Inovatism In Samuel Goldwyn's Roaring Twenties

The “Roaring Twenties”, an age of great social and economic development in the world, especially in the film industry, gave rise to a man by the name of Samuel Goldwyn, who was the leader of inovatism in his own time. Inovatism is the ability to create things better than they are in one’s own time, which in Samuel Goldwyn’s case, was the era of prohibition or the Golden Age. Coming into the Twenties, motion pictures hadn’t yet been invented and silent and still-frame movies were still in use. Without alcohol, people with leisure time looked for alternate ways to spend it and often attended movies as well as participated in a myriad of other family activities. Advancements in technology at the turn of the century allowed people to more efficiently

His hand in the company began to grow and grow until he adopted much of the workload himself and began to really get involved with the process of production. A couple years of immersion in the craft eventually freed him of what he didn’t know when he first began, and soon enough he was a master of it. He quit and sold his initial investment of around $7000 in the company for $900,000 that would later develop into Paramount pictures. With a matured reputation and a keen skillset, he was prepared for solo work. His time at the Famous Players-Lasky proved to be the most crucial in the leap of his career; he had learned the basis of what he would eventually begin to innovate further, thus creating a name for himself (New World

It was something about the extra step it took for him to convey his ideas to the rest of his film crew and the multitude of other people involved in the business. He later stated that it was difficult for him to focus on his production process with that extra step involved. From this point he made his resignation from Metro-Goldwyn and begun working on a lot of freelance work. With his newfound time, he could focus more of himself on the quality of his work rather than how to convey his ideas to others who can help him achieve the quality of work he already had the potential to do alone. He finally founded Goldwyn Inc., became an independent producer in the film industry, and even managed to become friends with other independents such as the likes of Charlie Chaplin