It was in 1916 that Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn formed Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. The name came from a combination their names using Gold from Goldfish and Wyn from Selwyn. Shortly afterward Samuel Goldfish seeing an opportunity had his name legally changed to Samuel Goldwyn. Nearly a year later [...]

Lon Chaney was born on April 1, 1883 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of deaf mute parents, Frank and Emma Chaney. From childhood he learned to communicate through pantomime, sign language and facial expression. He is considered the Man of a Thousand Faces.