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American film producer
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Biography
Introduction
Jack Goldberg was a vaudeville performer who became a producer of filmsfor African American audiences. He ran Hollwood Pictures Corporation in New York City and produced at least 2-dozen films. His brother Bert Goldberg ran Harlemwood Pictures in Dallas, Texas. Goldberg was white. He married Mamie Smith.
He was a supervising producer of the 1932 film Harlem is Heaven. He produced the 1939 film Paradise in Harlem starring Mamie Smith, his wife. He founded Herald Pictures in 1946.
A New York Times reviewer characterized his 1944 film We've Come a Long, Long Way as a rambling testimonial.
Filmography
- Harlem is Heaven (1932), supervising producer
- Gig and Saddle (also known as Scandal of 1933) (1933)
- Paradise in Harlem (1939)
- Sunday Sinners (1940)
- We've Come a Long, Long Way (1944)
- Boy! What A Girl! (1947), the first of 11 Herald Pictures films
- Miracle in Harlem (1948)