Jack Goldberg

Jack Goldberg (c. 1889 – 1959) was an American film producer, film director, talent manager, and vaudeville performer. He started his career as in vaudeville, and became a producer of films starring African American casts for mixed race audiences. He led the Hollywood Pictures Corporation in New York City in 1945, and Herald Pictures in New York City in 1946.

Life and career Goldberg was white and Jewish. His brother Bert Goldberg ran Harlemwood Pictures in Dallas, Texas.

He married vaudeville singer Mamie Smith, in 1929. Goldberg had been her talent manager prior to their marriage.

Goldberg was known for producing "race movies", a genre of cheaply produced films for distribution at Black theaters. Lightfoot Solomon Michaux had co-produced and invested in the We've Come A Long, Long Way film. Goldberg ended up losing this lawsuit, however this movie was never a box office success. The New York Times published a review and characterized his film, We've Come A Long, Long Way (1944) as a rambling testimonial. Boy! What A Girl! (1947), the first of 11 Herald Pictures films Sepia Cinderella (1947), as producer Miracle in Harlem (1948)