Robert Saul Benjamin (1909 – October 22, 1979)[1] was a founding partner of the movie-litigation firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, a former co‐chairman of United Artists, and a founding member of Orion Pictures.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family,[2] Benjamin, along with his longtime friend and partner Arthur B. Krim, took over United Artists in 1951. The deal that they struck with then-owners Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford was that if the company showed a profit in any one of the first three years of their management, the two would be able to purchase a 50% share of the company for one dollar.[3][1]
The Krim-Benjamin team quickly showed a profit, and they bought out Chaplin and Pickford to own the company outright in 1955. In 1957, they took the company public.
^ ab"Robert Benjamin, 70, Executive Of Film Company and a Lawyer". The New York Times. October 23, 1979. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^Brook, Vincent (December 15, 2016). From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood: Chapter 1: Still an Empire of Their Own: How Jews Remain Atop a Reinvented Hollywood. Purdue University Press. p. 17. ISBN9781557537638.
^Litwak, Mark (April 10, 1988). "Psst, Wanna Buy a Studio? : UNITED ARTISTS The Company That Changed the Film Industry". Los Angeles Times.
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