
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