Education
In New York, Goldin attended public school and was interested in theatre.
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In New York, Goldin attended public school and was interested in theatre.
During his career, he worked frequently with Molly Picon, Maurice Schwartz and Ludwig Satz in Europe and Palestine. Born in Odessa, his family emigrated to the United States in about 1880 or 1881. In about 1895, he started as actor in small roles in theatres on the United States eastcoast.
In the early 1900s, he started acting in films in New York and for two years for Essanay in Chicago.
1912 he started directing films, plenty of them already treating Jewish topics. After World War I, in 1919, he moved to London and Prague, where he directed some movies.
In 1921 he came to Vienna, where he directed at least four feature films, including Ost und West (“East and West”) in 1923, starring the famous Yiddish actress Molly Picon. In 1925 he moved back to New New York
Brought to Hollywood in 1926, Goldin produced Yiskor with Maurice Schwartz before becoming a director for independent producers the following year.
However, while under contract for A-B Studios, his film On the Mountains was considered a commercial and artistic failure nearly resulting in the bankruptcy of the studio. Becoming ill while on location in Easton, Pennsylvania, Goldin died of a heart ailment while at French Hospital in New York City, New York on the night of September 19, 1937.