Jack Goldberg was a vaudeville performer who became a producer of films for African American audiences. He ran Hollywood Pictures Corporation in New York City and produced at least two 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 ''Paradise in Harlem'' is a 1939 American musical comedy-drama film written by Frank H. Wilson and directed by Joseph Seiden. It was first shown in 1939 starring Frank H. Wilson. It was released by Jubilee Production Co. Premise An actor sees ...

'' 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 A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds. In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations ...

'' as a rambling testimonial.

Filmography

*'' Harlem is Heaven'' (1932), supervising producer *''

Gig and Saddle ''Scandal of 1933'', also known as ''Gig and Saddle'' and ''Scandal'', is an American film featuring musical performances. The 60-minute feature film includes performances of songs written by Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, H ...

'' (also known as ''Scandal of 1933'') (1933) *''

(1939) *''

Sunday Sinners ''Sunday Sinners'' is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious race film directed by and co-produced by Arthur Dreifuss and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor. Plot The Club Harlem is ...

'' (1940) *''

'' (1944) *''

Boy! What A Girl! ''Boy! What a Girl!'' is a 1947 race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard and starring Tim Moore, with guest appearances by the Brown Dots, Slam Stewart, Sid Catlett and Gene Krupa. Plot Would-be theatrical producer Jim Walton (Elwood Smith) is ...

'' (1947), the first of 11 Herald Pictures films *''

Miracle in Harlem ''Miracle in Harlem'' is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by Jack Kemp, and starred an all African American cast. It has been considered one of the best all-black independent films of the 1940s. Plot A businessman fakes his own d ...

'' (1948)

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