Samuel “Steve” Broidy (June 14, 1905 – April 28, 1991) was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry.
Early life
Samuel Broidy was born on June 14, 1905, in Malden, Massachusetts. He attended Boston University, but he was forced to drop out because of the Great Depression.
He remained president of Allied Artists until 1965, when he left to form his own company, Motion Pictures International.
Philanthropy
An active philanthropist, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1962,