Steve Broidy
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| Born | Samuel Broidy June 14, 1905 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1991 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hillside Cemetery |
| Education | Boston University (did not graduate) |
| Occupation | Film Executive |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
Samuel “Steve” Broidy (June 14, 1905 – April 28, 1991) was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry.
Early life
[edit]Samuel Broidy was born on June 14, 1905, in Malden, Massachusetts.[1][2] He attended Boston University, but he was forced to drop out because of the Great Depression.[1]
Career
[edit]Broidy entered the film industry as a salesman for Universal Studios in 1926.[2] In 1931, he began working for Warner Bros. Studios.[2] He joined Monogram Pictures in 1933 as Boston sales manager and in 1940 was elected to the board of directors and named vice president and general sales manager.[2] As V.P., Broidy took charge of operations early in 1945 and later that year was named president.[2] In 1946 Broidy formed Allied Artists Productions and Monogram changed to that name in 1953.[3]
He remained president of Allied Artists until 1965, when he left to form his own company, Motion Pictures International.[2] As an independent, Broidy produced Good Times (Columbia), The Fox (Claridge Pictures, 1967), and 80 Steps to Jonah (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969).[2] He also produced, uncredited, The Poseidon Adventure in 1972.[2][4]
Philanthropy
[edit]An active philanthropist, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1962,[2] and was Founding Life Chairman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[1] Broidy served on the MPAA Board of Governors from June 1960 through May 1969, and was their Second Vice President from 1967 to 1968.
Personal life
[edit]Broidy had two sons, Arthur and Steven Broidy, and a daughter, Eleanor Sattinger.[1]
Death
[edit]Broidy died in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, following a heart attack, at the age of 85.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Steve Broidy; Film Executive, Philanthropist". The Los Angeles Times. April 30, 1991. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Steve Broidy". Variety. May 6, 1991. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ "Desert Sun 30 November 1945 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ "How Elvis Presley's film "Tickle Me" Saved Allied Artists Studio". www.elvis-history-blog.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
External links
[edit]- Steve Broidy at IMDb
- 1905 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Malden, Massachusetts
- Film people from Los Angeles
- Boston University alumni
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- American film studio executives
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winners
- Philanthropists from California
- 20th-century American philanthropists
- 20th-century American Jews