SAMUEL GOLDWYN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/07/1933 - HFSID 265178

SAMUEL GOLDWYN. Typed DS: "Samuel Goldwyn", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1933 December 7. Goldwyn promises to pay Twentieth Century Pictures "Nine (9) months after date, for value received...$147,611.59 without interest...." Typed note at bottom indicates the note was paid in full on September 7, 1934. Samuel Goldwyn Studio was founded in 1918. In 1924, Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions merged to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ironically, Samuel Goldwyn had been forced to relinquish ownership of Goldwyn Pictures in 1922, and was never a part of the company that bore his name. He was an independent producer when he borrowed $147,611.59 from Twentieth Century Pictures in 1933. Earlier that year, Joseph Schenck, the president of United Artists, co-founded Twentieth Century Pictures with Darryl F. Zanuck, former head of production at the Warner Bros. studio. Twentieth Century Pictures was organized in April 1933 and signed a distribution deal with United Artists in July 1933. The Samuel Goldwyn Company produced Roman Scandals starring Eddie Cantor in 1933; it was released on December 14, 1933. In May 1935, Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film merged. Folds, not at signature. Lightly creased. File holes at upper margin. "Cancelled" written in red, (unknown hand) touches "Sam" in Samuel. Typed docket on verso shows through to blank right margin.