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Word: sheekman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
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...highest-paid funnyman in the U. S. and a member of the Cinema Code Authority with President Emeritus Lowell of Harvard, his performances require such elaborate preparations that he can appear in only one a year. William Anthony McGuire, George S. Kaufman, Robert Sherwood, George Oppenheimer, Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin and Cantor himself collaborated on story or dialog for Roman Scandals. Several thousand showgirls received screen-tests for the chorus. The picture cost $1,100,000. The result is an extraordinary rigmarole containing everything from chariot races to a torch song by Ruth Etting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 25, 1933 | 12/25/1933 | See Source »

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