Robert Benjamin
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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
Robert Saul Benjamin was born to a Jewish family.[2]
Career
Benjamin, along with his longtime friend and partner Arthur B. Krim, took over United Artists in 1951.[1] 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.
In 1975 Benjamin was a senior adviser to the United States delegation to the United Nations.[1]
Awards
In 1979, Robert Benjamin won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award posthumously.[4] His wife Jean accepted the award on his behalf.[4]
Personal life
Robert Benjamin married Jean Kortright.[1] They had two kids, Jonathan and Margret.[1]
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- American film studio executives
- 1909 births
- 1979 deaths
- Orion Pictures
- 20th-century American lawyers
- American entertainment lawyers
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winners
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American film production company founders
- 20th-century American Jews
- United Artists people