Jack Goldberg

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 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 as a rambling testimonial.

Filmography

 * Harlem is Heaven (1932), supervising producer
 * Gig and Saddle (also known as Scandal of 1933) (1933)
 * ''Paradise in Harlem (1939)
 * Sunday Sinners (1940)
 * We've Come a Long, Long Way (1944)
 * Boy! What A Girl! (1947), the first of 11 Herald Pictures films
 * Miracle in Harlem (1948)